Tuesday, February 02, 2021

76-Scoop Number Fifteen

Time for the fifteenth deep dip of the year, and I've come up with fifteen random selections from the collection.  Well, maybe not entirely random. I've got a  couple of tracks from the same generic budget collection on Golden Music Society, and I don't usually like to duplicate artists in a single collection. But the season is fast drawing to a close and I'm trying to make do with what I've got left. Hope that's OK with you all.  If I'd known the season was going to last this long, I might have tried to plan it out a little better. But it is what it is. As of today, there at 3066 tracks at The Internet Archive's 78 collection tagged Christmas, and I've shared out more than a thousand of them in slightly improved sound. Pretty proud of that, even though it may seem like a small fraction of the tunes available. A lot of the ones I've skipped are major artists with easily purchased tracks, and a lot of duplicate copies of well-known tracks.  So this is a very sizable selection of what they have to offer.  I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have.  Good stuff in the pile tonight, give it a listen, and let me know what you think.

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Stars Of Radio & Television With Orchestra & Chorus-All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
2. Billy Eckstine-Orchestra Conducted By Russ Case-Blue Christmas
3. Svend Nicolaisens Danseorkester, Sang: Erik Andreasen-Du Kære, Gamle Julemand (Je Ne Crois Plus Au Pere Noel)
4. Wright Family Singers-Go Where I Send Thee
5. Francis Kay, His Concertina And Orchestra-Vocal: Ralph Caroll-Holiday Polka
6. Gordon MacRae With Paul Weston And His Orchestra-Merry Christmas Waltz
7. Vincent Lopez And His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra-Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (From Balieft's "Chauve-Souris")
8. Moserbuebe-Yodel With Accordion, Violin, Stringbass-Ski Walzer (Ski Valse)
9. Two Ton Baker, The Merry Music Maker With Special Sound Effects-The Night Before Christmas (Side 1)
10. Carmen Cavallaro-Piano Solo With Instrumental Accompaniment-White Christmas
11. Sydney MacEwan-Piano Accompaniment By Gerald Moore-O Bethlehem (Old Basque Carol)
12. Jimmy Boyd With Mitch Miller And His Orchestra-Santa Claus Blues
13. Two Ton Baker, The Merry Music Maker With Special Sound Effects-The Night Before Christmas (Side 2)
14. Stars Of Radio & Television With Orchestra & Chorus-Jingle Bells, Silver Bells
15. Sonora Choristers Under The Direction Of Eugene Mott-Silent Night
















6 comments:

  1. That yodeling label is really something. Plus two labels for the immortal Jimmy Boyd!

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  2. ....on to the next pack of blank cds we go.....
    I think my next project is going digital.
    That'll be a long one.

    thanks,

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  3. Your efforts and sharing are greatly appreciated!

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  4. Buster-When I first started doing this project, I scanned through the searches just looking for unfamiliar labels, that's how I knew I had something good. That yielded the first 200 or so selections that were the really unknown stuff. It was all downhill from there. :)

    Raven-You're still burning things to disc? I used to do that, but I couldn't keep up, and I found that the discs I made weren't frequently unreadable. :( I keep everything digital now on multiple external hard drives. Just bought a new one two weeks ago. :) I have to archive all the original versions I downloaded, so there is some serious space needed...

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  5. Oh, and Father Nose, thanks for the comment! Your name reminds me of a Ray Stevens songs you may or may not know. :)

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  6. I was going to start the digital process when I had to move across the country.
    Mailing all my cd's and records was...problematic. And expensive.
    But, I wanted to keep my Xmas (and Halloween) stuff on discs. Easier
    for my elderly (sorry Ma!) Mom to load up a cd. And boy did she love
    this stuff.
    I think you have broken me on that this year. ha.

    later,

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