Chimes II

Here's part two of our New Year's Eve tribute to the tangled discography of some Organ and Chime records that are all somewhat connected to the impresario Enoch Light. This time it's a recording on the first label that Enoch founded, Grand Award. There were greater things to come, but this was where he got his start at ownership. This is Lew White And Fredrico-Chimes At Christmas Time (Grand Award G.A. 33-320, Mono). I thought for many years that this record was just a reissue of that last one on Waldorf with different artist credits, but when I actually recorded and listened to it, I discovered that it was a new recording. Lew White appears to be a real person with other credits to his name, and Fredrico is still Terry Snyder as far as I know. Perhaps Enoch was trying to steal sales from his former label by recording and marketing this album with a near identical tracklist. At this far remove, I guess we'll never know. Give it a listen and you'll be able to hear the difference immediately. I also threw some alternate artwork in the download for you, though the differences are minor.

1. Silent Night
2. O Come All Ye Faithful
3. Joy To The World
4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
5. The First Nowell
6. We Saw Three Ships
7. God Give Ye Merry Christmastide
8. Beautiful Savior
9. Away In A Manger
10. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
11. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
12. Deck The Halls
13. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
14. Good King Wenceslas
15. Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
16. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
17. Angels We Have Heard On High
18. Oh Christmas Tree

MEGA