Tuesday, July 22, 2025

CiJ 2025-Day 22

Moving right along, today means it's three weeks down and a little over a week left to go. Sure seems like only yesterday we were beginning this thing but it will be over before you know it. Today's highlight (or at least the song I'm highlighting) is from the LP above, a space age pop version of Holiday For Strings. It's not really a Christmas song, but it does have holiday in there. And I was quite excited to find the LP with something I could plausibly share. I'm easily amused, I guess. So if you're easily amused, please head down to the download and enjoy!

1. Arthur Smith-Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Arthur Smith Playes Bach, Bacharach, Bluegrass & Boogie, 1970)
2. The Columbus Boychoir-Directed By Donald Hanson-Christmas Carol (The Columbus Boychoir Performs Zoltán Kodály, 1975)
3. Walter Brennan With Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Joe Leahy-The Birth Of Christ: 1) Christ Has Come (A World Of Miracles, 1962)
4. John Chapman And His Choral Group-Away In The Manger (God Bless Us All, 2025)
5. Jenson Publications-A Festival Of Carols (Superior New Works For Concert Band-Vol. IX, 1981)
6. Niles Township High School East-Combined Groups-Richard Rusch, Director-Hallelujah Chorus (Winter Music Festival, 1967)
7. Leo Arnaud And His Orchestra-Holiday For Strings (Spectra-Sonic-Sounds!!, 1956)
8. Jamestown High School A Cappella Choir 1990-1991-James A. Bogey, Conductor-Away In A Manger (Songs Of '91, 1991)

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Posted by Ernie at 7/22/2025 08:00:00 AM

8 comments:

  1. RecordCollectorTuesday, July 22, 2025 8:18:00 AM

    Thanks for this volume of your epic series Christmas in July. I must say, Leo Arnaud is a good choice Ernie!

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    1. ErnieTuesday, July 22, 2025 9:03:00 AM

      I thought he was pretty good. I didn't realize this LP was reissued a couple years later with a cover that made it look more like a flamenco album than a Space-age Pop spectacular.

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  2. BusterTuesday, July 22, 2025 11:48:00 AM

    That Leo Arnaud is interesting - I wonder if I have that one. Thanks!

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    1. ErnieTuesday, July 22, 2025 11:56:00 AM

      You probably do, but don't know it. I know that's my problem... :)

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    2. musicman1979Tuesday, July 22, 2025 3:03:00 PM

      Good choices today! At least three of the tracks here, including the headliner, I will probably be checking out. Did not know that Liberty put out an album to showcase their "Spectra-Sonic Sound" of the late-'50's; that was gone when the company entered the '60's and gave us super-wide Stereo albums of Jan & Dean and Gary Lewis and the Playboys.

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    3. ErnieWednesday, July 23, 2025 7:07:00 AM

      Everybody had a gimmick name at the time since it was still new and exciting.

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  3. KeekTuesday, July 22, 2025 5:57:00 PM

    Some really good stuff today! The Arnaud cover is on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/lp_spectra-sonic-sounds_leo-arnaud-and-his-orchestra/mode/1up

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    1. ErnieWednesday, July 23, 2025 7:05:00 AM

      Thanks. My cover is in worse shape, and a bad picture, but the colors are more vivid. :)

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