Spike Jones - — Bizet's Carmen- Rare Studio Version

The arrangement is densely packed with Jones's "orchestra" of unorthodox instruments, including gunshots, cowbells, sirens, and honking horns .

Eileen Gallagher (as "Messy-Soprano" Carmen) and Sir Frederick Gas (as "Base" vocals). Arrangers: Eddie Brandt and Jay Sommers. What Makes This Version "Rare" or Unique SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version

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: The arrangement is densely packed with Jones's "orchestra"

Eileen Gallagher’s performance satirizes the "pretentiousness" of operatic singing, shifting between legitimate skill and hilariously screeching or off-key delivery. SPIKE JONES - Bizet's Carmen- RARE studio version