Drumming Allowed

Here's the deal. You need to read this earlier post first, then come back and read this one. OK, now that you're back, take a look at this LP. Doesn't look anything like the other one, does it? Same group name on the sleeve, but different album title, different album cover, even one different song name on the back. But it turns out to be the same album, released two years later. What happened to cause this? A little song called Little Drummer Boy. But the earlier album didn't have a song on it called Little Drummer Boy, right? Right. It had a song called Carol Of The Drum. Turns out to be the exact same song, but some legal mumbo jumbo had happened that made it a 'different' song, and Harry Simeone had made it quite a popular song. Lee can explain it better, as can Jack Halloran's daughter, so go read their eloquent posts. You can download all the same songs again if you'd like before you go. Actually, these aren't' exactly the same songs. They appear to have been re-recorded in stereo for this release, but you'll have a hard time telling the two apart. So here is The Jack Halloran Singers-The Little Drummer Boy (Dot DLP 25233, 1959). (Oops, I just noticed that I chopped a couple of medleys into individual tracks on this share. Sorry about that. Take a look at the back cover in the ZIP file if you want to see what went where.) I also found this different cover below. How can you compare this to the one above, and how can either of these hold a candle to the original?