Dietrich, Marlene (1901–1992) . "Dietrich in Rio" - SIGNED LP.
Original 1959 LP (Columbia WL 164) of the great German actress and singer performing in Rio de Janeiro, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink on the cover to Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. Very light wear to edges of cover back and front, record seemingly in good condition though untested, else fine.
Dietrich considered this to be "one of my best albums" (Marlene, by Marlene Dietrich, p. 239), and it was Nat King Cole who had in fact advised her to tour in South America. In a promotional interview for the record, Dietrich recounted: "Nat King Cole came to see my act in Vegas, and he said that I was good. Well, I was very excited about that because if he said that, then it meant something. And he said he had just come back from South America, and he really pushed me into it. He's one of the kindest men I know." She recalled of the performance: "The Brazilians started to throw flowers... they came flying so beautifully that I thought, oh this is what they do down there. And the stage was so covered with flowers that I couldn't do the repeat of the finale... And then I heard later they don't usually do that. They only did that for Edith Piaf." [See Dietrich's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ04TnPm9no ]
Dietrich, Marlene (1901–1992) . "Dietrich in Rio" - SIGNED LP.
Original 1959 LP (Columbia WL 164) of the great German actress and singer performing in Rio de Janeiro, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink on the cover to Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. Very light wear to edges of cover back and front, record seemingly in good condition though untested, else fine.
Dietrich considered this to be "one of my best albums" (Marlene, by Marlene Dietrich, p. 239), and it was Nat King Cole who had in fact advised her to tour in South America. In a promotional interview for the record, Dietrich recounted: "Nat King Cole came to see my act in Vegas, and he said that I was good. Well, I was very excited about that because if he said that, then it meant something. And he said he had just come back from South America, and he really pushed me into it. He's one of the kindest men I know." She recalled of the performance: "The Brazilians started to throw flowers... they came flying so beautifully that I thought, oh this is what they do down there. And the stage was so covered with flowers that I couldn't do the repeat of the finale... And then I heard later they don't usually do that. They only did that for Edith Piaf." [See Dietrich's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ04TnPm9no ]