Vincent Price record albums

[typhooforme]

More of my cousin Sara's (vpdogjoe's) collection--here are some of her Vincent Price record albums--both movie soundtrack records and spoken word recordings Vinnie did over the years.

[Cuts R Us]

Great collection. I've always wanted a copy of the Phibes soundtrack. Glad to see she displays her records too. I have a revolving collection of my own scattered around the house, and a very understanding wife.

[Unknown Primate]

Great, great stuff!  My nephew has a few V.P. albums (he's a huge fan - of vinyl and Vinnie).  He keeps saying he's gonna join the UMA.  Wait'll I tell him about this collection!

[Scatter]

Man, I'd kill to have those on my walls!

[seed_murda]

THAT is soo cool, wish I had em !!

[vpdogjoe]

Thanks for the kind words.  I'm glad I have a understanding husband who put up with my collections. Whenever he see what I have done, he just shake his head.  He couldn't say anything since he has his own room for his collection of late Dale Earnhardt Sr.       

[Cuts R Us]

Took me a while to find this, but here's my one Vincent album. Not scary, but it shows his Artistic side:

[dlhenderson]

I saw Vincent Price in person at a Sears store in 1966 or '67. He was there to promote a series of framed art prints. I took my Polaroid camera with me, but stood there dumbfounded as he walked by. He was very tall and didn't seem to want to be there (a woman next to me said: "Mr Price?". He looked around and muttered "Yes, hello" and kept walking). He was right there next to me. There weren't many people around. I blew it. A photo journalist I am not!

[twilitezoner]

I saw Vincent Price in person at a Sears store in 1966 or '67. He was there to promote a series of framed art prints. I took my Polaroid camera with me, but stood there dumbfounded as he walked by. He was very tall and didn't seem to want to be there (a woman next to me said: "Mr Price?". He looked around and muttered "Yes, hello" and kept walking). He was right there next to me. There weren't many people around. I blew it. A photo journalist I am not!

Were the framed prints of his work?

[dlhenderson]

No, they had prints of the masters and I think some original work by lesser knowns. Price was an avid collector. There may have also been art supply kits he was promoting; can't recall.

[twilitezoner]

Thanks. That would be pretty wild to see Vincent Price walking through a Sears store.

[Cuts R Us]

In the early 60's Vincent was hired by Sears to travel the world and purchase artworks that they would sell in their stores as a way of getting 'Art' to 'The Masses'. Along with traditional artworks, Vincent also purchased works by then lesser well known contemporary artists such as Dali, Mondrian & Picasso.

Check out this ad from the Sears catalog:


Vincent Price Collection Sears by Velvet Glass, on Flickr

If that type is too small to read, what it's offering is a Picasso for $800 and a five foot square Mondrian for the same amount. These were original pieces of art being sold! Not prints and repros.

My Grandfather bought a piece from "The Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art" and here's a shot of the sticker on the back:


Vincent Price Colection Sticker by Velvet Glass, on Flickr

Grandpa's tastes were decidedly 'traditional' unfortunately. Wish he'd picked up the Picasso

There's a cool video of Vincent explaining to the Sears employees how to 'sell' the art:

The Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art:,Sears

Amazing stuff!

"V"

[twilitezoner]

Thanks the video CRU. Any idea how long Sears continued with this? I don't recall seeing any section like this when I was a kid in the 70s.

[Cuts R Us]

I believe the program ran from 1962 'til 1971 so you probably just missed it.  It started at the Sears in Denver and was very popular. They expanded to other states pretty quickly and  eventually you could walk into almost any Sears and pick up a Picasso or similar for a few hundred bucks! Pretty wild!

[twilitezoner]

I remember when my parents said we were going to Sears it was like a field trip. I would park myself right in front of the magazine rack which luckily was right next to the toy section at the Abington PA Sears store and read Famous Monsters magazine.