In case some of you are here looking for random Christmas things to download, allow me to point you towards a couple of shares that are somewhat hard to find. I shared out two red records on Christmas And A Half this past year, that's also known as Ernie's birthday, or June 25th if you prefer. You can find those two records here and here. Nothing too exciting, but a couple more for the collection you're building. One of them is by an unknown artist, so if you can put a name to the music, I'd be very appreciative.
And here's the second collection of stuff from Christmas In July 2007, days 9 through 16 if memory serves. Lots and lots of interesting stuff in these downloads, I hope you're taking advantage of them while the gettin's good.
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Now that I'm done sharing out all the old Christmas in July things from 2006, I guess I can move on to 2007. Here's the first batch of those, including days 1-8. Don't say I never gave you anything.
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I had a request to share out the record you see below. Not the one you see above, though. But there wouldn't be the one below without the one above, so you're getting both. The record up top is The John McCarthy Chorale-Merry Christmas Sing Along (RCA Victor LPM-2476, Mono, 1962, "An RCA Victor Record Club Exclusive") and I first shared it out back in 2006. The nicest thing I could say about it was that it had a great cover. It was also in mono, and I eventually found a re-released version of the music in Stereo, but it was in the cover you see below, resequenced and retitled The John McCarthy Chorale-The Greatest Songs of Christmas (RCA Music Service R114285, Stereo, 1973). Both issues were made for RCA's record club but in different decades. I've since found a stereo copy in that original cover, so they do exist. But anyhow, you can see where I'm going with this. Someone asked for it, and I'm throwing it back up here. Get the one you want, mono or stereo.
1. Joy To The World
2. Silent Night
3. I Saw Three Ships
4. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
5. Twelve Days Of Christmas
6. Wassail Song
7. Hark! The Heral Angels
8. Ding Dong (Merrily On High)
9. Oh Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
10. Angels From The Realms
11. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
12. The First Noel
13. Pat-A-Pan
14. Good King Wenceslas
15. Jingle Bells
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PS-I liked that original cover so much, I stole it for one of my comps back in the day.
The fourth and final collection of songs originally shared out during Christmas in July 2006, this covers days 26-31, I believe. I don't think there was a bonus day in 2006, but maybe. Sometimes it just doesn't all fit into one month. Anyhow, this is the end of 2006. Stay tuned for shares from 2007 soon.
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Time for the third part of my 2006 Christmas in July reposts. As the month wears on, I usually share out more music per day, because I have a better idea of how many songs I have and what I'm going to be able to get recorded. I don't usually have very much done ahead of time, I'm a horrible procrastinator, but as the middle of the month comes and goes, I pick up steam a little bit and share out more. So this third set is only a few days, something like 21-25 or 26, but it's almost as big as some of the earlier two packages. I didn't want you to think you were getting less than your money's worth. Which reminds me, I haven't received payment from most of you. Every once in a while, click that advertisement on the right side of the screen. Every time someone does that, Google puts a few cents in my pocket. If enough of you do that, I get a little record money. It takes forever, but it's a nice little present once in a while. But enough about that, here's the download.
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Here's another installment of my 2006 Christmas In July reposts, covering the next ten days. For those of you who aren't familiar with what goes on around here in the middle of the hot, long summer, I post random tracks gleaned from non-holiday records, the random versions of Christmas songs that for whatever reason show up on non-Christmas records. It's quite interesting, sometimes, what you find in strange places. I think I shared a hundred or so tracks in 2006, the first year I did this. In 2011, I shared out over 400, but that number is artificially inflated because I've been rerecording some of my old favorites with better sound. Anyhow, go download part 2, and if you missed it, here's the link to part 1.
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I've resisted the urge to reshare my Christmas in July stuff for many years, but perhaps the time is right. None of the older shares are available anymore, and I've forgotten what in many of the downloads, so revisiting them is probably a good idea. I'm not going to list out what's in any of them, 'cause I'm lazy, but you can always go into the blog archives for the month of July back in ought-six and see what I was sharing. I believe this first batch is days 1-10. Enjoy!
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You've probably heard me mention FaLaLaLaLa.com a million times, but I want to do so one more time to tell you about a little compilation we're putting together over there. Every year the proprietor (The King of Jingaling) of said website puts together a great collection of Christmas tracks, but has chosen not to do so this year. So some of us members are trying to put together our own collection, one track at a time, each from a different member. Think of it as an Advent calendar of music from the last 70 years or so of popular music sourced from spinning analog discs. If this sounds up your alley, head on over and check it out. You don't need to be a member or anything, and it's free!
