We've had Christmas music played with just about every instrument you can imagine around here, but I suspect this is the first one with a trombone as the lead. That's right, a trombone. This appears to have been made by a gentleman who had a Christian ministry called Night Sounds, and this record was part of a series they put out called Treasury Of Sacred Music. This is volume seven in the series, and includes a couple of songs that were pulled from other records, but I don't know if those others were part of the series or not. So now you know just about everything I know about this record. Give it a download and listen, let me know what you think. This is
Bill Pearce-
Christmas In The Air (NightSounds 608025X (NightSounds Treasury Of Sacred Music Vol. VII), Stereo).
1. Sleigh Ride
2. I Wonder As I Wander
3. Ready For Christmas
4. Carolling, Carolling
5. White Christmas
6. What If He Hadn't Come?
7. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
8. The Christmas Song
9. Go Tell It On The Mountain
10. No Room
11. Love Was When
12. Once In Royal David's City
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There was a Bill Pearce that worked for WMBI/Moody Radio, years ago. There also, was a show they (I believe) did, called Night Sounds. If memory is correct, I'd say, these are all related. Both Pearce and the fellow I heard do Night Sounds (by the last name of Kellog, not sure on the spelling), had really deep, good Announcer voices. Thanks and again, Merry Christmas, praying for y'all.
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Yes, there are references to the Night Sounds show on the back of the sleeve, and this is something like Volume 7 in the Night Sound series. I'm probably not remembering that correctly, but it's something like that.
DeleteThanks, haven't seen the record/cover data, figured it'd have some info therein.
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Well, I suppose if we can have Tuba Christmas records, we can have Trombone Christmas records.
ReplyDeleteI try to give equal time to all the instruments.
DeleteCan't wait to hear the Christmas trombone! If interested, here's an interesting obituary for Bill Pearce
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https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/rrstar/name/bill-pearce-obituary?id=17952304
Steve - I know I have heard his program Nightsounds at one time or another.
DeleteThanks for the link!
DeleteI've seen a ukelin Christmas album - maybe you shared it here? I can't remember. Maybe the cover was more memorable than the music.
ReplyDeleteNope, not me, never even heard of it. I thought you misspelled ukulele at first, but I looked it up. :)
DeleteI've got an unkalung record coming up, but that doesn't appear to be a common name for the instrument. Stay tuned!
What with the overall dearth of recordings (and, especially, seasonal recordings) that feature the trombone, thank you for providing this example that, right after seeing it yesterday, I shared with a colleague who herself plays that notable instrument.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking there aren't a whole lot of non-Christmas albums that actually bring the trombone to the forefront, but it's there on all sorts of recordings. Can't have a brass section without it! (Well, I guess you can, but not if you want that sad trombone sound...)
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