Spike Jones - Bizet's Carmen- Rare Studio Version (2026)

This studio version was recorded on May 24, 1949 .

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

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 This studio version was recorded on May 24, 1949

Unlike the shortened radio or television versions, the studio recording on Discogs is a complete, multi-part "murder" of the opera that uses a full suite of City Slicker chaos: 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.