Spike Jones - Bizet's Carmen- Rare Studio Version ❲99% LIMITED❳

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

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 SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version

This studio version was recorded on May 24, 1949 . The recording ends with a bizarre, fourth-wall-breaking gag

You can find this specific 1949 studio recording on archival collections like Spiking the Classics or via historical uploads on YouTube . What Makes This Version "Rare" or Unique This

Unlike the shortened radio or television versions, the studio recording on Discogs is a complete, multi-part "murder" of the opera that uses a full suite of City Slicker chaos:

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.