True Value Happy Holildays Volume 8

True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Volume 8 Columbia Records C 11086 (1972)


Track Listing
Side One:
01 Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
02 Lynn Anderson - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
03 Burl Ives - The Twelve Days Of Christmas
04 Johnny Mathis, With Percy Faith's Orchestra - O Holy Night
05 Peter Nero - Deck The Hall (With Boughs Of Holly)
Side Two:
01 The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
02 Jim Nabors - O Come, All Ye Faithful
03 Charlie Byrd - Coventry Carol
04 Tony Bennett - My Favorite Things
05 Ray Conniff And The Singers - Jingle Bells

Value-True Value Happy Holidays Volume 7

Value - True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Volume 7 Capitol Records SL-6730 (1971)


Track Listing
Side One:
01 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sing We Now Of Christmas
02 The Hollywood Pops Orchestra - The Christmas Song
03 Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - Mister Santa
04 The New Sounds of Christmas - We Three Kings
05 Peggy Lee - Christmas Carousel
Side Two:
01 Al Martino - We Wish You A Merry Christmas and You're All I Want For Christmas
02 Nat King Cole - A Cradle In Bethlehem
03 The New Sounds of Christmas - A Child's Christmas Medley
04 The Lettermen - Silent Night
05 Ella Fitzgerald - O Come All Ye Faithful

Value-True Value Happy Holidays Volume 6

Value - True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Volume 6 Capitol Records SL-6669 (1970)


Track Listing
Side One:
01 Fed Waring & the Pennsylvanians - Ring Those Christmas Bells
02 The Hollyridge Strings - The Christmas Song
03 Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus - Hang Your Wishes On The Tree
04 Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - Do You Hear What I Hear?
05 Peggy Lee - I Like A Sleighride
06 The Hollywood Pops Orchestra Medley-Jingle Bells - Up On The Housetop - Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Side Two:
01 Nancy Wilson - The Christmas Waltz
02 Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - Adeste Fideles
03 The Korean Orphan Choir - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
04 Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus - Santa Claus' Party
05 Sonny James - Silent Night - The First Noel
06 The Hollywood Pops Symphony Orchestra - Medley-Toyland - March Of The Toys - We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Value - True Value Happy Holidays volume 5

Value - True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Volume 5 - Capitol Records SL-6627 (1969)


Track Listing
Side One:
01 Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians - Silver Bells
02 Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
03 The Voices Of Christmas - Happy Holiday
04 Al Martino - I'll Be Home For Christmas
05 Nat King Cole - Caroling, Caroling
06 Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians - White Christmas
Side Two:
01 Tennessee Ernie Ford - O Come All Ye Faithful
02 The Lettermen - O Holy Night
03 The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Carmen Dragon - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
04 Tony Sandler & Ralph Young - I Sing Noel
05 Ella Fitzgerald - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
06 The Roger Wagner Chorale - O Tannenbaum
07 Dinah Shore - Silent Night

Value - True Value Happy Holidays Volume 4

Value - True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Volume 4 (1968) I particularly love this series as there are songs you just don't hear on the radio anymore by the artists that made them some of the best Christmas Music ever recorded.

Track Listing

Side One:
01 Kate Smith - It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
02 Morton Gould - Jingle Bells
03 Vic Damone - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
04 Floyd Cramer - Medley-Silver bells - Winter Wonderland
05 Hugo and Luigi's Children's Chorus - The Little Drummer Boy
06 The Living Strings - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Side Two:
01 Robert Shaw Chorale - Angels We Have Heard On High
02 Jim Reeves - Mary's Little Boy Child
03 Chet Atkins - Jolly Old St. Nicholas
04 Arthur Fiedler / Boston Pops - A Christmas Festival Medley: Joy To The World; Deck The Halls; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; The First Noel; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; O Come All Ye Faithful

Value - True Value Happy Holidays Volume 3

Value - True Value Happy Holidays Volume 3 RCA Records PRS-255 (1967)


Track Listing
Side One:
01 Hugo and Luigi's Children's Chorus - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
02 Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops Orchestra - Sleigh Ride
03 Skitch Henderson - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
04 Chet Atkins - Little Drummer Boy
05 Sergio Franchi - Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
06 The Robert Shaw Chorale - We Three Kings
Side Two:
01 Ed Ames - Silent Night
02 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus - White Christmas
03 Florence Henderson - My Favorite Things
04 Dick Leibert-Radio City Music Hall Choral Ensemble - The Nativity-Silent Night - Cantique de Noel - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Adeste Fideles

Value - True Value Happy Holidays Volume 2

Value - True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Volume 2 Columbia Records CSP 348 (1966)




Track Listing
Side One:
01 Andre Kostelanetz - Sleigh Ride
02 Doris Day - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
03 Tony Bennett - When Lights Are Low
04 Percy Faith - I Wonder As I Wander
05 New Christy Minstrels - Tell It On The Mountain
06 Frank DeVol - Skater's Waltz
Side Two:
01 The Merrill Staton Choir - The Winter Song
02 Patti Page - Pretty Snowflakes
03 Norman Luboff - The Holly And The Ivy
04 Tex Beneke - Snowfall
05 Anita Bryant - Our Winter Love
06 Ray Conniff - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

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