Value - True Value Happy Holidays

Value - True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays - Columbia Records CSP 242 (1965) I have volumes 1-24 out of 25 on vinyl and hope to get volume 25 in the near future. The rest of the series up to 40, I believe were only released on cassette or CD.


Track listing:
Side One
01 Norman Luboff - Deck The Hall with Boughs of Holly
02 Skitch Henderson - Sleigh Ride
03 Patti Page - The Lamp Is Low
04 Jerry Vale - I'll Be Home For Christmas
05 Andre Kostelanetz - MEDLEY: Let It Snow!, It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas
Side Two
01 Ray Conniff - Frosty The Snowman
02 Jo Stafford - Baby, It's Cold Outside
03 Bobby Vinton - White Christmas
04 Les Brown - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
05 Billy Butterfield - Moonlight In Vermont
06 Lester Lanin - Winter Wonderland

Sorry, I've been ill

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have been ill and it was making me very tired so I haven't been able to post anything lately but hope to post again very soon.

A Jack Jones Christmas

A Jack Jones Christmas RCA LSP-4234 (1969) Though I did my best to eliminate any pops but, there are a couple air bubble defects in the vinyl so it sounds like a pop here and there but the music doesn't skip.

EDITED 12/28/10 I came across a picture of a UK release of this album and though I don't have the UK release, I thought it would be nice to show everyone the UK cover. There was a bonus track on side two "Christmas Is..." but it's the 45 RPM version so I guess it is different than the one on Side One Track Five, but since I don't have the UK release I can't say for sure. Also from what I've seen on eBay the UK release came out in either 1971 or 1973.


Track listing as follows:
Side One
01 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
02 Some Children See Him
03 Little Altar Boy
04 O Little Town of Bethlehem
05 Christmas Is...
Side Two
01 Christmas Day (from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises")
02 Oh Happy Day
03 Silver Bells
04 Jingle Bells
05 Oh Holy Night

A Singer Christmas for the Family

A Singer Christmas for the Family (1963) The Mastertone Orchestra featuring the Don Janse Chorale. I received this album when I was a child and it was one of the albums I would play over and over. I was fortunate to recently find a better copy at a Thrift Store. I did my best to eliminate pips and pops without deteriorating the music.


Track listing is as follows:
Side 1
01 White Christmas
02 O Come All Ye Faithful
03 Joy To The World
04 Deck The Halls
05 O Holy Night
06 Silent Night
Side 2
01 The First Noel
02 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
03 Away In A Manger
04 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
05 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
06 We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Favorite Christmas Songs From Singer

Favorite Christmas Songs from Singer (1964) The Singer Orchestra, under the direction of George Siravo - featuring Steve Clayton and the Don Janse Chorale. I particularly like this album jacket as it shows Donna Reed, Carl Betz, Paul and Patty Peterson from "The Donna Reed Show" I did my best to remove pips and pops without deteriorating the music. After I uploaded this file, I noticed that there is a typo in on #12. It takes forever to upload so I just thought I would point out the typo here. The Twelve Days Of Christmaswav.mp3 it should be The Twelve Days Of Christmas.mp3 Enjoy :-)


Track listing is as follows:
Side 1
01 Good King Wenceslas
02 O Holy Night
03 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
04 O Come All Ye Faithful
05 Joy To the World
06 Silent Night
Side 2
01 Jingle Bells
02 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
03 Little Drummer Boy
04 The Christmas Song
05 The Twelve Days Of Christmas
06 White Christmas

David Rose & Felix Slatkin Albums

A friend of mine pointed out that "The David Rose Christmas Album" and Season's Greetings, The Fantastic Strings Of Felix Slatkin were cut short at the end. I am re-uploading them and will post the new link at the end of those original two posts. If anyone notices something isn't right or the links are no longer working, please let me know. I thank you.

Geoff Love - Christmas With Love

Geoff Love - Christmas With Love
Music For Pleasure MFP 50037 Amsterdam - Brussels - Johannesburg - Koln - London - Paris - Stockholm Produced by Norman Newell 1972 A Supertunes Production
This album is very relaxing and really adds to the Christmas Spirit. This was an eBay find from a vendor in the UK. It was interesting that it still had some Christmas wrapping paper on the jacket. I carefully removed the few pieces but there are a couple spots where the wrapping paper wasn't removed carefully and it took part of the picture with it. I hope everyone enjoys listening to this as much as I have. A couple tracks may be lower in volume as after I copy them to my computer, the level is low and I have to amplify it, but in some songs, as the music crescendos, increasing the volume causes over modulation. The volume levels should be loud enough not to impede ones listening pleasure.


The track listing is as follows:
Side One
1 White Christmas
2 Sleigh Ride
3 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
4 Ding, Dong, Merrily On High
5 Mary's Boy Child
6 The Christmas Song
Side Two
1 Jingle Bells
2 Little Donkey
3 Winter Wonderland
4 Coventry Carol
5 The Little Drummer Boy
6 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

The Golden Sandpipers

Sorry that this is a small post, but I wanted to share with you a record from my youth.

The Golden Sandpipers with The Jimmy Carroll Orchestra "Winter Wonderland" "Mr. Snow"
Golden Records 616. I don't know the year and haven't been able to find much information about this record online but am guessing the 1960's. If anyone knows the year, I'd appreciate a small comment about it. I hope to be posting more, both here and on my non-Christmas Record Blog. It's difficult sometimes to post something that nobody else has posted or hasn't been released on CD.
Side A
Winter Wonderland
Side B
Mr. Snow

Ferrante & Teicher - We Wish You A Merry Christmas - United Artists UAS-8536 (1966)

Updated 7/20/09 I recently purchased the original release of this album where the artwork on the back of the jacket was in color. Rather than re upload the zipfile, I just added the image to this post. Though it is in color, at some point, someone who previously owned this album was a smoker as the paper sleeve and the album jacket are nicotine stained. If anyone wants the original artwork, just ''right-click'' on the image to save it to your computer.
Ferrante & Teicher - We Wish You A Merry Christmas United Artist Records UAS-6536 Released in 1966. This particular post is from 2 separate albums as a couple tracks on the original album kept skipping. I used a reissue that Mistletoe Records MLP-1218 released in an abridged form. 3 songs from the original are not on the Mistletoe Record, but all 11 songs are in this post in the correct order. There are a couple very slight glitches in a couple songs, but it really doesn't effect the music. (I use the counterweight at a heavier weight than the cartridge and stylus on the tonearm so the stylus doesn't press into the grooves very hard and found that the music sounds much better then when I have the cartridge heaver than the counterweight.) There was a very slight warp in the record (Probably because the album wasn't stored correctly before I purchased it) so the stylus moves up and down a little but doesn't lift off the record.
As for the artwork. I'm not 100 percent on the Holly and Ribbon and Candy Canes that are on the bottom on the back of the jacket. I've seen just the artwork for the section with the Holly, Ribbon and Candy Canes on another BLOG and it is in color. I just can't remember who's BLOG I saw it on. Also, there is a typo on both of the album jackets where it has H. Oncrati instead of H. Oronati.



Track listing is as follows:
Side One
01 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Melody
.....O Little Town Of Bethlehem
.....Joy To The World
02 Silent Night Medley
.....Away In A Manger
.....We Wish You A Merry Christmas
03 Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly
.....It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
.....Good King Wenceslas
.....Angels We Have Heard On High
04 The Twelve Days Of Christmas
05 O Tannenbaum Medley
.....What Child Is This
.....The First Noel
.....God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
.....O Come All Ye Faithful
Side Two
01 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
02 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
03 White Christmas
04 Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
05 Silver Bells
06 The Little Drummer Boy

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately

Sorry that I haven't been blogging recently. I hope to finish something and post it tomorrow, 9/16/08.

Also, Christmas is just a little over 100 days from now. :-) I can hardly wait!!!

Jackie Gleason - All I Want For Christmas

Jackie Gleason - All I Want For Christmas - Capitol Records STBB-346 2-Record set released in 1969. Edited 7/28/09 I re ripped this album at 320kb bitrate. I also figured out how to remove the background noise/turntable rumble so this album should sound much better. Because the bitrate is higher, the zipfile is much larger and will take longer to d/l. I do not have any immediate plans to re do any of my previous posts as it is very time consuming. (This is truly a labor of love and I want to concentrate on music I still want to post) Most people have indicated that the music sounds great at 128kb.

At some point, I may decide to go through the music I have already posted and remove the background noise/turntable rumble. If I do so, I will re upload the file and edit the posts stating that I did. I will also start a new post and indicate which ones I redid. This particular re rip took over three hours to complete including the time it to to upload the new file.

Included in this posting is the full front and back cover and the full inside cover. To do the full images, I had to scan 6 sections and paste them together. On the left side of the inside cover, something got mixed up and I wasn't able to correct it with out having to rescan each section. Basically, the track listing are misaligned. I'm including them for show as the letters for the track listings are blurry. They aren't posted here but included in the compressed file. I tried to clean up the jacket, but it didn't work so well as one can see on the back of the album jacket.


Track Listing Is As Follows:
Record 1 Side 1
01 Christmas Moon
02 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
03 Blue Christmas
04 Snowbound For Christmas
05 It's Christmas Time All Over The World
Record 1 Side 2
06 That's What I Want For Christmas
07 December
08 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
09 Christmas Island
10 You're All I Want For Christmas
Record 2 Side 1
11 I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)
12 Jingle Bells
13 White Christmas
14 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
15 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Record 2 Side 2
16 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
17 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
18 Happy Holiday
19 Winter Wonderland
20 The Story Of A Starry Night

Vinyl Records are coming back!!!

I just watched the CBS Evening news and they did a report about Vinyl Records. They showed someone who has an extensive record collection and he goes to stores that sell used records. Then they showed some recording artists starting to release their music on the traditional 12" vinyl. On the downside of this, they will cost about $20.00

I just went to CBS.com and there was a story on How Vinyl Got It's Groove Back

Here is the link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml

Apparently, the link remains the same, but it brings up different news stories and not the one about Vinyl Records Making A Comeback.

The David Rose Christmas Album Capital ST-2853

The David Rose Christmas Album Capital ST 2853 Released in 1968. I noticed on the Ernie (Not Bert) blog that he had never seen this album. Since I have it in my collection I figured I would post it here and hopefully will see it. I also hope to come across the two other David Rose Christmas albums and add them to my Vinyl Collection.

I want to apologize that I haven't been posting much lately. It's just that it takes a bit of time to copy the album to the computer, edit out 60Hz hum, clicks and hiss. Then listen to each track to be sure that it sounds ok and then scan the album jacket it 4 sections and stitch them together to form the full cover. and on top of this, I have other things to do too. I enjoy bringing the joyful music of Christmas to other's so they can enjoy it as much as I do.


Track Listing Is As Follows:
Side One
01 Carol Of The Bells
02 Little Drummer Boy
03 The Christmas Waltz
04 The Christmas Tree
05 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
06 I Saw Three Ships
Side Two
01 MEDLEY:
Deck The Hall
The First Noel
Joy To The World
02 MEDLEY:
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
03 The Twelve Days Of Christmas
04 Toyland
05 MEDLEY:
Christmas Is Coming
Angels We Have Heard On High

The Christmas Voices Of Walter Schumann

The Christmas Voices Of Walter Schumann Pickwick Records SPCX-1003 I haven't a clue what year this album was released. I looked on both sides of the record and the album cover and can't find any date. I would guess this is from the early 1970's. On the back of the album jacket, it indicates that this a a Pickwick/33 Re-release.

There is a CD on Amazon.com under the same title, but none of the songs from this album are on that CD and the Artwork is different.

There are 13 songs on this album, but they are on two tracks, one on each side. I tried to separate them, but the gap between the songs is very small. The songs basically overlap the end of one song and the beginning of the next one.

I love the assorted ornaments on the cover. I remember some of them from my childhood and still have some of my Grandmother's ornaments.


The songs are in the following order:
Side One
Christmas In The Air
Jingle Bells
Silent Night
Carol Of The Bells
White Christmas
Patapan
Ave Maria
Side Two
Wonderful Counselor
Wolcum Yole
Mary, Mary
Winter Wonderland
The Lord's Prayer
Adeste Fideles

The Winston Singers - Christmas Carols

The Winston Singers - Christmas Carols Wyncote Records W 9115 Released in 1964.




I did my best to eliminate any pips and pops but the last song on side 2 has a flaw in the vinyl but it doesn't skip.

This is a nice record and I think it might be rare as the track listing on the back of the album jacket lists a couple songs that aren't on the record. I love the artwork on this particular album.
The actual track listing is as follows:
Side 1.
01 Deck The Halls
02 The First Noel
03 Jingle Bells
04 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
05 Go Tell It On The Mountain
06 Joy To The World
07 Hail To Christmas

Side 2.
01 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
02 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
03 O Come All Ye Faithful
04 Good King Wenceslas
05 Christmas Tree
06 I Saw Three Ships
07 Christmas Hymn

Updated-Currently working Download Links

I re-uploaded some files that the download link had expired and I will repost the new links here. The artwork is included also. Please enjoy.

I want to thank everyone for their comments

I thank everyone for your comments. I will be reposting links for the ones that have expired. Rather then edit earlier posts, I will create a new post and put current links for them. Unfortunately with Rapidshare, if a file hasn't been downloaded in 90 days, the link expires.

I will do my best to repost the links tomorrow, July 13.

Thanks again for all your comments.

Christmas in July will be here in 13 days.

Bing Crosby - I Wish You A Merry Christmas

Bing Crosby - "I Wish You A Merry Christmas" Warner Brothers Records WS 1484 Released in 1962. Bing Crosby and Christmas go together. This album has some of my favorite Christmas song on it. I am sure other people will enjoy listening to this album.


Track listing is as follows:
Side One
01 Winter Wonderland
02 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
03 What Child Is This
....The Holly And The Ivy
04 The Little Drummer Boy
05 O Holy Night
Side Two
01 The Littlest Angel
02 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
03 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
....It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
04 Frosty The Snowman
05 Pat-A-Pan
.... While Shepherds Watched Their Sheep
06 I Wish You A Merry Christmas

Robert Rheims - For The Whole Family At Christmas

Robert Rheims - For The Whole Family At Christmas - Rheims Records LP-6010 Released in 1961. I did my best to remove the pips and pops and on 1 or 2 tracks they can be heard but it really doesn't interfere with the music. I can't decide if I like this album or Robert Rheims "Merry Christmas Carols Carols" better. I love all three Christmas Albums that Robert Rheims released. I hope others enjoy these as much as I do.


Track Listing:
Side One
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Winter Wonderland
The Christmas Song
White Christmas
Medley:
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Silver Bells
Medley:
Carol Of The Drum
Jingle Bells
Side Two
Medley:
The Night Before Christmas
Up On The House Top
Too Fat For The Chimney
Medley:
I'll Be Home For Christmas
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
Medley:
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter
Medley:
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty The Snowman
Close:
We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Rheims Choraliers We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Rheims Choraliers We Wish You A Merry Christmas Rheims Records LP-6008 Released in 1959
This is my second Robert Rheims post and I have a third one to post shortly. Though I really love organ music, I like the vocals on this album.


Track listing:
Side One
01 We Wish You A Merry Christmas
....Deck The Hall
....It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
02 Angels We Have Heard On High
....God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
03 Away In A Manger
....Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
04 Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
....Silent Night
05 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
....I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
06 The Christmas Chimes Are Pealing
....Here We Come A-Caroling
Side Two
01 Joy To The World
....O Little Town Of Bethlehem
02 The First Noel
....I Saw Three Ships
03 What Child Is This
....O Come All Ye Faithful
04 We Three Kings Of Orient Are
....Coventry Carol
05 Bring A Torch, Jeannette Isabella
....Bells Of Christmas
06 O Holy Night
....We Wish You A Merry Christmas