Description: 1963, Nice Condition for its age 59+ years of age!!RARE! S.S. FRANCE / CGT French Line RIO CARNIVAL Caribbean Samba PROMOTIONAL 7" RECORD33 1/3 RPM Title: "Come, Sail Along With Me On The SS France"Created to promote 1963 "JOIE DE VIVRE" cruises on the France superliner.Label:Tropicana, subtitled "Supreme Fidelity" on labels.Format:Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, StereoCountry:USReleased: 1963Genre:Jazz, Latin, Folk, World, & CountryStyle:Latin Jazz, SambaProducer: Oliver Berliner ("Don Oliverio" is his likely alias) Sleeve front: Depicts the ship bow with mermaids, dolphins, and palm trees, Colorful drawingsSleeve back: Lyrics, Songs, photo of the SS France, Ship statistics, and "1001 Things to Do on the S. S. France" ---This 1963 record was a promotional item offered by CGT to First Class Passengers, Celebrities, and other Honored Guests of the Captain. The recording was to promote the "Joie De Vivre" Caribbean Cruises begun in 1963. It celebrated the Caribbean travel experience of the France to such tropical islands as the Bahamas, Curacao, Haiti, Martinique, Trinidad, the Virgin Isles and more. The song became a favorite on the superliner after her voyage to Rio de Janeiro for the world-famous Rio Carnival. --33 1/3 rpms, this 7" record has not been played, but is dusty from age and storage, so will need to be properly cleaned before playing---One side has the Rio Carnival song in Portuguese: Eu Agora Sou Feliz (I am Happy Now), by Don Oliverio and the Kings of the Samba, with Lyrics in English French and Portuguese on the back cover of the record sleeve. --The Side B is Alley Cat, one of the most popular songs of the Sixties, played during dances on the France. Recorded by Don Oliverio and the Felines.-- According to back cover, Brazilian musicians. This version of Alley Cat is often played on independent radio stations to this day!! We believe it was never played, but is dusty from age + storage-- Will need proper cleaning.-- Sleeve is in nice shape for its age, Still very colorful. Corners not perfect, slight impression of record rim See our other SS France and Cruise Ship listings - Read below about the France --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PLEASE READ ENTIRE LISTING & VIEW ALL PHOTOSAsk questions, Sold As-Is, No returns.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We'd love to see someone adopt and enjoy! We are a smoke-free home with a hypoallergenic dog (Standard Poodle) – We usually mail w/in a day or two of payment, but have 5-10 day handling for health reasons, but if you need sooner LET US KNOW right away, we will do our best to accommodate if we can---------------------------------------------------------------We combine shipping where safe to do so. Internationals, we use Ebay Global Shipping only. Many of our items are from an old Yankee New England Maine Family estate We are just plain folks looking to move things forward, not dealers, not experts, we do our best to describe but might miss something. Ask questions. ---USE PHOTOS: Pictures are part of the description. Be aware that camera flash and your color monitor can cause color difference –-Remember pics are often closeups and thus exaggerated, so use photos with ruler or coin AND/OR the description for better estimate of actual size ---Used Items: Expect typical evidence of use wear handling and/or storage. Ignore any vintage pricing.—We’re old, moving things forward, so no returns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Web: FYI: SS France was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, or French Line) ocean liner, constructed by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France, and put into service in February 1962. At the time of her construction in 1960, the 316 m (1,037 ft) vessel was the longest passenger ship ever built, a record that remained unchallenged until the construction of the 345 m (1,132 ft) RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. ---Even as she was launched, jet travel was becoming increasingly available and affordable to the public. Costing outrageous amounts in fuel, the ship was subsidized by the French government almost right from the start. Designed as a Paquebot Transatlantique or Transatlantic Ocean Liner, with indoor swimming pools and other amenities to suit cold Atlantic Ocean crossings, the France was not really suited to hot weather travel. Nonetheless, almost immediately, CGT began offering Winter cruises from New York to various Caribbean ports, which were hugely successful.----In 1979, the SS France was bought by the Norwegian Line, renamed the SS Norway and underwent significant modifications to refit her for cruising duties. With changing travel interests due to the economy and cost of oil, the ship was scrapped in early 2000s. Auntie B’s first cruise was on the SS France in 1966, so naturally she wanted to cruise on the new Norway. While it was elegant and lovely, she said she missed the Sixties Art Deco redux of the SS France. Even the graceful funnels reminded her of her love for The France. After Aunt’s first cruise, she was hooked and took one or two cruises every year on every cruise line: Cunard, Italian, Homeric, Norwegian… But for her, there was nothing that could compare to the SS France.
Price: 21.6 USD
Location: Hillsdale, New Jersey
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