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Sunday, March 30, 2008

We Wish You A Merry Christmas EP RCA LSP-277

We Wish You A Merry Christmas EP RCA LSP-277 Radio Shack Special Collector's Edition Released in 1968. I actually have 3 of these EP's 2 are in very bad shape (I didn't take very good care of some of my records when I was younger) The 3rd one I was fortunate to find at an online used vinyl record dealer and it had the paper sleeve.
I can remember going to Radio Shack when, I believe, they were giving these away. (I don't remember if I had to purchase something or not to get the record.) I was only 10 at the time. I played this record every day until Christmas that year. The 2 records that are in bad shape are still playable, but very scratchy and I wrote all over the labels. I wish I would've known the value that these records would become, but alas, it wasn't until my later teens that I started taking better care of my records.


Track Listing:
Side 1:
Julie Andrews - Jingle Bells
Vic Damone - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Side 2:
Jack Jones - Joy To The World
Marian Anderson - We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Saturday, March 29, 2008

The Jack Jones Christmas Album

The Jack Jones Christmas Album - KAPP KL-1399 Released in 1964. Jack Jones is one of my favorite recording artists. I love his rendition of "Sleigh Ride" He sang this on The Judy Garland Christmas Show which aired on CBS on 12/22/63.


Track Listing:
Side A:
Sleigh Ride White Christmas
The Village Of St. Bernadette
My Favorite Things
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Angels We Have Heard On High/Silent Night/O Come All Ye Faithful
Side B:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Lullaby For Christmas Eve
The Christmas Song
Mistletoe And Holly
The Christmas Waltz
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Adeste Fideles)-The First Noel

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Johnny Cole and His Chorus - Wishing You A Merry Christmas

Johnny Cole and His Chorus - "Wishing You A Merry Christmas" Crown Records CLP 5132 Released in 1959. I love the album jacket. Though it doesn't look like it in the picture, it reminds me of shiny foil wrapping paper. I did my best to eliminate pips and pops, but there is a defect in the vinyl (air bubble) and though the music doesn't skip, where the defect is, it sounds like a scratch.


Track listing is as follows:
Side One
Twas The Night Before Christmas
Shepherds
I Wonder As I Wander
Ring Out Wild Bells
Here We Go Awassailing
The Shepherds Carol
Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella
Santa Claus Get Your Letter
Side Two
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Jingle Bells
Auld Lang Syne
Oh Tannenbaum
12 Days Of Christmas
Silent Night
The First Noel

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Seasons Greetings - The Fantastic String Of Felix Slatkin

Seasons Greetings - The Fantastic String Of Felix Slatkin
Liberty Premier Series LSS 14013 released in 1961
One of my Thrift Store finds in fairly good condition.
Updated 11/12/08 On side 2, track4 the album shows the song as "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" but in actuality it is "Ihr Kinderlein Komett- Come Little Children." This isn't the first album that I've seen misprints on the labels or the wrong song on the album. I apologize for not realizing this sooner.




Track listing is as follows:
Side One
White Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Joy To The World
O Holy Night
Adeste Fideles
(O Come All Ye Faithful)
Side Two
Deck The Halls
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
The First Noel
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Away In A Manger
Silent Night

Ken Griffin - Christmas Organ

Ken Griffin - Christmas Organ
Rondo-lette Records # A 38 released in 1959
I did my best to eliminate pips and pops before uploading but wasn't able to remove all of them on certain songs without it physically changing the way the music sounds.


Track listing is as follows:
Side A
Jingle Bells
Oh Tannenbaum
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Up On The House Top
Winter Wonderland
Side B
Silent Night
Adeste Fidelis

First Noel
Little Town Of Bethlehem
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Away In A Manger