78 RPM - Harry James - It's Been A Long, Long Time / Autumn Serenade - Columbia - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Harry James
Label:	Columbia
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	36838
Date:	17 Sep 1945
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	21 Own, 10 Want
Price Guide:	$358
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PRICE GUIDE

$358

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Harry James	It's Been A Long, Long Time	Cahn, Styne	10.0 Rate
B	Harry James	Autumn Serenade	Gallop, De Rose	8.0 Rate

Notes

Harry James And His Orchestra
Side A - Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen.

A mx: CO 35081, take 1
B mx: CO 35082, take 1

Both tracks recorded New York, NY, July 24, 1945.

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Comments and Reviews


Dale45 SUBS 2nd Dec 2023



xiphophilos 31st Jul 2021		Absolutely agree, these are not really values but bubbles that will burst again once the craze has subsided. The issue of the different take is intriguing. It seems that the second take of CO 35081 was released in 1959 on an LP, Harmony HL 7159 and, more importantly maybe, on a 1966 compilation LP "Golden Hits of the 40s" (Harmony HL 7373). The people who selected the music for their movies are far more likely to have come across such an LP than the original shellac release. In any case, when I listen to the "Avenger" version below, I am not even sure that this is a 1945 recording. Maybe that's just because they cleaned up the sound so much. But the singer's phrasing of the song is also very different from Kitty's in the take 1 that was released on shellac. Nevertheless, the Soundtrack to the movie, seems to credit Harry James and his Orchestra as performing the song: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154796/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_trv_snd



Mike Gann 31st Jul 2021		Are we clutching at straws here on values? $600 for a VG+ copy? In any case, the version used in the video game is a take with different lyrics, and a lot of people are paying money for a record that isn't exactly the same as what they think they are buying.



xiphophilos 31st Jul 2021		The craze is continuing. Clearly, most of the sellers have no idea what they are buying. 8 of 11 copies I have seen auctioned off for fantasy prices on eBay were the 1946-1948 repress; neither that nor the condition has any major effect on the price. I wonder how many of the bidders have a way of ever listening to their records anyway. Most of these records are probably going to be framed or slabbed (maybe even with a Certificate of Authenticity?), and then they are going to collect dust. What makes this record suddenly so desirable is that a version of Harry James' "It's Been A Long, Long Time" appears in two recent super-hero movies "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) and "Captain America: Winter Soldier" (2014) (excerpts). Fortunately, there are enough copies around to satisfy the demand and still leave some copies for less well-heeled people like me. I found a V+ copy in a thrift store today for $2.:-)



fixbutte 15th Jul 2021		Now I understand why this record has been occupying the "78 RPM - Top 50 Viewed" for weeks (and why it is even #1 on US "Columbia - Sorted by Views All Time" here).



Christian Belena2 15th Jul 2021		The "Endgame" version must have been an alternate take. The lyrics are much different than the original 1945 release.



xiphophilos 20th Jun 2021		A side: Lyrics: Never thought that you would be standing here so close to me there’s so much I feel that I should say but words can wait until some other day Kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once again It’s been a long, long time Haven’t felt like this, my dear Since I can't remember when It’s been a long, long time You’ll never know how many dreams I’ve dreamed about you Or just how empty they all seemed without you So kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once again It’s been a long, long time What claims to be the "Avenger: Endgame" version below is different, and not just because it leaves out the first stanza:



RichardSibello SUBS 20th Jun 2021		This record goes for crazy money right now since the A-side was used in the "Avengers: Endgame" film. There are copies of this EVERYWHERE - a good way to pick up an extra 200 bucks!



Bob1951 15th Nov 2018		Label variant images added. Three lines of text below "Columbia".



W.B.lbl 12th Jul 2014		{Images #36235 & 36236} was a post-1946 pressing.



Redpunk 12th Jul 2014		Added label scans.