Thanks for your in-depth review.  I will include this among my purchases for the new year.

Jack

I have a quick question. I perused Bing Crosby autographs on eBay a few minutes ago.  I noticed that often his autograph is simply "Bing".  Do autographs with his full name have more value?  And is that because more often than not he just signed his first name? Curious... I wouldn't mind owning an autograph.

It has been a while on this message board, but all is well, and I continue to enjoy as much Bing Crosby as I can.  Any current leads on available Jonzo music sets?  Thanks.  I perused eBay, but did not find much that I do not already have.

Just love the resonance in his voice.  A voice never to be matched.
 

Great question Peter.  I'm interested to hear from the experts on this one as well.  I know there is a ton of radio stuff, especially from the Philco show.  Many songs were performed on radio that he never recorded in the studio.  Im sure that is still an untapped goldmine!
 

I love saying to young people when Bing's "White Christmas" is playing, "Did you know this guy was a bigger star in the 20th century than anyone comparable today?".  They look at me, ask me what I mean, and I tell them.  It all starts with "White Christmas" though.
 

paulmock wrote:

Archiefit wrote:

When you start collecting one particular thing, it's pretty exciting.   So much to get, so much to find, so much to enjoy.   You almost don't know where to start, and with Bing there's an awful lot of stuff, audio records, radio shows and video TV shows and movies.   Good luck to you, in some ways I envy you're beginning.   But you're lucky you're starting now, it's a heck of a lot easier to find odd recordings and albums today and movies today than it was in the 1970's and 1980's.   The only way I could get old Bing albums was to scour Used Record album stores and all you could do was hope you'd find something you've never seen.   But, don't get me wrong it was FUN and then that moment you find an album you've been looking for after thumbing thru 100's of albums and then BING, there  it is, an album you don't have.  YESHHH!   Oh, it was doubly exciting to find something that you could only find if you were lucky.   Today, you go on the internet and you can find just about anything you want with a simple search.   No internet then to spoil you, you had to really SEARCH, not just type in a word and watch it all appear.

EXAMPLE:  Several years ago (2010) I was on my knees in a dusty old bookstore in Hollywood, CA (which also had some records) flipping thru what they had in boxes. Lo and behold! I found a sealed monaural copy of  "El Senor BING" that had a price sticker of $3.00! More amazing was the fact that the price tag had a date on it of "10-00" typed at the bottom right. I asked the clerk what that meant and he told me that it was the month/year the record was placed on the floor for sale!!!  So not only was the price a miracle, but here was a sealed copy some 50 years old which came from God knows where and laid on that store's floor for 10 years before anyone cared to buy it!!!! 
 

What a great story.  I assume that the disc itself was still in wonderful condition with no warps.  I kn

Very true... but how can I pass up an impressive Bing Box set?

It truly is a different time when it comes to collecting.  Thanks for the welcome Archiefit!
 

So in the last three days I have been able to acquire over 20 of the Chronological CDs.  Good start for sure.  Now, how many times am I going to have to duplicate volumes to get volumes I don't have?

Malcolm Macfarlane wrote:

Jack, The Legendary Years discs are very worth while too. See https://www.amazon.co.uk/His-Legendary-Years-1931-57/dp/B000002OPK

Thank you for that recommendation Malcolm.  I have this set on my list to buy.  Much appreciated.

Thank you Richard for the response.  Time and tide wait for no man.  Which is why we should strike while the iron is hot.  Had I followed through five years ago as planned, I may have been able to have the complete set now, as well as five years of Crosby appreciation and knowledge.  

I discovered some still for sale there in the UK on eBay.  I am awaiting a response about postage, and how to handle the sale.  But what a shame that they still are not available as complete sets.