Chanukah In August 2019-Part 1

Good morning!  After a great Thanksgiving in June and an even greater Christmas in July, it's my pleasure to present you with this less than stellar Chanukah in August.  It's a full ten tracks, but there are two albums represented twice, so it breaks a few of the rules I tried to follow the rest of the year.  I suppose I could have broken it up into two days, but I'm lazy and running out of time, so it's all here at once.  Still an interesting collection, let's see what you get.

1. Ray Middleton-Choir & Music Under Direction Of Howard Barlow-Chanukah from Ten Jewish Holy Days (Candle Records CAN-112, Mono, 1957). Another interesting contribution from Mr. Middleton.  Same, err, interesting style as his other contributions this season.

2. Pete Seeger And Banjo-Chanukah, Oh, Chanukah from With Voices Together We Sing (Folkways FA2452, Mono, 1956).  I can almost always count of finding some Chanukah track from Pete Seeger each and every year.

3. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Narration-Rabbi Nelson Glueck, Prayer, Soloists & Chorus Of The Hebrew Union School Of Sacred Music, Conducted By Isadore Freed And David Conviser, Eve Queler At The Organ-Hannukah-Feast Of Lights (Psalm 20; Hanukkah Blessing; Maoz Tzur; Hanukkah O Hanakkah (SIC); Mi Yamalel) from Great Days We Honor-Yom Kippur & Hannukah-In Song And Prayer (The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Of Religion 10" 33 RPM FO-7L-0318/0319 (Programs are part of the RCA Thesaurus.), Mono, 1955).  The big track of the day.  It seems to be something that was produced as a radio show. Good stuff.

4. Redlands High School Concert Choir-Director, Wilbur H. Schowalter-Hanukah Song (Jewish Folk Song) from Redlands High School Concert Choir 1964-65 (Handel Record Mfg. H-2008 (on Sleeve) H-2009 (on Label) Blue Vinyl, Mono, 1965). Nice of one of our regulars this season to provide us with some Chanukah content.

5. & 6. John Klein At The Console Of The "Carillon Americana" The World's Greatest Carillon-Hanukkah Song & Who Can Retell? from Around The World On A Carillon (Columbia Adventures In Sound WL 135, Mono, 1959).  I think I've shared one of these tracks before, but I must have missed the other one somehow.

7. Lynn Roberts, Carmen Baron & Juda Campbell-Hanukkah-Festival Of Lights from Holiday Songs For All Occasions (Kimbo Educational KIM 0805, Stereo, 1978).  Something for the kiddies at Chanukah.  Shouldn't there be eight songs?

8. & 9. Hap Palmer-Hanukkah-Vocal & Instrumental from Holiday Songs And Rhythms (Activity Records AR-538, Stereo, 1980).  OK, that's two more songs for the kiddies, still need five so that we've got all the nights covered.

10. Sing & Learn-Spin Dreidel Spin from Holiday Songs (Macmillan Educational Company MBCI-09003, Stereo, 1987).  That's four, but now I'm out of Chanukah Songs.

And since I'm out of songs, I'll give you the download link.  Thanks for stopping by.  If this isn't enough Chanukah music for you, I think you can still visit one of my Christmastime posts covering the eight days of Chanukah last year and find a single download with all my old Chanukah In August shares.  It's pretty epic, as they say. And all the other Chanukah time shares from last year are still good as well. Enjoy!