03-Why There Is Christmas

In addition to being a tribute to the Christmas single, I wanted the shares this year to feel like a Christmas comp every day. It's a tradition that's nearly extinct, but I still enjoy getting a collection of Christmas songs from a friend that features all their favorites. The best collections to me are the ones that feature a batch of great songs that you've never heard before, and that's how I hope you view these daily collections. I didn't go to the effort of sequencing all the tracks, or even renumbering them into a specific order, but the thought is there. Is there a theme today? Yes, I think there is! All of the tracks here are spoken word bits and to be honest, some of them are pretty depressing. There are probably too many versions of Twas The Night Before Christmas here, as well as the biblical story of Christmas, but I had to work with the records I had. You might not listen to this collection more than once, but there's some good stuff in there. (It's day three and Blogger is already giving me a hard time about uploading all these image files. It's going to be a long season...)

1. State Trooper Ron Brooks-Little Boys Christmas Prayer
2. Becky Lamb-Little Becky's Christmas Wish
3. Bing Crosby With Supporting Cast-Musical Score Composed And Directed By Victor Young-The Small One-A Christmas Story-Side 1
4. Carmel Quinn & Sean Fuller-Arranged & Conducted By Ted Auletta-The Story Of The Magi
5. Carmol Taylor-The Perfect Christmas Gift
6. Chris Hill-Disco Santa
7. Ed Penney-What Is Christmas
8. Eddie Lawrence With Musical Accompaniment Supplied By The Five Reindeer-The Merry Old Philosopher
9. Frank Kelly-Christmas Countdown
10. Gonzales Bonaparté And His Little Singers-Why There Is Christmas
11. Grandpa Jones-Christmas Guest
12. Jack Underwood-A Mysterious Visitor Surprises Timmy And Ellen
13. Jacques Brel Et Le Concours De Madeleine Clervanne-Simone Langlois-Roland Menard-Henri Nassiet-La Nativite Selon Saint-Luc (Je Prendrai (Poème De Jacques Brel)/ La Nativité (1e Partie))
14. John Nesbitt-A Christmas Gift (The Story Of The Juggler Of Our Lady)-Part 1
15. Jules A. d'Hemecourt IV, Arranged & Conducted By Lance Chauvin-Cajun Night Before Christmas
16. Kent Bowman-Kalikimaka Mele (Christmas Carol)
17. Mike King-The Night Time Christmas Candle
18. Pinkard & Bowden-A Christmas Gift
19. Randy King-The Legend Of Little Orphan Joe
20. Ray Reeves-A Little Boy's Christmas Prayer-Stereo
21. Reno & Smiley-The True Meaning Of Christmas
22. Rob Townsend And The Scot Lad Singers-The Story Of Christmas
23. Ronald McDonald-The Night Before Christmas-Side 1
24. Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen With The John Cacavas Orchestra And Chorus-The First Time The Christmas Story Was Told
25. Shelley Ford & Cajun Joe, Classical Guitar & Strings-Dennis Elliott-The Creole Christmas Story
26. The Evergreens-They Came A Long Way To Christmas (Part 1)
27. Walter Brennan-Arranged & Conducted By Ernie Freeman-Henry Had A Merry Christmas
28. William B. Williams-A World To Grow Up In
29. Zero Jones-Shadrack (Part 1) (The Black Reindeer)
30. Bill Anderson-The Night Before Christmas And The Story Of The Nativity
31. Bill Bodaford-A Christmas Story
32. Bing Crosby With Supporting Cast-Musical Score Composed And Directed By Victor Young-The Small One-A Christmas Story-Side 2
33. Jack Underwood-Timmy And Ellen Help Their New Friend Solve A Very Serious Problem
34. Jacques Brel Et Le Concours De Madeleine Clervanne-Simone Langlois-Roland Menard-Henri Nassiet-La Nativite Selon Saint-Luc (2e Partie)
35. John Nesbitt-A Christmas Gift (The Story Of The Juggler Of Our Lady)-Concluded
36. Little Cindy-Happy Birthday Jesus
37. Lorne Greene-One Solitary Life
38. Mel Tillis-Christmas Country Message #2
39. R. Rivera-Arranged & Conducted: A. DiPippo-Christmas 76
40. Ralph Emery-Music By Harold Bradley-Christmas Dinner
41. Red Sovine-What Does Christmas Look Like
42. Ronald McDonald-The Night Before Christmas-Side 2
43. The Evergreens-They Came A Long Way To Christmas (Part 2)
44. The Funny Bunch-XXX Motor Club-A Christmas Story
45. Ted & Ruth Reinhart-Christmas Memories

MEGA

Update-There were a couple of really long filenames in the original download that were causing some unzipping issues. I've updated to download file, so if you were having trouble, give it another try.

02-It's Christmas Time

Day two of the Christmas sharity features 45 more songs from 45s. There's not too much of a theme here, at least not one that you'll be able to spot just yet. But things are not as they seem, just keep paying attention and all will become clear. (I see a track in here by The Keith Richards Orchestra. I don't think there's any relation there to Keith Richards from The Rolling Stones, but I should have thrown his version of Run Rudolph Run in here just to confuse the issue.)

1. Sean Dunphy-Christmas Angel
2. Beverly Colomb-Red, White And Blue Christmas
3. Bubber Johnson-It's Christmas Time
4. Byron Lee & The Dragonaires-Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday
5. Cary Grant-Christmas Lullaby
6. Charo-Arranged And Conducted By John Davis-(Mamacita,) ¿Donde Esta Santa Claus?
7. Cody Bearpaw-Winter Love (Stereo)
8. Dave King With The Roland Shaw Orchestra-Christmas And You
9. Dee Mullins-Remember Bethlehem-Stereo
10. Del Vikings With Carl Stevens & His Orchestra-Snowbound
11. Dodie Stevens-Orchestra Conducted By Milt Rogers-Merry Christmas Baby
12. Don Jacoby And His Conn-Ensemble-The Christmas Party
13. Dora Hall-Blue Christmas
14. Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies-Christmas Dream
15. Frankie Lymon With Hugo Peretti & His Orchestra-It's Christmas Once Again
16. George Rock Sextet-Vocal By George Rock-I Should Have Left The Light On (For Santa Claus Last Night)
17. Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger And The Rainbow Ranch Boys-Christmas Roses
18. Jackie DeShannon-Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?
19. Johnny Rowland-Christmas Love Song
20. Jose Ferrer-Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
21. Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music With Vocal By The Sparklers-Let's Have An Old Fashioned Christmas
22. Leroy Holmes And His Orchestra And Chorus-The Little Bell (That Just Went Ding)
23. Lou Monte With Orchestra And Chorus-All Because It's Christmas
24. Patty Brandon With Pete De Angelis' Orchestra And Chorus-Christmas Prayer
25. Primo Scala And His Banjo And Accordion Band With The Keynotes-Snowy White Snow And Jingle Bells
26. Ruby Wright With Cliff Lash And His Orchestra And The Dick Noel Singers-Merry, Merry Christmas
27. Sammy Watkins And The Mail Chorus-It's One Day Closer To Christmas (Please Do Your Mailing Now)
28. The Ambassadors-Vocal By Dan Lentino-Jingle Bell Rock
29. The Ames Brothers With Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra-I Got A Cold For Christmas
30. The Johnny Mann Children's Choir-African Noel
31. The Wilson Sisters-Little Klinker
32. Bey Ireland-Christmas Without You
33. Carla Thomas-Winter Snow (Stax Version)
34. Charles Brown-Let's Make Every Day A Christmas Day
35. Charlie McCoy-Christmas Cheer
36. Corky Hale-Christmas Day
37. Elmo 'N Patsy-Christmas
38. Frank Gallagher-Dana Serenaders And Orchestra-You're All I Want For Christmas
39. Jeannie Owen-Pretty Paper
40. Johnny Koonse-Old Fashioned Christmas
41. The Keith Richards Orchestra-Vocal By K.C. Lore-There's A Hole In My Christmas Stocking (Vocal)
42. The Lennon Sisters With Orchestra And Chorus Directed By George Cates-Let's Light The Christmas Tree
43. Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band-Santa Claus Blues
44. The Mariners-Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow
45. Stevie Wonder-Season's Greetings

MEGA