Sold Date: April 16, 2019
Start Date: February 7, 2019
Final Price: $28.00 (USD)
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This listing is for a very 3-record album.

These are 10-inch 78 rpm hi-fi shellack records.

This is 69 years old.

Includes cover illustrated album cover,

with Illustrated liner notes.

The price includes shipping, with insurance & tracking.

This album is from a non-smoking home.

The Shipstads & Johnson

Original and Finest

“ICE FOLLIES OF 1950”

Songs featuring members of the original cast,

with Hal Derwin, The Starlighters (vocal group),

Norma Larsen, William Reeve.

...Orchestra conducted by Stan Myers.

The 1950 show was the 14th annual edition of the Ice Follies.

Rare 3-Record Album

Three 10-inch 78 rpm Acetate records

Capitol Records

No. CC 9009

Recorded in 1950

Great cover illustration, artist unknown. I think the skater is Betty Shalow, who was a star performer for several shows with the Ice Follies.

This album measures 10 1/2” x 12 1/2”

and weighs approx. 5 lbs.

6 sides on 3 records

Song list:

1. Circus Day

2. Walkin’ With Mariah

3. The Swing Waltz

4. Shake ‘Em Off

5. It’s A Good, Good Mornin’

6. Buildin’ Bee

Listen & watch before you buy:

Though I haven’t found any old film clips from the Ice Follies of 1950 on YouTube, there are several enjoyable vintage film clips to watch. These include a 1940’s newsreel of The International Ice Follies, World Skating Championships of 1950, early film clips of the Ice Capades, vintage film clips of Stars One Ice, and Star On Ice, and old film clips of the Vanities Ice Skating Show. There are also old film clips of early editions of Disney On Ice.

See more history notes on Ice Follies at bottom of this listing.

You may also want to search YouTube for film clips of the song titles listed above, and search for the singers and vocal group listed above, as well.

There are several show programs form the Ice Follies of 1950 here on eBay. One of those would make an excellent companion piece to this rare record set.

Please see all photos.

Questions welcome.

Condition: This album is in good to very good condition, especially for being 69 years old.

The album cover has light surface wear, a few small scuffs

and a few minor corner dings. One dent/bump on front right side. There are a few minor creases in lower area of front cover(see photo).

Gold gilt lettering on spine edge is in excellent condition with only a few very minor worn spots.

The back cover is in very good condition, a little edge wear, one very small tear near black masking.

The inside front cover has “Ice Follies” title, liner notes and illustrations.

The interior is in excellent condition with a few minor fold creases. Interior record sleeves are in very good, no holes, no tears, no stains, no mold or mildew. The binding is tight.

No ink pen markings.

The first sleeve has a small paper label from a music shop in Minneapolis (see photo). The third sleeve has a small ink stamp from the Capitol Records inspection department.

Inside back cover is in very good condition.

The record discs range from very good to excellent. A few have light scuffs and minor scratches. All play well, no skipping. No cracks, no chips, no warping.

The records have very good labels, clean center holes.

This album is from a non-smoking home.

Shipping note: Each record will be carefully wrapped separately from the album cover. Records will be inside a sturdy padded box, and that box will be inside another sturdy padded box.

This is a very rare, hard to find record album. The only other one I’ve seen was at a vintage winter sports items charity auction, in Sun Valley / Ketchum, Idaho. It sold for $225.

Price: $28.00 Buy It Now, or Make Offer.

Shipping: Free, USPS Media Mail,

with insurance & tracking.

I can only ship to USA 50 states.

Payment: PayPal only.

Please note: shipping to Hawaii or Alaska takes much longer than in the continental 48 states.

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Additional notes on Ice Follies history:

The Ice Follies, formerly known as the Shiptads & Johnson Ice Follies, was a touring ice show featuring elaborate production numbers, similar in concept to Ice Capades.

The Ice Follies show was a variety show that included a chorus line called The Ice Folliettes, which led to synchronized figure skating, that famously, precisely performed a kick line and pinwheel on ice.

It was founded in 1936 by Eddie and Roy Shipstad, and Oscar Johnson. In later years the cast included Olympic skater Peggy Fleming, among others.

Formerly known as Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies, Inc.

and as Holiday On Ice.

Current trading name: Disney On Ice

Parent company: Feld Entertainment

Areas served: worldwide

Current headquarters: Feld Entertainment Studio

in Ellenton, Florida

Current touring name: Ice Follies and Holiday On Ice, Inc.

Trade mark: Disney currently own rights to

any variation of “... On Ice”

Industry: entertainment

Production output: touring ice shows

Founders: Eddie Shipstad, Roy Shipstad, Oscar Johnson

The Shipstad brothers were the sons of Swedish parents who had migrated to St. Paul, Minnesota. (The family name Skeppstedts was shortened to Shipstad.) When Eddie Shipstad was a typewriter salesman he became friends with a chemist named Oscar Johnson, while ice skating at local lakes. They practiced skating stunts together and were hired as half-time entertainment for the local professional hockey team, and later for the New York Rangers. Eddie’s brother Roy, himself a successful amateur skater, would later join them to perform charity shows and, eventually, as the Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies.

Ice Follies produced the first, large scale, professional touring show in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 7, 1936.

Ice Follies was featured in the Joan Crawford film “The Ice Follies of 1939”, produced by MGM.

In 1946, Ice Follies began coproducing Ice Cycles with Ice Capades. In 1949 Ice Follies became independent.

Roy Shipstad retired in 1950.

Read more about Ice Follies history on Wikipedia, Google, and on various fan sites and fan blog sites, social media, etc.