78 RPM RECORD.  JOSEPHINE TUMMINIA WITH JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA: THE WREN (LA CAPINERA) & THE BLUE DANUBE.  DECCA 29009. RECORDED IN 1937.  A MOST UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF OPERA AND SWING/DIXIELAND MUSIC.  TUMMINIA WAS THE FIRST SOPRANO OF THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA COMPANY AND HAD APPEARED ON BING CROSBY'S KRAFT MUSIC HALL PROGRAM WITH JIMMY'S BAND.  JIMMY IS HEARD ON CLARINET AND THERE IS SOME NICE SWING DRUMMING BY RAY McKINLEY.  SURELY, MISS TUMMINIA HAD NEVER RECORDED WITH SUCH A HOT BAND BEFORE OR SINCE! THE BLUE DANUBE HAS NEVER BEEN REISSUED ON LP OR CD BUT THE WREN DID APPEAR ON AN OBSURE BRITISH CD ON THE KAZ LABEL.  BLUE DANUBE WAS ARRANGED BY FUD LIVINGSTON.  12 INCH RECORD.    "E+" CONDITION.  STARTING BID IS 14.99.  PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE 12 INCH RECORDS AND OTHER VINTAGE 78'S.