Gigi (1958) Vinyl LP • Soundtrack, Lerner, Loewe, Eva Gabor, Andre Previn

Catalog Number: E3641-ST

Record Grading: Very Good Plus (VG+), Sleeve Grading: Very Good (VG)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover has moderate-scuffing, a few surface impressions and discoloration with darker discoloration spots (front/back). Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; some wear to corners; small split at top right corner. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Yellow and black label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Overture (MGM Studio Orchestra )
• Thank Heaven For Little Girls (Maurice Chevalier )
• It's A Bore (Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan )
• The Parisians (Leslie Caron )
• Waltz At Maxim's (She Is Not Thinking Of Me) (MGM Studio Orchestra )
• The Night They Invented Champagne (Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, and Hermione Gingold )
• I Remember It Well (Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold )
• Say A Prayer For Me Tonight (Leslie Caron )
• I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore (Maurice Chevalier )
• Gigi (Gaston's Soliloquy) (Louis Jourdan )
• Finale. Thank Heaven For Little Girls (Maurice Chevalier )

About The Record:

Gigi is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. Gigi is a 1958 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and processed using Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's color film process Metrocolor. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella of the same name by Colette. The film features songs with lyrics by Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, arranged and conducted by André Previn. At the 31st Academy Awards, the film won all nine of its nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Minnelli. It held the record for the highest clean sweep of nominations until The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all eleven of its nominations at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. In 1991, Gigi was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The American Film Institute ranked it No. 35 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. The film is considered the last great Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical and the final great achievement of the Freed Unit, headed by producer Arthur Freed.