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Show ONE of the few countries In the world which will not see the popular musical "The King and P If Thailand . . . The picture, based on the novel, "Anna and the King of Siam," was viewed -with enjoyment by the king of Thailand (formerly Siam) but the king's relatives object to the film and the censors forbade a scheduled sched-uled booking In Bangkok . . . Which Just goes to show that even a king jumps when his relatives lay down the law . . . Eddie Fisher and George Gobe! will alternate shows next fall In an attempt to avoid that TV bugaboo, "too much exposure." PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL RECORDS has a score of excellent hi-fi albums hitting the market and we're going to devote de-vote the rest of this column to the best of them . . . There is, for example, ex-ample, a sizzling hot platter by Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps Gene shows versatility, vigor and vitality In this collection of Jump music . . . "Red Bluejeans and a Pony Tail." "Hold Me, Hug Me. Rock Me," "Unchained Melody." Mel-ody." "Cat Man." "You Told a Fib," 'Cruisln ". "Pretty, Pretty Baby" and others will send the youngsters in a hysterical spin. A good antidote for any dizziness dizzi-ness caused by the latter hi-fi, U Tennessee Ernie Ford'a 'Spirituals," 'Spirit-uals," as fine an album as you could buy today . . Ernie does with real warmth and feeling such favorites as "Just a Closer Walk With Thee," "I Want to Be Ready." "Stand By Me," "Get on Board, Little Children," "Were You There?", "Peace In the Valley," Val-ley," "Wayfaring Pilgrim," etc. An exciting one all collectors of pop music will want, Is "The Gold Record," which features top Capitol Capi-tol artists doing songs that hit the million-in-sa!e mark . . Includes Peglfy Lee'a "Manana," "Vaya Con Dibs," (Les Paul-Mary Ford), "Poor People of Paris'' as dune by Lea Baxter, |