80-The Last Little Bits

Here we go, the last full post of the season. I had fully intended to end the season yesterday, with what I think is a better post, but then I stumbled across many of the short songs in this post, and figured I'd do one more day.  With a little digging I came up with a couple more things, but no good pop songs like I wanted. So instead you get a 104 year old Mother Goose Christmas story that sounds a little off to our modern ears, but it's always cool to listen to something that's more than a century old. And the Value Hit Parade Tunes are just horrid, not the sort of thing I should share at all, but I didn't realize that until after I had downloaded it. There's also one track in here, called Winter, that is a repeat. I previously shared it from a lonely 78, and then it showed up again in it's proper album context, so I've properly tagged it here to go with the other songs from the set. You can find the original share here, and delete it from your download if you want to avoid a duplicate. It's been such a long great year, there's so much I wanted to say. Some of that will have to wait until tomorrow when I have one final non-Christmas Christmas share for you, which is absolutely non-essential, but neat. Before that, I want to again thank the folks at The Internet Archive for collecting, ripping and sharing such a great collection of 78s for the world to enjoy. The Christmas section over there is only 1% of what they have, so please don't think it's limited to just what you see here. It's awesome, with something new to discover around each and every corner. I also want to thank all my visitors, especially those who took the few seconds to comment about something. It's comments that keep a blog going, and the many comments I've received this season have certainly kept me going this extra month. I hope you have all found at least a few neat little songs that you'll enjoy for many Christmas seasons to come. I know I've got a whole lot of new favorites, and that's tough to do when you have been collecting Christmas music as long as I have.  But if there's anything this hobby has taught me, it's that there is always something new and different and good out there, you just have to work to find it. With all that said, here's your share for the day. Download and enjoy!

MEGA

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

1. Vocals And Orchestra By Popular Artists-Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
2. Adeline Francis-Johnny's Christmas Dream Of Old Mother Goose-Part 1
3. Vocals And Orchestra By Popular Artists-Deck The Hall
4. Adeline Francis-Johnny's Christmas Dream Of Old Mother Goose-Part 2
5. Vocals And Orchestra By Popular Artists-Joy To The World
6. Vocals And Orchestra By Popular Artists-It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
7. Vocals And Orchestra By Popular Artists-Hark The Herald Angels Sing
8. Unknown Artist-Winter
9. Unknown Artist-Babe Of Bethlehem
10. Unknown Artist-Carol Of The Birds
11. Unknown Artist-Fairest Lord Jesus
12. Unknown Artist-Festival Of Lights
13. Unknown Artist-Little Pine Tree
14. Unknown Artist-The Holy Child
15. Unknown Artist-Trees In Winter (Chopin)
16. Unknown Artist-Mary's Lullaby
17. Unknown Artist-Winter Winds
18. Unknown Artist-Come, Ye Thankful People
19. Unknown Artist-Song Of The Infant Jesus
20. Unknown Artist-Beth'lem Night
21. Unknown Artist-Winter By The Dnieper

79-Scoop Sweet Sixteen

Well, long story short, this was supposed to be the last official post of the season, but of course I can't stop looking for Christmas music at The Internet Archive every single day. And I found a few things that I could put in there to make it a really long post, then I found a double handful more, so there'll be another post tomorrow that will probably be the end.  Probably. I mean, you never know... But it's getting harder and harder to find stuff, and it's been a while since I've shared something I thought was really great.  So the end is near. But not today!  Today you get a whole mish-mash of things because I cleaned out the folder with every single thing that was left.  Too many duplicate artists for my taste, and even three versions of the same song that I just discovered today, one of which features Billy Holiday on vocals!  There's also some spoken word from the eventual Sir John Geilgud (he hadn't been knighted yet when this record came out), a country weeper, a live track recorded way back in 1939, some generic stuff, organ & chime stuff, two more Nutcracker sides from Larry Clinton (who is credited with inventing the whole let's-make-a-pop-song-from-a-classical-side over at Wikipedia) and even a song from Disney's Beaver Valley. When I go all out, I really go all out! (Oh, and a track from Jerry Fielding, who released a rare but great Christmas albums that's been shared out around these parts.) Lots to enjoy here, so download it and give it a listen.

MEGA

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

1. The Jerry Fielding Orchestra-Button Up Your Overcoat
2. Kenny Baker-Christmas Morn (Blest Christmas Morn)
3. Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys-Vocal By Tommy Duncan-Empty Chair At The Christmas Table
4. Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus Billy Holiday-It's Easy To Blame The Weather
5. Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra-It's Easy To Blame The Weather (Es Facil Culpar Al Tiempo)
6. The Champagne Music Of Lawrence Welk-Vocal Chorus Lois Best-It's Easy To Blame The Weather
7. Nelo Sosa Y Su Conjunto Colonial-Las Pascuas (Christmas)
8. Ken Griffin At The Organ-Sung By Karen Ford And Bill Snary-Our Christmas Waltz
9. Andrew Rowan Summers (Ballad Singer) Accompanying Himself On The Dulcimer-The Cherry Tree Carol
10. Gordon MacRae With Choir Under The Direction Of Paul Weston-Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)
11. Billy Eckstine-Orchestra And Choir Conducted By Lionel Newman-Christmas Eve
12. Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra-Dance Of The Candy Fairy
13. Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra-Dance Of The Flowers
14. Jimmy Boyd Accompanied By Norman Luboff-I Said A Prayer For Santa Claus
15. Stars Of Radio & Television With Orchestra & Chorus-I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
16. Tommy Tucker And His Orchestra-Vocal By Don Brown, Karen Rich And Chorus-Jing-a-Ling Jing-a-Ling (Based On Theme Melody From Walt Disney's "Beaver Valley")
17. Peerless Quartet-Male Quartet With Orchestra-Oh, You Silv'ry Bells (Jingle Bells)
18. Ken Griffin At The Organ-Star Of The East
19. Billy Eckstine With Buddy Baker And His Orchestra-The Lonely Shepherd
20. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Bruno Walter-No. 3-The Sleigh Ride
21. Stars Of Radio & Television With Orchestra & Chorus-You're All I Want For Christmas
22. Stars Of Radio & Television With Orchestra & Chorus-Silent Night
23. Gracie Fields With Piano-I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus
24. John Gielgud-The Journey Of The Magi

78-Not Really Christmas 3

A short selection of songs that are just a little too far off the beaten path of Christmas music for me to include them in a regular post.  I've done two other similar posts to this one, and the second set seemed to be one of the most popular collections of the post-Christmas season.  So I hope this one is at least half as good, if not better. I had high hopes for the Arthur Godfrey Beard track, but it's clearly not Santa he's talking about. And the Fruit Cake track isn't half bad, I need to learn some more about Toni Harper. As always, tracks are courtesy of The Internet Archive and their fabulous Great 78 Project. I need to get busy and start packing up my 78s to donate to their cause. I got the first two boxes packed and then something shiny caught my eye elsewhere. It's a great cause, and a great way to hear those records in your collection that you know you're never going to get around to playing, so consider a donation if you have some 78s to give.  Hope you enjoy the collection tonight, it's the last of it's kind for the season.

MEGA

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

1. Barbara Carroll Trio-Barbara's Carol
2. Harry James-Toni Harper-Fruit Cake
3. Freddie Mitchell Orchestra-Hot Ice
4. The Merry Macs-Igloo
5. Bobby Colt With Clark McClellan Orchestra & Three Beaus And A Peep-Scattered Toys (From The Motion Picture "Catskill Honeymoon")
6. Arthur Godfrey With The Too Fat Trio-Orchestra Under The Direction Of Archie Bleyer-The Man With The Weird Beard
7. Eleanor Steber, Soprano, With Alec Templeton At The Piano-Roses In Wintertime
8. Eileen Barton With Orchestra Directed By Jack Pleis-Toys

77-Winter Weather

A big bag of tracks loosely themed around some wintry weather, so you get snow, ice, frost and, ummm, waltzing. OK, it's a loose theme, but at least it's not a complete grab bag. Not a whole lot of time to post this one, so I'll just say real quick that all tracks are courtesy of the fine 78 collection at The Internet Archive, and I hope you enjoy the music.

MEGA

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

1. Molly O'Day And The Cumberland Mountain Folks-At The First Fall Of Snow
2. Lucille Hegamin And The Dixie Daisies-Cold Cold Winter Blues
3. Earl Bostic And His Orchestra-Cracked Ice
4. Ray Herbeck And His Music With Romance-Vocal Chorus Betty Benson-Igloo
5. Frankie Carle And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Marjorie Hughes-Little Jack Frost Get Lost
6. Los Tres Diamantes (E. Quezada, G. Prado y S. Sedano)-Nieve (Snow)
7. The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)-One Cold Winter's Eve
8. Varsity Four-Snow Flakes (Copos De Nieve)
9. Victor Tanečni Orchestr-Snӗženky (Snow Flakes)
10. Art Shaw And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus Peg LaCentra-There's Frost On The Moon (Spring In My Heart)
11. Carole Wilson-When The Snowflakes Fall Again
12. Henry Mocarsky And His Orchestra-Łyzwiarska (Ice Skater's Polka)
13. Hal McIntyre And His Orchestra-Vocal By Frankie Lester-Spring In December
14. Al Donahue And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Barry McKinley-The Winter Waltz
15. Unknown Artist-Winter