Saturday, July 13, 2019

Christmas In July 2019-Part 30

Welcome to the noon installment of Christmas in July for Saturday.  Got some good stuff for you, so skip all my explanatory prose and just jump on down to the download.

1. Sisters' Concert Chorus, Sisters Of St. Joseph, Nazareth, Michigan, Director-Sister Maureen, S.S.J.-Holiday Song from Jubilee! (Grace Note LPM-12967/12968, Mono, 1965).  Happy nuns! Not sure what those initials mean...

2. Homer And Jethro-Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me from Barefoot Ballads (RCA Victor LPM-1412, Mono, 1957).  The guys play this one pretty straight, but it's already a weird little song.

3. Sil Austin And His Orchestra-Moonlight In Vermont from Soft Plaintive And Moody! (Mercury MG 20576, Mono, 1960).  A saxophone version for your listening pleasure.

4. The Manhattan Piano Quartet-Lawrence Krueger, William Blankfort, Alexander Dickstein, Marga Richter-Pas De Deux From "The Nutcracker" from Concert Favorites Transcribed For Four Pianos (MGM E3130, Mono, 1954).  That's right, four pianos playing a piece from the Nutcracker.

5. Lyle Richardson, Baritone, With W. Lawrence Curry, Accompanist-What Child Is This from Let's Sing Songs And Hymns For Primary Children (Geneva Press 69-0031, Mono).  That's right, it's actually not Greensleeves, it's What Child Is This!

6. Carmen Dragon Conducting The Capitol Symphony Orchestra-Ave Maria from Bless This House (Capitol SP8527, Stereo).  I couldn't dig up a year for this one, which was odd for a major label release.  I was probably just tired an overlooked it, then I was too lazy to go back and find it today.  Sorry.

7. Unknown Artist-Feliz Navidad from Hal Leonard Presents Choral Spectrum 1990-Senior Edition (Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation 2xLP HLP-60, Stereo, 1990).  Spanish version of a demo track today.

8. Harlan Rogers And Smitty Price-The Invitation/O Come All Ye Faithful from Timeless-Hymns In Colour (Colours/Maranatha! Music SPCN 7-100-16182-7, Stereo, 1986).  More synth goodness for you.

9. Dinah Washington-I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm from September In The Rain (Mercury SR 60638, Stereo, 1961).  I remember sharing this one out during one of the very earliest Christmas in July celebrations.  I think it was mono back then, but today it's in stereo.

10. F.X. McDonald, Jr., Soloist-The Village Of St. Bernadette from Peace, My Friends (Angelus Records WR 5057, Stereo). And what a quaint little village it is.

That's all.  Ten tracks.  Download is here.  More later.

2 comments:

  1. seems to be a lot of mysterious initials by the artists you've been posting. maybe that's what i need to add a little class to my act. i flirted with an accent aigu for a while -- barbá -- but someone pointed out that my french-menu approach was counterproductive as the french don't use an accent aigu over an "a". but mysterious initials... that might be just the thing.

    -- barba, e.(n.b.)d.

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  2. Sorry, but you're just an é.(n.b.)c.

    I'm the only é.(n.b.)d.!

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