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There is no denying that one of the rarest and most desirable Gold CDs on the planet are those issued by Classic Records. When it comes to Classic Records Gold CD titles, you can just forget about some of them completely!

Why are they so rare and valuable? Perhaps it has to do with the fact that Classic Records was one of the first audiophile companies to embrace reissuing reference performances from history, especially in the classical and jazz areas? Perhaps it's because they produced their gold CDs for a very short time and in short order decided to cease this expensive production process? Maybe it's the wonderful sound and careful remastering? Whatever the reasons, this is your chance to acquire one of these super rare Classic Records gold CDs - in untouched, pristine, factory sealed condition - these are investment grade opportunities in music collecting - and that doesn't come around very often!

American composer Alex North hardly needed films to enhance his reputation. A graduate of Juilliard and the pupil of such musical heavyweights as Ernst Toch and Aaron Copland, North was responsible for the incidental music in several major Broadway productions of the 1940s, notably Death of a Salesman. He also composed for the ballet, for symphony orchestra, and even for Benny Goodman. North's earliest film work consisted of the scores for documentary films, an activity he engaged in from 1937 through the early 1950s. His first feature-film score was for 20th Century-Fox's The 13th Letter; he followed this with a steady parade of scores for such memorable pictures as Viva Zapata (1952), The Rose Tattoo (1955), The Bad Seed (1956), Spartacus (1960), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1967), Under the Volcano (1984) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). His most popular composition, "Unchained Melody" (for the 1955 prison picture Unchanged), received a whole new lease on life in 1990 thanks to the runaway hit film Ghost. Yet despite so impressive a resume, Alex North never received an Oscar in any of his 15 nominations. Finally, in 1986, the Academy threw him that guilt-absolving bone, the "Lifetime Achievement Award." Perhaps Alex North's most ambitious film score was the one nobody heard -- he was engaged by Stanley Kubrick to write the music for 2001: A Space Odyssey, only to have Kubrick rudely pull the rug from under him by substituting such classical pieces as "Thus Spake Zarathustra" and "The Blue Danube Waltz." With teeth clenched, Alex North wrote a terse article describing his frustration for Jerome Agel's 1969 compendium The Making of Kubrick's 2001. - Hal Erickson

This is a very rare, long out of print audiophile 24kt Gold CD - it is a USED / OPENED, Near MINT minus overall condition 24kt. GOLD CD PRESSED and ISSUED by CLASSIC RECORDS. A superb title featuring -

Alex North

24kt GOLD CD Title -

  • North Of Hollywood

Track Listing -

1. Stud Poker (From "Streetcar Named Desire)
2. Four Deuces (From "Streetcar Named Desire”)
3. Trick Or Treat (From "Wall Street Ballet”)
4. French Quarter (From "Streetcar Named Desire”)
5. Hot Spell (From "Hot Spell)
6. Ode To A Western (From "American Road”)
7. Unchained Jazz (From "Unchained”)
8. Monte Carlo (From "The Racers”)
9. Floozie (From "Rose Tattoo”)
10. Mardi Gras Bump (From "Rose Tattoo”)
11. Magnolia (From "Member Of The Wedding”)
12. Ticker Tape (From "Wall Street Ballet”)
13. Jody's Lament (From "Member Of The Wedding”)
14. Blackjack (From "The Racers")

Other Information -

• Barcode: 601704144528

The 24kt Gold CD is from the ultra-rare series of Classic Records / RCA / BMG 24kt. GOLD CDs (all LONG out of print).
  • Gold CD catalog # LSPCD 1445
  • Gold CD issued in the 1990s (no dates on the back of the jewel case)
  • The original LP was issued in the 1960's, on the RCA record label
  • Gold CD manufactured by Classic Records
  • Gold CD made in the USA
  • Sound is SUPERB

Condition Details:

The 24kt GOLD CD, INSERTS and JEWEL CASE are all in Near MINT minus overall condition. The GOLD CD, made by Classic Records was issued in the early to mid 1990s. The disc has NO significant marks on the reflective side of the disc that we could see. The jewel case shows a tiny bit of shelf wear, no cracks or damages - no serious issues whatsoever. This is about as nice as you will find when buying an open copy of this title - it's in top notch collector's grade condition. When play tested on our audio system, it performed PERFECTLY.

The pictures used with this listing are of the actual item.

The CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).  

Do not let this rarity slip by!