Saturday, November 28, 2020

04-Instrumental Christmas

 

Here's a really fun collection of instrumental Christmas music, again sourced from The Internet Archive. A couple of double-sided versions here, but most of it is stand-alone stuff. And I think there's one track in here that I first shared out with you as a secret bonus track found only in the comments of a post back during A Very Covid Christmas earlier in the year. That series never went very far, so most of those items are coming out here again, especially the bonus stuff that no one knew about. I also see some great jazz in here, some piano stuff that just may knock your socks off, and what may be the only 12" record in the whole season, though it still spins at a zippy 78 RPM.  And there's at least one track that was a favorite find several years during Christmas in July from an appearance on a random LP, but this is from the original 78 issue.  Enjoy!

MEGA

Update-4 Jan 2023-Added tracklist to allow searching.

1. David Rose And His Orchestra-A Christmas Medley-Part 1 (Deck The Hall With Holly; The First Noel; Joy To The World)
2. Joseph "Sonny" Walikis And His Accordion-Christmas Carols
3. Robert Rheims, Organ And Chimes-First Noel/Holy Night
4. Errol Garner, Piano Solo-Great Christmas-Part 1
5. Jan Savitt And His Orchestra-Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
6. Joe Loco Quintet-Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
7. London String Quartet-Silent Night (Christmas Hymn)
8. The Capitol Symphonic Band Conducted By Louis Castellucci-Sleigh Ride
9. Bonnemere And His Piano-White Christmas
10. Chet Baker Quartet-Winter Wonderland
11. David Rose And His Orchestra-A Christmas Medley-Part 2 (Toyland; Silent Night; Oh Come, All Ye Faithful)
12. Mantovani And His Orchestra-Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
13. Lionel Hampton And Orchestra-Gin For Christmas
14. Errol Garner, Piano Solo-Great Christmas-Part 2
15. Del Wood With Rhythm Accompaniment-Here Comes Santa Claus
16. Frank Petty Trio-Mike Di Napoli, Piano-Jingle Bells--Mambo
17. Leopold Stokowski And His Symphony Orchestra-Russian Christmas Music
















9 comments:

  1. Ernie, Your restorations are superb. I downloaded Bonnemere's superb latin cocktail "White Christmas" and your dub sounds so much better. You are going to make this the most enjoyable holiday season in years. I can't thank you enough.

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  2. Great material here, Ernie! Many thanks for this wonderful series. The only problem is that there are very few organ players or kids' choirs to make fun of.

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  3. Thank you, gentlemen! There's organ in here, and Latin piano, all worth your time and effort. :) Plenty more to come!

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  4. Why posting albums that you can get at archive? Please post albums that we can`t find anywhere else. Thank you ... and Merry Christmas in advance.

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  5. Anonymous - Kindly point us to your blog where you have posted rare Christmas recordings so we may partake of your generosity, as we have here for the past 15 years.

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  6. Some people just don't get it, I guess... :(

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  7. some people are never happy.
    I, however, love these instrumentals.
    If you could have seen the smile when
    I played them this am while starting
    the decorating process...

    thanks,

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  8. This batch is especially excellent. Boy, that Futurama label is a real beaut too. Thanks, Ernie!

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  9. Thank ya'll for the comments.

    I love some of these old labels. That's what inspired me to do the animated GIFs at the beginning of the season. They're just so cool to look at!

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