The next record today is this beautiful album brought to you courtesy of The Singer Sewing Machine Company. Back in the day there were a lot of women who stayed at home and took care of the family while the hubby went off to work. And many of those ladies were incredibly handy when it came to making and mending the family's clothes. So of course they needed sewing machines. They were undoubtedly popular Christmas gifts, even more so when they came with a free Christmas record! No idea what's going on with the kids on the cover here, neither one of them seem to be too happy about Mom's new Christmas present. This is not the only record the Singer company produced, I brought you another one back in
2012 (with a re-encode in
2018 where the download is still good). That one features Donna Reed on the cover, so some folks collect it just for that. I would have remastered that one for you this year, but I couldn't find my copy in the archives, so you'll have to make do with this one. This is
The Mastertone Orchestra Featuring The Don Janse Chorale-
A Singer Christmas For The Family (Singer No Number, Mono, 1963). Pretty sure this music was licensed from a budget label and used again and again. If you hunt carefully through your music library, you might have it in a couple different places.
1. White Christmas
2. O Come All Ye Faithful
3. Joy To The World
4. Deck The Halls
5. O Holy Night
6. Silent Night
7. The First Noel
8. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
9. Away In A Manger
10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
12. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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Hey, I just picked up a new sewing machine for my wife yesterday, and the Husqvarna-Viking people offered me no Christmas album with my purchase. The amount that thing cost, they should have had Donna Reed there in person for the delivery.
ReplyDeleteShoulda bought from Singer! We picked up a 100 year old sewing machine table the other day to go under a window. Been looking for a while and figured this would work well. No machine with it and it's kinda beat with an ugly top on it, but we have big plans. I think it's a Helpmate brand, or so the treadle says. :)
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