Sunday, April 05, 2026

Third Time's A Charm

Following up on those last two shares today, this is yet another release of what I believe is the same material (plus a few tracks of similar origin, one of which doesn't have anything to do with Christmas), though with no artist attribution whatsoever. You can probably figure out who's who on here based on those last two records and the known contributions from Enoch Light, as well as connections to his many labels. But I'm too lazy for all of that, I'm just going to throw it up here and let you worry about all figuring out the details. This is Unknown Artists-Sounds Of Christmas (AKA The Sound Of Christmas) (Brigade) (Brigade P-1301-M (Reissue of material on the Waldorf label), Mono). It might help to know that the Brigade label reissued quite a few items that originally came out of the Waldorf Music Hall/Grand Award labels. I'm sure it had something to do with out buddy Enoch Light, but I don't know what the connection was. Note also that is says Stereo on the cover, but these tracks are certainly mono.

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
2. The Christmas Song
3. White Christmas
4. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
6. 'Twas The Night Before Christmas
7. Frosty The Snowman
8. Sleigh Ride
9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
10. Jingle Bells
11. Winter Wonderland
12. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
13. The Place Where I Worship
14. When Christmas Comes To Our House
15. Adeste Fidelis
16. O Christmas Tree
17. Christmas Has Come Again
18. All Around The Christmas Tree

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8 comments:

  1. BryanSunday, April 05, 2026 8:55:00 PM

    Thanks, I need an upgrade for this album too.
    Have you noticed the g in Brigade looks likes a q, as in Briqade?
    My version, is one long single album track. It has a date of 1957, which seems about right I guess?
    That being said, it is nice to have it in separated track version.

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    1. ErnieMonday, April 06, 2026 11:48:00 AM

      If this version came out in 1957, it wouldn't have said Stereo on the front cover. I think it's a sixties-reissue, but that's just a guess.

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  2. BryanMonday, April 06, 2026 2:32:00 AM

    Whoa...what a deal labeling all these tracks. Some were easy, some were not so. But two of them, tracks 13 and 18 are totally impossible for me to locate through my collections or from the internet. Also, their voices do not seem to ring any bells in my head either.
    Many of these tracks were released on an Enoch Lights "18 All Time Christmas Hits" package of 3 discs. Some at the same length, others edited. All come from 78 RPMs. But even my collection of these have an Unknown singer.

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    1. ErnieMonday, April 06, 2026 11:49:00 AM

      Untangling this sort of thing is what Lee does a good job with over at his blog.

      https://musicyouwont.blogspot.com/

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  3. BryanMonday, April 06, 2026 9:03:00 AM

    1 Artie Malvin
    2 Michael Stewart w; Enoch Light and Orch.
    3 Waldorf Music Hall Chorus & Orch.
    4 Artie Malvin
    5 Dottie Evans w; Brigadiers Quartet
    6 Artie Malvin
    7 Michael Stewart w; Enoch Light and Orch.
    8 Enoch Light Orchestra and Chorus
    9 Brigadiers Quartet w; Michael Stewart and Enoch Light & Orch.;
    10 Brigadiers Quartet & Orch.
    11 Lois Winters and Loren Becker
    12 Michael Stewart w; Enoch Light and Orch.
    13 Unknown
    14 Dottie Evans w; Brigadiers Quartet
    15 Waldorf Music Hall Chorus & Orch.
    16 Godfrey Malcolm At The Organ & Fredrico On The Chimes;
    17 Brigadiers Quartet & Orch.
    18 Brigadiers Quartet & Orch. - This one is the only guess I have in this listing.

    Any help with the artists for track #13 would be greatly appreciated. Many of these tracks first appeared on 78 RPMs from what I have determined.

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    1. ErnieMonday, April 06, 2026 11:50:00 AM

      If a random track from this LP plays on my PC, it's inevitably track 13, which is not Christmas at all. :(

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  4. BryanMonday, April 06, 2026 9:19:00 AM

    The Waldorf Music Hall Chorus is probably composed of: Artie Malvin, Dottie Evans, Lois Winters, and Loren Becker. The Orchestra is probably Enoch Light.

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    1. ErnieMonday, April 06, 2026 11:50:00 AM

      It always comes back to Enoch Light somehow... :)

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