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Auction History Result 2p211 MY FAIR LADY 33 1/3 RPM radio soundtrack record 1964 very rare limited edition on purple vinyl Date Sold 12/5/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1964 Movie Music Soundtrack Vinyl Record (measures 12 1/4" x 12 1/4" [31 x 31 cm]; 33 1/3 RPM record) (Learn More) My Fair Lady, the classic 1964 George Cukor (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) England romantic love triangle rich-educated-man/poor-flower-girl musical ("The most loverly motion picture event of all!......"; "Based upon the play 'My Fair Lady'"; "From the play by Bernard Shaw"; adapted from the hit Broadway play by Lerner and Loewe, which itself was adapted from George Bernard Shaw's non-musical "Pygmalion"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Audrey Hepburn (as Eliza Doolittle), Rex Harrison (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Henry Higgins), Stanley Holloway (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Alfred Doolittle), Wilfrid Hyde-White (as Colonel Pickering), Gladys Cooper (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Jeremy Brett (as Freddy Eynsford-Hill), and Theodore Bikel. Of course, the making of this movie was the center of a major controversy! When Hollywood went to make this movie adaptation of this hit play in 1964 (after it completed its Broadway run, where Julie Andrews had played Eliza Doolittle), they were fine with retaining the lead stars of the stage production EXCEPT for Julie Andrews, because she wasn't a big enough "name"! They replaced her with Audrey Hepburn, which was especially surprising, given that Miss Hepburn could not sing the part, and Marni Nixon was brought in to sing the songs for her (but that was uncredited and carefully kept under wraps, and Miss Nixon was not allowed to admit to it!). This was very unfortunate for Julie Andrews, but in an unusual twist of fate, she made Mary Poppins that year, and, while My Fair Lady swept the top Oscars with the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor awards, Miss Andrews won the Best Actress award over Miss Hepburn (who wasn't even nominated!)! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Bob Peak Important Added Info: Note that the regular soundtrack album for this movie was created on pink vinyl. However, this is not that! It is a version that was made on purple vinyl (you can't tell that well in our image that the record is purple vinyl, because it is difficult to photograph, but we assure you it is!). Our consignor purchased it from a man who bought it at a theater in Toronto, Canada, when the movie came out in 1964, and he has been checking, and he cannot find another example of it. It has tape that originally sealed the covers at middle right, and it has "SPECIAL PRODUCTION" printed on one side of the tape, and "LIMITED EDITION" and "No 0460" on the other side of the tape, so we know it is from a limited edition. Someone put two little stickers on the back cover that read "PURPLE VINYL" and "460/500", so this may well have been from a limited edition of 500. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here.
UPDATED 12/01/2017: Note that a resourceful collector found more information about this record. It apparently was distributed only to radio station owners in the United States, and came with a letter (not included in this listing) from the Vice President of Columbia records confirming it was an edition of 8,475. Condition: good to very good. There is wear around the edges of the front and back covers of the jacket and it has separated in the top edge of the front cover (see our images). There are two small stickers on the back cover (see above). We have no way of verifying if the record is playable, but it appears to be. Learn More about condition grades 
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