52-Scoop Six

52 cards in a deck, 52 weeks in a year.  Wrong song, nevermind, we're still doing Christmas around here. And it's time for another random scoop of songs from the pile of goodies collected from The Internet Archive. Lots of goodies here, from ancient carols to new-fangled novelties, and plenty of stuff in between. It's late and I don't have a lot to say tonight, so I'll just leave it at that. Enjoy!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Dajos Béla-Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten
2. Robert Rheims, Organ And Chimes-First Noel/Holy Night
3. Johnny Long And His Orchestra-Vocal By Francey Lane And The Ensemble-Jingle Bells
4. Raymond Mixed Quartet-Joy To The World!
5. Sterling Young And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus Gil Dagenais-Roses In December (From "Life Of The Party")
6. Guy Lombardo And Evelyn Knight And The Royal Canadians With Lombardo Trio-Snowflakes
7. The English Singers-The Holly and The Ivy (Carol From "Bethlehem")
8. Mary Carton With Mickey Carton's Orchestra-Christmas In Killarney
9. Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger, And The Rainbow Ranch Boys-Christmas Roses
10. Zeke Clements And His Men From Music Mountain-It's Christmas Time
11. Art Tatum And His Swingsters-I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (From "On The Avenue")
12. American Novelty Orchestra-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
13. Russ Morgan And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By The Heartbeats-The Mistletoe Kiss
14. Don Baker At The Organ With Chimes-Silent Night, Holy Night
15. Father Flanagan's Boys Town Choir-Rev. Francis P. Schmitt, Director-The New Born Baby

51-Winter Sports

It's really late in the season, and themes are getting harder and harder to come by. But I think this is a pretty good one, even though it's not really about Christmas. All the songs today are winter sports, or at least winter activities. Frank Luther returns with one of about a million other songs I could have added to his earlier post, this time telling us not to skate on the thin ice. His is not the only song about skating (though I didn't grab any new versions of The Skater's Waltz, talk about opportunity missed...), and there are plenty of other songs about skiing. One of those is a Three Suns track that I've been looking for for a long time, but for some reason never spotted it right there in front of me at The Internet Archive. And just to get the post up to a good length, there's a full six sides from the same set that's ostensibly to help you learn to ski, but I have my doubts.  Tried and tried to find a cover image for that set, but to no avail.  If you can find and share one, I'd much appreciate it, I'm sure it's an interesting one. Lots of stuff here if you're in the mood, so download and enjoy!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Under Direction Of Walter Saxer-Accordion By Maurice Thoni-Ski Exercises No. 1 And No. 2
2. George Norgaards Quartet-Ski Gutten Reinlander (The Skier)
3. The Three Suns-Ski-High (From The St. Moritz Suite)
4. Harold Och Hildur Freeman's Dragspel Orkester-Skridsko (Ice Skaters)
5. Frank Chacksfield With His Orchestra And Chorus-Sleigh Ride For Two
6. Under Direction Of Walter Saxer-Accordion By Maurice Thoni-Ski Exercises No. 3 And No. 4
7. George Cates And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By The Heartbeats-Sleigh Ride
8. Johnny Eager And His Eager Beavers With Ernest Benedict Quartet-The Ski Polka
9. Under Direction Of Walter Saxer-Accordion By Maurice Thoni-Ski Exercises No. 5 And No. 6
10. Under Direction Of Walter Saxer-Accordion By Maurice Thoni-Ski Exercises No. 7 And No. 8
11. Under Direction Of Walter Saxer-Accordion By Maurice Thoni-Ski Exercises No. 9 And No. 10
12. RCA Victor Orchestra-Ardon Cornwell, Conductor-Skating
13. Under Direction Of Walter Saxer-Accordion By Maurice Thoni-Ski Exercises No. 11 And No. 12
14. Frank Luther With Sound Effects And Orchestra Directed By Harry Breuer-Ice Skating Is Nice Skating

50-Little Bits

Something a little bit different for share #50 today. Lots of very short tracks in here, something you can use to add a little color or just filler to your mixes. I think there are 25 tracks in here, and I'm sure the total playing time is less than 30 minutes. Oh, I just checked, 19:33, so well under a minute each! I know as soon as I see more than a single song on a 78 that they're going to be short tracks, so for these I went looking for records that showed multiple tracks per side. And what you see is what I got. There are multiple tracks here by the same artist, something I was trying not to do this year, but I figured what the hey... All these records came from The Internet Archive, the place to go for quality rips of donated 78s, and then all chopped and channeled by yours truly. It's a labor of love, and I hope you enjoy it!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Tempo's Carolaires-Deck The Halls
2. Olive Kline-Soprano With Orchestra And Sleigh Bells-Merry Christmas
3. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-Under the Stars
4. Tempo's Carolaires-Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
5. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-I Saw Three Ships
6. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-Cradle Song
7. Tempo's Carolaires-It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
8. Waldorf Music Hall Chorus And Orchestra-White Christmas
9. Victor Orchestra-March Of The Tin Soldiers (Op. 39, No. 5)
10. Artie Malvin-Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
11. Tempo's Carolaires-We Three Kings Of Orient Are
12. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-When Mary Lulled Her Babe To Sleep
13. Tempo's Carolaires-Jingle Bells
14. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-Santa Claus Comes
15. Tempo's Carolaires-Joy To The World
16. Artie Malvin-Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
17. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-The First Christmas
18. Tempo's Carolaires-Oh, Little Town Of Bethlehem
19. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-Silent Night
20. Tempo's Carolaires-Angels We Have Heard On High
21. The Brigadiers Quartet And Orchestra-Jingle Bells
22. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-When Jesus Christ Was Born On Earth
23. Tempo's Carolaires-Oh, Christmas Tree
24. Helen Jepson, Soprano-Piano By Myrtle C. Eaver-Once In Royal David's City
25. Tempo's Carolaires-The First Noel

49-Scoop Number Five

By now you know the drill. A group of songs shared out under the heading 'Scoop' is just a random collection with no rhyme or reason. There's a little bit of everything in here that I just lumped together, and I think there are going to be a lot more collections like this as the season begins to wind down.  Too hard to come up with a theme when I have a limited selection of songs left to share. But there are still great songs in here, don't get me wrong. The collection over at The Internet Archive is amazingly diverse and immensely large, but it's still a finite resource. All things must come to an end, but not just yet. Keep checking back for more, but in the meantime, enjoy this random selection of music from 78!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Harry James And His Orchestra-Brazilian Sleigh Bells
2. Johnny Desmond-Chorus And Orchestra Directed By Dick Jacobs-Happy Holidays To You
3. John McCormack, Tenor-Piano Accompaniment By Edwin Schneider-Little Child Of Mary
4. The Lady In Blue June Winters-Orchestra And Chorus Directed By Al Rickey-Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
5. George Hall And The Hotel Taft Orchestra-Vocal Refrain By Sonny Schuyler-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
6. Freddy Martin And His Orchestra-Vocal Refrain By Merv Griffin And The Martin Men-Sleigh Ride
7. Piano Duet By Rawicz And Landauer-Snowflakes
8. Miss Frances Of Ding Dong School-'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Part 1)
9. The Fontane Sisters-Winter's Here Again
10. Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Kenny Sargent-I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (From The 20th Century-Fox Production "On The Avenue")
11. Harry Reser And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Tom Stacks And The Gang-Jingle Bells
12. Lionel Barrymore-Buddy Cole, Organist-No Room In The Inn (St. Luke 11:1-16)
13. Robert Rheims, Organ And Chimes-Silent Night
14. Miss Frances Of Ding Dong School-'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Concluded)
15. Lucho Gatica Con Don Roy Y Su Gran Orquesta-Vuelen Las Campanas (Toll The Bells)
16. Rudy Vallée-When Winter Comes (From 20th Century-Fox Production "Second Fiddle")