Christmas In July 2019-Part 66

Happy Friday!  It's been a long week, but I've somehow made it to Friday night.  Half a day tomorrow, and then I can relax a little, or at least pay a little more attention to the blog.  Here are the ten selections for the evening.

1. Ray Middleton-Choir & Music Under Direction Of Howard Barlow-Christmas from Ten Protestant Holy Days (Candle Records CAN-111, Mono, 1957). Yep, more music that sounds like it was being made up as he went along.  I wish there were a Lutheran version of this series, but alas, I don't think such a thing exists.

2. Wheaton College Men's Glee Club-Clayton Halvorsen, Director-Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring from Wheaton College Centennial Album (Word W 3084-LP, Mono, 1960).  From a small stash of records I found at a junk store recently, all featuring various choirs from Wheaton over the years.

3. Baja Marimba Band-A Partridge In A Pear Tree (The Twelve Days Of Christmas) from For Animals Only (A&M LP113, Mono, 1965).  You'd think as often as I see this album, I would have picked up a stereo copy.  But no, I grabbed a mono copy.

4. The Atlanta Children's Choir-Directed By Mr. And Mrs. Haskell Boyter-Accompanist, Miss Adele Dieckmann-Silent Night from Hear The Church's Song (Covenant Life Curriculum 10" 33 RPM 8536, Mono).  Hard to go wrong with Silent Night.

5. Joe Harnell And His Trio-Sugar Plum from Joe Harnell And His Trio (Jubilee JGM 5020, Mono, 1963).  Some Tchaikovsky for your evenings enjoyment.

6. Conducted By Michael Sweeney-The Coventry Carol from Hal Leonard Concert Band 1989-1990 (Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation 2xLP 85060087, Stereo, 1989). And so begins the demo portion of your evening.

7. Unknown Artist-I Will Carol In The Morning from Choral Celebration Vol. V (Jenson Publications JP-4000, Stereo, 1983).  This concludes the demo part of the evening.  Thank you for listening.

8. Madison Senior Choir-Mr. David Alan Ayers, Director-Accompanists, Katherine Sutch, Janis Black-Soloist, Bob Reigart-A Jingle Bell Travelogue from The Joys Of Christmas And The Sounds Of Today (United Sound USR-4976, Stereo).  Good stuff from this talented high school choir.

9. Lloyd Burry-Satin Doll from Lloyd Burry At The Organ (RCA Camden (Canada) CAS-2352, Stereo, 1969).  Some CanCon here at the blog.  Gotta play our quota.

10. The Boston Pops-Arthur Fiedler, Conductor-Sleigh Ride from Fiddle Faddle And Other Leroy Anderson Favorites (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2638, Stereo, 1962).  OK, probably one of the most popular renditions of the song out there, but it's plopped down right in the middle of an otherwise non-seasonal album, so it counts.

And that's it for now.  More stuff coming until we run out of days, but that will be here before you know it.  Here's the download link.  See you tomorrow.