Up In The Tower

I guess you could consider this a local record for me since I can drive to this place, and was just there earlier this year. Bok Tower is built on top of Iron Mountain, the tallest point in central Florida, part of the central ridge of the state that will be the only part left after the polar icecaps melt. And even though it's called a mountain, the elevation there is only 295 feet above mean sea level. One of the displays there at the visitor center is a slice through the state holding the same latitude as the tower, showing the rise from each coast to the middle. It's much to gentle of a slope to even senses most of it as you're driving there, but maybe the last two miles or so you're clearly headed uphill, though not enough to even make the car work harder. Anyhow, you get the point. This is a recording of the carillon that's in the tower there. They don't offer tours in the tower but I'd love to see in there. The music you hear in the park is mostly prerecorded but I'm sure there are days when an actual carillonneur plays tunes. I like to think that they play this record at Christmastime. This is Milford Myhre-Christmas Carillon From Bok Tower Gardens (Musical Heritage Society MHS 7435W, 1986)

1. Joy, Joy From Every Steeple
2. Once In Royal David's City
3. Deck The Halls
4. Snow In The Street
5. The Holly And The Ivy
6. The Huron Carol
7. Carol Of The Bells
8. The Cherry Tree Carol
9. They Came To Bethlehem
10. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
11. O Come, All Ye Faithful
12. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
13. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
14. Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance?
15. Come All Ye Shepherds
16. Good King Wenceslas
17. Veni Emmanuel
18. Sleepers Wake
19. Jesus' Flower Garden
20. O Christmas Tree
21. Silent Night

MEGA

They went with a B&W cover because that's the way this label does all their covers. Most of them are woodcuts or old line art so it usually doesn't matter, but in this case you're missing out on not seeing the color of the tower and the green of the lush gardens around. I'll throw in a picture from our recent visit so you can get an idea of what you're missing.