Christmas In July 2019-Part 27
Time for another midday bonus post. I promise I'm not going to do one of these every day, but I think I need to do them at least half of the days. And since I missed so many days the first week, I'm trying to make up for lost time. This would be much easier if I could keep sharing into August, as I often do, but there's a hard deadline looming that prevents such a luxury. In the meantime, I'm plunging ahead as best I can. On to the music!
1. O'Lyn Callahan-Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy from O'Lyn Volume Two-O'Lyn Plays The Yamaha Electone E-70 (Yamaha Records YR 5003, Stereo). An LP put out as an example of what you can do with your new electronic organ! I see a lot of these in the thrift stores, and I always have to pick them up and check for Christmas tunes. They turn up with surprising regularity.
2. Bells Of Grace-Robert L. Neumann, Director-Mrs. Fred Wilson, Organist-French Noel from Bells Of Grace (Lane Recording 25779/25780, Stereo, 1969). More bells! I don't recognize the tune though. Should I?
3. Bel Canto Choir (Grades 3-5)-Catherine Payn, Conductor-Gloria In Excelsis Deo (From "A Christmas Triptych") from O, Clap Your Hands (Dharma GFL 1057 (Morristown, New Jersey), Stereo). I don't think this is the usual Gloria... Well, at least the tune isn't normal.
4. The Racine Chapter-Sweet Adelines, Inc., Jarmela Speta-Director-I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing from Make Mine Music (Dave Kennedy Studios USR 7184, Stereo). Barbershop chorus alert!
5. Mrs. Sarah Makem-In The Month Of January from The Lark In The Morning-Folk Songs And Dances From The Irish Countryside (Tradition (Everest) TLP 1004, Electronic Stereo). Not certain, but I assume she has some relation to the famous Makem Brothers.
6. Dewey And Susan Gardner, Piano And Organ Duet-Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring from A Time For Praise-Calvary Baptist Church-Canton, Michigan (Mark Records MC 1258, Stereo). A duet! Yes!
7. Hugo Winterhalter-June In January from A Season For My Beloved (ABC-Paramount ST 90168 (ABC Records, Mfd. By Capitol Records), Stereo, 1963). If it's June in January, how is it December in July? Something is backwards here...
8. Ferrante & Teicher-Mother Goose Suite (Ma Mère l'Oye): Le Jardin Féerique from The Artistry Of Ferrante & Teicher (ABC-Paramount ABCS-454, Technically Augmented Stereo). I think this is the conclusion of this little suite. Now you can go into your archives and listen to the whole thing, start to finish.
9. Unknown Artist-O Little Town Of Bethlehem from Choral Celebration Vol. VIII (Jensen Publications JP-6400, Stereo, 1985). Demo recording. There are so many of these...
10. 101 Strings, Conducted By Richard Müller-Lampertz, Koto Solos By Shinichi Yuize-Oshogatsu-Yuki (Snow And New Year) from Songs of The Seasons In Japan (Alshire S-5019, Stereo, 1964). This is the second time this season I've screwed up and shared a New Year's song in the middle of the month instead of holding them all for the end. I gotta pay more attention.
And, that brings us to the end again. Hope you enjoyed this collection of Christmas (and New Year's) music. Here's the download link. Come back soon for even more, we're here all month.
I wonder why you don't just hold some of these tunes for next year, rather than sharing them all this month. It's not as though they will go stale, although some of them (e.g., barbershop quartets) are none too fresh to begin with.
ReplyDeleteThat would feel like cheating somehow... :)
ReplyDeleteWhat I should do is just share out old rips from 4-5 years ago. No one would know the difference. :)
Probably not - all handbell, organ, banjo and high school chorus records sound alike to me - although I would remember the likes of A. Irvine McHose.
ReplyDeleteHow about Jarmela Speta? :)
ReplyDeletei think dewey and susan ought to give the quaaludes a rest.
ReplyDeleteThe French Noel tune is an old French carol known as "Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris" or "Between the ox and the gray donkey," which I have rarely heard in English (if at all, in fact). I can't believe that I can contribute a useful piece of info!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Patrick. The English title seems familiar, but I didn't recognize the music.
ReplyDeleteHi, and thanks for all the music!
ReplyDeleteJust though I'd let you know, Sara Makem is (was) Tommy Makem's mother (Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem), and a well known/respected collector of traditional Irish music.
Cynthia
Thanks for the comment. I seem to remember the record mentioned that they were all related somehow...
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