Ruth Welcome - Hi-Wi Zither (1958) Vinyl LP • Stardust, The Third Man

Catalog Number:

T-942

Musical Styles:

1950s, Big Band & Swing, Cool Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Jazz Pop, Pop Rock, Smooth Jazz, Soft Rock, Traditional Jazz, Traditional/Vocal, Vocal, Vocal Jazz

Sleeve Grade:

Very Good Plus (VG+)

Record Grade:

Excellent (EX)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); tiny surface abrasions on front; name written near top-left and slight discoloration on back. Inner-sleeve is original (Capitol ads); seams partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with some wear. Some shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Mid to late 60's pressing with color spectrum around edge of label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Themes From "The Third Man"
2. Does Your Heart Beat For Me
3. Charmaine
4. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
5. Hi-Lili-Ho-Lo
6. Fascination
7. There Goes My Heart
8. The Three Bells
9. My Melancholy Baby
10. Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
11. Stardust

About The Record:

Hi-Wi Zither, by Ruth Welcome is doubly unique. It presents a new kind of mood music - favorites of today played on an instrument used by folksingers since the time of the ancient Greeks. And the artist, Ruth Welcome is the only woman to play the zither professionally in America. For this album, Ruth plays her custom made Meinel Concert Zither, counterpart to the quality of a Stradivari. The sweet vibrancy of the truly beautiful tone lends fresh and original expression to such standards as Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Stardust, and Melancholy Baby, and brings new luster to a medley of themes from The Third Man, the film which first sparked general interest in the zither in 1949.