Saturday, September 17, 2022

2022 At 78 RPM-Part 38

OK, I've got a little more time this week, so you have to listen to me pontificate about the great stuff I'm sharing this week from The Internet Archive. It's a wonderful batch of stuff, etc, etc, etc. For the past month or so, I've been listening to the accumulated 2022 Christmas from 78 collection on repeat at work, and it's really exciting sometimes. I hear things I don't recognize, artists I don't know, songs I don't know, it's just full of surprises. But there's still the familiarity of songs I recognize and tunes that are familiar with vocals in a language I don't understand. There are songs I've rarely heard but the sentiment is there, and many of them just sound like classic 50s Christmas music. I hope you get as much enjoyment out of the collection as I have been. And Christmas is right around the corner, so there'll be plenty of time for you to listen to the collection. I see where I really screwed up the tracklisting this week. Thirty songs is too many for my little memory to keep straight as I'm selecting them from the master playlist. I got both sides of one record, and I think I see a couple different versions of Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers. Oh, and two takes on The First Noel, but at least they aren't both on the organ. Oh well. Try to enjoy the selections anyway!

MEGA

Also of interest, I think I mentioned I replaced a temperature sensor in the back of my freezer. That seems to have done the trick as it's been almost three weeks now and I haven't had to manually defrost it. Pretty happy about that. I'll make it to twenty years with this thing yet, just you watch and see!

Update-4 Jan 2023-Added tracklist for searching.

1. Les Bass'Harmonistes-Chanson Pour Noël
2. Jimmy Durante-Orchestra Conducted By Roy Bargy-Frosty The Snowman
3. Manhattan Quartett Mit Orgel Und Glocken Begleitung-Ihr Kinderlein Kommet
4. Lonzo And Oscar-Jangle Bells
5. Joseph Boley & Jeanne Roy-Orchestra Conducted By Al Rickey-Land Of Lost Toys
6. Major Records-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
7. Ethel Smith-Organ Solo With Instrumental Accompaniment-Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
8. Einar Ekberg-Baritone With Orchestra And Choir In Chorus-The First Noel
9. Ralph Flanagan Og Hans Orkester-Refrain: Harry Prime-White Christmas
10. Chimes and Sterling Brass Quintette-Adeste Fideles
11. The Philharmonic Orchestra Of Los Angeles Under The Direction Of Alfred Wallenstein-Ave Maria
12. King's College Chapel Choir-Conducted By Boris Ord-In Dulci Jubilo
13. Andrews Sisters With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra-Jing-A-Ling Jing-A-Ling (Based On Theme Melody From Walt Disney's "Beaver Valley")
14. Maîtrise De L'Oratoire Du Louvre Sous La Direction d'Horace Hornung Accomp. d'Orchestre-Mon Beau Sapin
15. Virginie Morgan Son Orgue Électrique Et Ses Rythmes-Noel Sans Vous (Du Film "Noël Blanc") (Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep)
16. Elsa Alsen, Soprano Solo-Violin, Chimes & Organ Accomp.-O Du Fröhliche
17. Irving Fields Trio-Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (From "Chauve Souris")
18. The Mulcays And Their Electric Harmonicas-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
19. Glenn Davis At The Hammond Organ-Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
20. Dolly Dawn And Her Dawn Patrol-Vocal Refrain By Dolly Dawn-There's Frost On The Moon
21. Mary Jo-'Twas The Night Before Christmas
22. Owen Bradley And His Quintet-Uncle Mistletoe
23. Russell Records-Winter Wonderland (3 Chord 4 Bar Intro-64 Bars Met. 144)
24. Bing Crosby-Jingle Bells
25. Curt Massey-This Christmas Night
26. Rene Cristobal, Organist-Silent Night
27. The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Conductor: Dr. William McKie, Organ: Dr. Osborne Peasgood-The Holly And The Ivy
28. The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Conductor: Dr. William McKie, Organ: Dr. Osborne Peasgood-Song Of The Crib
29. Michael Stewart-Jolly Old St Nicholas
30. Bibletone-The First Noel