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Spike Jones - Bizet's Carmen- Rare Studio Version Info

Eileen Gallagher (as "Messy-Soprano" Carmen) and Sir Frederick Gas (as "Base" vocals). Arrangers: Eddie Brandt and Jay Sommers. What Makes This Version "Rare" or Unique

The arrangement is densely packed with Jones's "orchestra" of unorthodox instruments, including gunshots, cowbells, sirens, and honking horns . SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version

It was famously issued on a 10-inch LP titled Spike Jones Murders Carmen and Kids the Classics in 1953 by RCA Victor . Key Personnel: Narrator: Spike Jones. SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version

The recording ends with a bizarre, fourth-wall-breaking gag where the characters stop to chew bubble gum as they "chew their way off into the distance". Availability SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version