PROMOTIONAL SOUVENIR RECORD GIVEN TO EVERY BUYER OF A PHILCO RADIO. LABEL STATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE ISSUE WAS TO COMMEMORATE THE PRODUCTION OF THE 20 MILLIONTH RADIO WHEN, IN REALITY, IT THE PURPOSE WAS TO INCREASE THE SALE OF PHILCO RADIOS. THIS RECORDING WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON DECCA #3354 AND WAS RECORDED IN LOS ANGELES ON 20 JULY, 1940.

HOME ON THE RANGE IS THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE BING CROSBY SOUVENIR RECORD. THIS RECORDING WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON DECCA # 2676 AND WAS RECORDED IN LOS ANGELES ON 14 JUNE, 1939.

THIS RECORDING WAS ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING FUNDING FOR THE SAINT JOHN'S HOSPITAL IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. IT IS A SINGLE SIDED, WHITE LABEL, PROMOTIONAL RECORD. THERE WERE 1,000 COPIES PRESSED AND BING SIGNED ALL 1,000. THE RECORD PICTURED IS COPY NUMBER 194. THE RECORDING WAS MADE IN LOS ANGELES ON 3 MARCH, 1945 AND WAS NEVER ISSUED COMMERCIALLY BY DECCA. THIS ISSUE BE THE ONLY TIME THE RECORDING HAS APPEARED IN ANY FORM.



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