Spike Jones - - Bizet's Carmen- Rare Studio Version

Eileen Gallagher’s performance satirizes the "pretentiousness" of operatic singing, shifting between legitimate skill and hilariously screeching or off-key delivery.

Spike Jones and His City Slickers’ take on Georges Bizet’s Carmen —often released under the titles or "Spike Jones Murders Carmen" —is a definitive example of his "Musical Depreciation" style. While he performed "Carmen" frequently in live revues and on television, the studio version is a meticulously crafted 1949 recording. Core Details of the Studio Version SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version

The recording ends with a bizarre, fourth-wall-breaking gag where the characters stop to chew bubble gum as they "chew their way off into the distance". Availability Core Details of the Studio Version The recording

It was famously issued on a 10-inch LP titled Spike Jones Murders Carmen and Kids the Classics in 1953 by RCA Victor . Key Personnel: Narrator: Spike Jones. SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version