Introduction
Film Director and writer Allison Anders won Garbo's rock and pop records in the 2012 Julian’s Auction’s Greta Garbo (Dec., 2012). On her TUMBLR ‘Greta’s Records’, she played them and talked about them.
Anders wrote that the question one needs to ask when you bid in an auction like this. What do you truly WANT, just something which belonged to her? Everyone would love a dress she wore — but what would you really DO with it? Keep it in plastic fearful of moths chewing it up? A lamp? A plate? A pair of gloves her fingers wriggled into?
Then — she saw it. Greta Garbo had records! What would possibly be in Greta Garbo’s private record collection? All of it was thrilling and surprising. There were several lots of records up for auction — including one of classical records and opera, one of spoken word, one of jazz, then one of international records, and one of rock and pop records.
Anders bid on the last two lots and was the winning bidder on the rock/pop records! 50 of them! She now owns Greta Garbo’s Beatles records and her twist records.
She then found a great little vintage decoupaged record box from her office to put them in, and bought a little red Crosley Spinnerette portable record player so she could play them easily without hassle.
But she also thought it would be nice to share these records. So that’s was the intent of her Tumbler Blog in 2013. With each post, she shared the experience of pulling a record from Greta’s collection and playing it all the way though, as we might imagine what Greta was doing when she was listening.
Allround talent Allison Anders
Anders has directed many independent films, on which she frequently collaborates with fellow UCLA film school graduate Kurt Voss. Two of her best known works are Four Rooms (USA 1995) and Grace of my Heart (USA 1996).
The Records
This is an excerpt of the collection.
1. No Other by Gene Clark -
2. Your Twist Party With Chubby Checker by Chubby Checker
3. Let’s Twist Again by Chubby Checker
4. So Oder So Ist Das Leben by Hildegard Knef
5. Introducing…The Beatles by The Beatles
6. Crawfish Fiesta by Professor Longhair
7. Hejira by Joni Mitchell
8. P.T. 109 by Jimmy Dean
Greta’s Records Makes the 100th Anniversary Edition of Vi!
Vi is Sweden’s oldest magazine became a centenarian in March 2013 and Greta’s Records made the cut on thei 100th anniversary issue.
Anders was so honored that editor Tomas Fläckman asked her to contribute a piece on Greta’s record collection.
He even found an early issue of Vi with Greta on the cover from 1937. No headline, no caption, just her beautiful face!
Go to the Greta’s Records Tumblr
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