6 RECORD SET HIGHWAY HIFI RECORDS 1956 CHRYSLER AUTOS DISNEY'S DAVY CROCKETT ETC
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THIS IS A MOST RARE BOX OF SIX 7 INCH VINYL RECORDS DESIGNED TO PLAY EXCLUSIVELY ON CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES WITH THEIR NEW "HIGHWAY HIFI" SYSTEM WHICH WAS CREATED AS AN ADD-ON OPTION FOR VARIOUS CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUTH BRANDS FROM 1956-58.
THIS SYSTEM WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED AND CHRYSLER DROPPED THE SYSTEM AFTER 1958. BOXES WERE CREATED TO HOLD SIX DIFFERENT RECORDS WITH TWO PLAYING SIDES ON EACH AND WITH DIFFERENT MUSIC STYLES TO ACCOMODATE DIFFERENT CONSUMER PREFERENCES.
THE RECORDS WERE CREATED IN VINYL AND WERE RECORDED TO PLAY AT 16.667 RPM OR HALF THE SPEED OF THE 33.333 RECORDS TO GET MORE PLAYING TIME IN THE LIMITED SPACE. HOLES IN THE MIDDLE WERE SMALL LIKE LPS ALSO TO CONSERVE SPACE FOR THE MUSIC.
THE BOX HERE INCLUDES MUSIC FROM 1) THE PAJAMA GAME BROADWAY MUSICAL, 2) CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM THE PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 3) QUITE JAZZ AND ROMANTIC MOODS FROM PERCY FAITH AND PAUL WESTON AND ORCHESTRAS, 4) THE MUSIC OF COLE PORTER AND VICTOR HERBERT BY ANDRE KOSTELANETZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA, 5) BERNARD SHAW'S DON JUAN IN HELL BY THE FIRST DRAMA QUARTETTE, 6) WALT DISNEY'S DAVY CROCKETT: KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER FEATURING FESS PARKER & BUDDY EBSEN, INDIAN FIGHTER, AND GOES TO CONGRESS, AND GENE AUTRY& CHAMPION IN THE HORSE NO MAN COULD RIDE.
THESE SIX RECORDS WITH 12 SIDES OF MUSIC ARE ALL RARE AND UNIQUE. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT THE DAVY CROCKETT DISNEY RECORDS OFFER A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VAST DISNEY COLLECTORS. IT WAS THE DISNEY DAVY CROCKET PHENOMENON THAT PERSUDED DISNEY TO START ITS OWN RECORDING BRAND ENDING ITS COLUMBIA AFFILIATION.
MORE PHOTOS OF THE OTHER FIVE RECORDS TO FOLLOW.
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