Record Album, "John F. Kennedy, the Presidential Years, 1960-1963"
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This tribute album was released in January 1964, a few months after John F. Kennedy's assassination. Narrated by David Teig, it included recordings of some of Kennedy's famous speeches, as well as a reading of the speech Kennedy was to deliver in Dallas the day he was killed. Stunned and disillusioned Americans embraced products like this following the death of their beloved President.
This tribute album was released in January 1964, a few months after John F. Kennedy's assassination. Narrated by David Teig, it included recordings of some of Kennedy's famous speeches, as well as a reading of the speech Kennedy was to deliver in Dallas the day he was killed. Stunned and disillusioned Americans embraced products like this following the death of their beloved President.
Artifact
Phonograph record
Date Made
January 1964
Subject Date
1960-1963
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
Recorded from Fox Movietone News soundtracks; narrated by David Teig; distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Records, New York, New York.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2007.58.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ms. M. R. Palen.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Vinyl
Technique
Pressing
Printing (Process)
Recording
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 12.25 in (Record cover)
Width: 12.375 in (Record cover)
Inscriptions
On record cover, front: A DOCUMENTARY / John F. Kennedy / THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS / 1960-1963 / RECORDED BY FOX MOVIETONE NEWS / MONAURAL TFM 3127 on record cover, back: A DOCUMENTARY / John F. Kennedy / THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS / 1960-1963 [. . .] on center label on side one of long-playing record: JOHN F. KENNEDY / THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS / 1960-1963 / 33 1/3 R.P.M. / NARRATION: / DAVID TEIG / SIDE A / TFM 3127 / TFM 3127-A [. . .] on center label on side two of long-playing record: JOHN F. KENNEDY / THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS / 1960-1963 / 33 1/3 R.P.M. / NARRATION: / DAVID TEIG / SIDE B / TFM 3127 / TFM 3127-B [. . .] inscribed in the vinyl on side one: TFM 3127-A 10 inscribed in the vinyl on side two: TFM 3127-B 9
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