Record Clubs, Part III

Up next in our survey of releases from ye olde record clubs is this huge two-record set from Columbia. It's credited to The Columbia Musical Treasuries Orchestra but I believe that's just an imaginary group and the actual music is by a number of different session groups, probably based in England. I'm basing this on the wide number of styles found here, it doesn't sound to me like the work of one single group under a single leader. But I could be way off base here. This is a nice large collection that I'm sure you'll enjoy, assuming you don't still have the copy you got from Columbia House back in the Sixties. This is The Columbia Musical Treasuries Orchestra-The Magic Of Christmas (Columbia Musical Treasuries P2S 5246, Stereo, 1968). Oh, I just remembered an old share from Columbia and their record & tape club. Check this one out!

1. Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly
2. Carol Of The Bells
3. Away In A Manger
4. O Holy Night
5. Sleigh Ride
6. Here We Come A-Caroling
7. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
8. Children's Prayer From "Hansel And Gretel"
9. Joy To The World
10. I Saw Three Ships
11. All Through The Night
12. White Christmas
13. Sleepers Awake!
14. The Little Drummer Boy
15. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
16. Jingle Bells
17. Greensleeves (What Child Is This?)
18. Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
19. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
20. Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
21. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
22. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
23. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
24. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
25. Angels We Have Heard On High
26. Silent Night, Holy Night
27. The First Noel
28. Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
29. Silver Bells
30. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
31. Good King Wenceslas
32. Ave Maria (Schubert)
33. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
34. I'll Be Home For Christmas
35. Do You Hear What I Hear?
36. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

MEGA