*Duet with Eddy and MacDonald
#Nelson Eddy Solo or duet with someone else
~Jeanette MacDonald Solo or duet with someone else

General note: Currently, there are many more Nelson-only CDs than Jeanette-only CDs.  Let's face it — Nelson made many more records than Jeanette, about bazillion (bazillion being a technical term).

It should be noted, however, the best CD recordings will not sound like just-recorded material.  One can expect, at best, some small level of noise and a reduced dynamic range than could be expected of a modern recording; that's a side effect of the technology with which these were recorded.  Also, these were all originally mono recordings and that does make a slight difference.  Do bear in mind that, even for the same recording—say the same song from the same radio show—quality can vary widely, depending on the fidelity of the original material (Sony takes special pains with this, which may be why their final product tends to be superior) and the effort made during remastering and digitizing.

Those of you who might have wandered here before will note updates, corrections, and additions.  There are now record label/selection numbers for the CDs supplied  by Tricia Lutz who has also kindly supplied additional information on Jeanette-only CDs and another "Sweetheart"  Jeanette/Eddy CD.  I'm still open to more corrections and/or additions, so if you have any, and especially if you have the data on them, please send it to me, Stephanie Loyd, and I will update this list.

Where to find them. All albums marked with a † can be found at general internet (and other) music stores like Collector's Choice Music and CDNow and Footlight.  Others can only be found at specific places, noted if I know where.

Music Collection International, 76 Dean Street, London, WIV 5HA
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Disc One *Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life (3/11/35) #I'm Falling In Love With Someone (3/11/35) #'Neath The Southern Moon (3/11/35) #Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (3/11/35) #Love's Old Sweet Song (6/12/35) #Auf Wiedersehen (6/12/35) #When I Grow Too Old To Dream (6/12/35) #Dusty Road (12/31/35) #Rose Marie (12/31/35) #The Mounties (12/31/35) #Through The Years (12/31/35) *Indian Love Call (9/17/36) *Farewell To Dreams (9/21/36) *Song Of Love (9/21/36) *Will You Remember (9/21/36) #Smilin' Through (6/24/37) #The Rosary (6/24/37) #At Dawning (6/29/37) #Trees (6/29/37) #A Perfect Day (6/30/37) #By The Waters Of Minnetonka (1937) #Boots (1938)

Disc Two  #Soldiers Of Fortune (3/38) #Sun-Up To Sundown (3/38) #Who Are We To Say? (3/38) #None But The Lonely Heart (8/31/39) #The Pilgrim's Song (8/31/39) #Lover, Come Back To Me (6/18/40) #Song Of The Volga Boatmen (9/27/39) #At The Balalaika (10/3/39) #The Magic Of Your Love (10/19/39) #Toreador's Song (Sung In French) (6/28/40) #Vision Fugitive (Sung In French) (6/28/40) #Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (8/21/40) #Stout-Hearted Men (6/18/40) #Dear Little Café (10/4/40) #I'll See You Again (10/4/40) #Tokay (10/4/40) ~Sympathy (w/Risë Stevens) (10/5/41) ~The Chocolate Soldier (w/Stevens) (10/5/41 ~My Hero (w/Risë Stevens) (10/7/41) #Shortnin' Bread (2/2/42) #Great Day (11/19/44) #Without A Song (11/19/44)

Editor's notes/opinions: A Nelson-filled album with a few hard-to-find songs and many many old standbyes (which isn't necessarily a bad thing).  Fairly definitive.  Much of the recordings are from the RCA Victor recordings, but some are not, so you've quite a collection.  I cannot attest to the sound quality of this CD, not having heard it myself, but a hard-core fan might want to give it a shot for a few of the gems it contains.  Thanks to Roger Woodroofe for his information.

For those who are interested, I have also started cleaning up music of Nelson Eddy.  I do not charge for the music or the work I took in digitizing these and putting them on CD, but only the materials of the CD itself ($2 + postage).  I am not and will not sell them commercially since I don't own the music, but this is music that can be had elsewhere on tape, from other collectors, that I have digitized and (hopefully) cleaned out some of the background noise.  They can be had at cost to anyone who loves to hear Nelson sing, taking note that I can give no firm date on when I can get them to anyone, since, if I don't have copies at hand, I have to find I time to clean stuff off my computer to load these songs back on and make CDs.  To date, I have only two CDs completed (it is A LOT of work to do these) including the following songs:

Nelson Eddy Classics I

#Ave Maria  #Danny Boy  #Danse Macabre (French)  #Serenade (German - Schubert)  #La Ci Darem La Man (Italian w/DK)  #Largo al Factotem (Italian)  #Non Piu Andrai (Italian)  #Plunkette's Aria (French)  #Quintette from Martha (French)  #L'Amoure et le Gloire (French with sopranos)

#Le Prince de Caucasie (Russian) #Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise  Samson et Delilah Aria (Rise Stevens)  #Sunup to Sundown  #Chanson de Toreador (French)  #Serenade (German self-accompanied in an auditorium)  #Bali Hai  #This Nearly Was Mine  #Some Enchanted Evening  #Younger Than Springtime

Editors notes/opinions:  I love the music on this, which should suprise no one.  The quality varies widely, generally because of the sources.  The source material for "Bali Hai", "This Nearly Was Mine", "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger Than Springtime" was not only bad (and with several dead spots), but required speed changes as did Largo Al Factotem.  No promises, but I hope I've helped some of these recordings, taking note that I concentrated entirely on the voice, so the improvements--if any--on the accompaniment is purely coincidental.