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Colin Butler, XXI Olympiad [English] / Victor Jean Dupuis, XXI Olympiad [French] (7" 45 rpm single, Skyline SKY 007X, 1976 Canadian; stereo). Souvenir of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, Montreal.

VG picture sleeve, NM disc; $3.00
Item # 6652

City of Montreal, The Sound of Man and His World / La Ville de Montréal, Echos de Terre des Hommes (7" 33/13 rpm single, RCA TDH-1001, 1968 Canadian; mono). Collection of miscellaneous “human” sounds, recorded around the former site of the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair, turned in 1968 into a “permanent” exhibition called Man and His World (which lasted only a couple of years); spoken introduction by [unidentified] Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau.

VG; $3.00
Item # 6658

The Travelers Insurance Companies, The Triumph Of Man (7" 33⅓ rpm extended play, RCA Custom Records R4LM-4348, 1964 U.S. red vinyl; mono). Souvenir of the Travelers Insurance pavilion at the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair.

VG disc, with VG gatefold picture sleeve; $5.00
Item # 6653

The Trinidad & Tobago City Syncopators Steel Orch., Alouette / National Emblem (7" 45 rpm single, Sparrow RA-818, 1967 Trinidadian; mono). Steel band souvenir from the Trinidad & Tobago pavilion at the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair.

NM disc, G+ picture sleeve; $5.00
Item # 6655

Various Artists, Games Of The XXI Olympiad, Montreal, 1976: Music Of The Official Ceremonies (12" LP, Polydor 2424 124, 1976 Canadian gatefold cover; stereo).

VG cover, VG+ disc; inventory sticker on back cover; includes custom inner sleeve about compose André Mathieu; $3.00
Item # 7945

 

Stéphane Venne; orch. dir. by Marcel Lévèque, Un jour, un jour (Chanson Officielle de l’Expo) / Ces temps dejeunesse (7" 45 rpm single, Select S-7106, 1967 Canadian; mono). The official song of the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair, sung by its composer. The tune was said to have been inspired by the musical sound of the rubber tires of the then-brand-new Montreal subway cars as they started up.

VG; sticker on both sides of label; $3.00
Item # 6657

 

Bobby Vinton, Clinging Vine / Imagination Is A Magic Dream (7" 45 rpm single, Epic 5-9705, 1964 Canadian; mono). B-side featured in Max Liebman’s “Show-Go-Round” at the Chrysler Exhibit, 1964–65 New York World’s Fair.

VG; tear in label, writing on label; $2.00
Item # 6654 [also listed under Male Rock & Roll Artists]

The World’s Fair Symphony Orch.; Paul Lavalle, cond., World’s Fair Suite (12" LP, RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2764, 1964 Canadian; mono). Music by american composer Ferde Grofé for the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair.

VG cover, VG+ disc; $5.00
Item # 6664

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