Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Mail Call

This is one of the records I found last Christmas season that I was most excited about. This was released by the postal service in Miami, Florida, sometime in the early to mid-sixties, right as they were rolling out the Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP codes). I suppose I could narrow down the time frame even more by looking up some of the postal rates they talk about, but that seems like a lot of hard work and Christmas is tomorrow. No time for such trivial pursuits. For those last minute cards and letters, this is The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Mail Early And Have A Merry Christmas (United States Post Office Department/Stereo Sound Studios PODX 1 and 2, Mono).

1. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Musical Opening-Deck The Halls  
2. Lee Taylor-Christmas Spirit  
3. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Great Day  
4. Lee Taylor-At Rehearsal  
5. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Jingle Bells Musical Announcement  
6. Lee Taylor-Mail Early  
7. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Adeste Fidelis  
8. Lee Taylor-Little Girl  
9. Lee Taylor-Counting Friends  
10. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Count Your Friends  
11. Lee Taylor-Christmas Sing-Along  
12. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Joy To The World  
13. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Orchestra-Silent Night  
14. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Lee Taylor-We Wish You A Merry Christmas  
15. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Lee Taylor-Zone Number-Jingle Bells  
16. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Lee Taylor-Send It Early-Jingle Bells  
17. The Singing Mailmen Of Miami & Lee Taylor-Get Ready Now-Jingle Bells  
18. Lee Taylor-Christmas Slogans  
19. Lee Taylor-Address Mail Properly  
20. Lee Taylor-Broken Doll  
21. Lee Taylor-Christmas Cards  
22. Lee Taylor-Do Not Open Until Christmas

MEGA (Tracks)

MEGA (Uncut version of side 1)

3 comments:

  1. Likely Christmas 1963. ZIP Codes were introduced in July 1963. And on Jan. 20, 1964 (two months after his assassination) the Torch of Friendship was dedicated to President John F. Kennedy, with a prominent inscription added to the front of the monument.

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  2. Update: Likely earlier than Christmas 1963, perhaps two years earlier. First-class postage remained four cents through Jan. 6, 1963 and the Post Office would not have promoted the old rate in December 1963. (And if the Post Office knew a one-cent rate increase was coming in January 1963, they likely would not have promoted the 4-cent stamp in December 1962.)

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  3. Interesting find, thanks, Ernie. Here's something hot off the presses, or sound/video editor's desk, as it were, our Christmas Cantata, from last Friday night.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcoZo_dyA98

    Merry Christmas to all, love and praying for y'all.

    Romans 11:33-36 KJB

    Josh

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