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A convenient method of acquiring, systematically and with expert guidance, a regular high-fidelity or stereo record library of the music you enjoy most - at great savings!

HERE'S THE MOST EXCITING OFFER EVER MADE to new members of the Columbia Record Club... an offer that enables you to acquire a superb record library - in regular high-fidelity OR stereo-fidelity - at truly remarkable savings! All 64 of the records shown here are now available in both regular high-fidelity and stereo (except No. 9 - Listening in Depth - stereo only). As a new member, you may have ANY 5 of these records - in your choice of regular high-fidelity OR stereo - ALL 5 for only $1.97. AND JUST LOOK AT THE TREMENDOUS SELECTION YOU NOW HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM... 64 records - from Columbia and many other great labels! That's right... you not only have a choice of the best-selling albums by Columbia's own great artists - but also the most popular albums by favorite recording stars from many other record companies! The selection shown here is typical of the wide range of recorded entertainment offered to members each and every month... records from every field of music... on many labels... by America's favorite recording stars. So whether you have a regular phonograph or a stereo phonograph... whether you prefer classical or popular music, Broadway hits or jazz... you're always sure of finding just the records you want. TO RECEIVE YOUR 5 RECORDS FOR ONLY $1.97 - simply fill in and mail the postage-free reply card provided. Be sure to indicate whether you want your 5 records (and all future selections) in regular high-fidelity or stereo. Also be sure to indicate which Club Division best suits your musical taste: Classical; Listening and Dancing; Broadway, Movies, Television and Musical Comedies; Jazz. HOW THE CLUB OPERATES: Each month the Club's staff of music experts selects outstanding records from every field of music. These selections are fully described in the Club's entertaining and informative music Magazine, which you receive free each month. You may accept the monthly selection for your Division... or take any of the other records offered in the Magazine, from all Divisions... or take NO record in any particular month. Your only membership obligation is to purchase five selections from the more than 200 records to be offered in the coming 12 months. Thereafter, you have no further obligation to buy any additional records... and you may discontinue your membership at any time. FREE BONUS RECORDS GIVEN REGULARLY. If you wish to continue as a member after purchasing five records, you will receive - FREE - a Bonus record of your choice for every two additional selections you buy - a 50% dividend. The records you want are mailed and billed to you at the regular list price of $3.98 (Classical $4.98; occasional Original Cast recordings somewhat higher), plus a small mailing and handling charge. Stereo records are $1.00 more. MAIL THE POSTAGE-FREE CARD TODAY to receive your 5 records - in regular high-fidelity or stereo - ALL 5 for only $1.97. NOTE: Stereo records must be played only on a stereo record player. If you do not now own one, by all means continue to acquire regular long-play high-fidelity records. They will play with true-to-life fidelity on your present phonograph, and will sound even more brilliant on a stereo phonograph if you purchase one in the future. More than 1,250,000 families now enjoy the music program of COLUMBIA RECORD CLUB TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. LISTENING IN DEPTH AN INTRODUCTION TO COLUMBIA STEREOPHONIC SOUND. 9. An exciting array of 16 classical and popular selections - in STEREO only. Gunfighter Ballads MARTY ROBBINS Cool Water Big Iron El Paso 9 More. 29. Also: Strawberry Roan, Billy the Kid, Utah Carol, Running Gun, In the Valley, etc. SCHEHERAZADE BERNSTEIN NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. 3. 1001 new delights in this "amazingly persuasive and sensuous performance"-Listen. HITS FROM THE MOVIES featuring PERCY FAITH'S original THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE" DORIS DAY-Pillow Talk plus 10 more. 17. Also: The Best of Everything, Smile, On the Beach, Gigi, Happy Anniversary, etc. GRAND CANYON SUITE PHILADELPHIA ORCH., ORMANDY. 12. A brilliant musical picture as colorful as the natural wonder that inspired it. THE PLATTERS Encore of Golden Hits Twilight Time My Prayer Only You 9 more. 20. Also: Enchanted, The Great Pretender, Magic Touch, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, etc. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET GONE WITH THE WIND. 24. Swanee River, The Lonesome Road, Basin Street Blues, Ol' Man River, 4 more. THE FOUR LADS BREEZIN' ALONG. 40. That Old Feeling, That's My Desire, Breezin' Along with the Breeze, 9 more. BYE BYE BIRDIE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST. 4. Complete score. "The audience was beside itself with pleasure"-New York Times. LEONARD BERNSTEIN. BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES No. 4 and 5 BRUNO WALTER Columbia Symphony Orchestra. 33. "Depth of understanding, sure handed musicianship" - New York Herald-Tribune. MAHALIA JACKSON Great Gettin' up Morning. 35. God Put a Rainbow in the Sky, Just To Behold His Face, How Great Thou Art, 8 more. TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 Eugene Istomin, Piano Ormandy-Philadelphia Orch. 36. "Istomin has what it takes for Tchaikovsky in flashing abundance"-Phila. Inquirer. FOLK SONGS SING ALONG WITH MITCH. 16. Blue Tail Fly, On Top of Old Smoky, Skip To My Lou, Oh Susanna, 15 favorites in all. Tchaikovsky: NUTCRACKER SUITE Ravel: BOLERO - LA VALSE VAN BEINUM - AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW. 38. "Exciting La Valse ... first-rate Bolero ... sunny Nutcracker Suite"-High Fidelity. MITCH MILLER. ROY HAMILTON With all my love. 51. Time After Time, My One and Only Love, Cheek to Cheek, Speak Low, Strange, 7 more. DVORAK "NEW WORLD" SYMPHONY NO. 5 CLEVELAND ORCH. SZELL. 57. A performance of "glowing intensity ... has snap and brilliance" - High Fidelity. FLOWER DRUM SONG ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN. 56. "Cheerfully confident... atmosphere is attractive, score ingratiating" Kerr, Tribune. CHOPIN The 24 Preludes BRAILOWSKY Pianist. 49. Alexander Brailowsky is "in very fact a poet of the piano" - New York Times. Torchiri' FRANKIE LAINE. 37. Here Lies Love, A Cottage for Sale, Body and Soul, These Foolish Things, 8 more. LISZT PIANO CONCERTOS No. 1 and 2 PHILIPPE ENTREMONT, piano Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy. 43. "Entremont has a real feeling for the romantic music ... exciting"-McCall's. ELLA FITZGERALD. ELLA FITZGERALD sings GERSHWIN VOL. 1. 46. The Man I Love, Fascinatin' Rhythm, But Not for Me, They All Laughed, 8 more. STRAUSS WALTZES ANDRE KOSTELANETZ. 13. Tales From the Vienna Woods, Emperor Waltz, The Blue Danube, 10 lilting waltzes. SCHUBERT: "GREAT" C MAJOR SYMPHONY THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA GEORGE SZELL, Conductor. 54. "It soars, it blazes ... this is, and I use the word advisedly, great"-Atlantic. Kostelanetz LURE OF PARADISE Bali Ha'i Sweet Leilani Moon of Manakoora 12 MORE. 42. Also: Hawaiian War Chant, On The Beach at Waikiki, Song of the Islands, etc. BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 1 CLEVELAND ORCH.-SZELL. 21. "Szell interprets the symphony wonderfully"-Review of Recorded Music. THE MAGIC OF SARAH VAUGHAN BROKEN HEARTED MELODY THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC CARELESS plus 9 more. 31. Also: I've Got the World on a String, Are You Certain, Love is a Random Thing, etc. MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE. 41. "This is a remarkable album ... extreme beauty and sensitivity" -Downbeat. MUSIC FOR ORGAN AND BRASS E. Power BIGGS at the organ. 23. "Imposing, delectable ... a delight from beginning to end" -Dallas Morning News. FRANKIE YANKOVIC All-Time Great Polkas. 52. Beer Barrel Polka, Hoop-Dee-Doo, Liechtensteiner Polka, Helena - 12 polkas in all. RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY No. 2 Philadelphia Orch. Ormandy. 45. "Music of singular breadth, scored in a rich, rewarding manner"-Phila. Inquirer. THE SOUND OF JAZZ COUNT BASIE - BILLIE HOLIDAY JIMMY RUSHING JIMMY GIUFFRE TRIO OTHERS. 53. Wild Man Blues, I Left My Baby, Fine and Mellow, The Train and the River, Nervous, etc. SHOSTAKOVITCH SYMPHONY No. 5 LEONARD BERNSTEIN NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. 62. "This is the best performance of this work we have ever heard"-Newsweek. PORGY AND BESS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING From The Samuel Goldwyn Motion Picture Production. 60. Summertime; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'; 19 selections in All. HANDEL Water Music Suite Royal Fireworks Suite PHILADELPHIA ORCH. EUGENE ORMANDY. 64. "Familiar, charming music ... delightful performance" - Philadelphia Inquirer. (C) "Columbia,", (C) "Epic," (R) Marcas Reg. (C) Columbia Record Club, Inc., 1961 12