Here's another of the double albums I mentioned earlier in the season, and another retelling of Dicken's immortal A Christmas Carol. This one is not oriented towards the kids, but it was recited to a bunch of college students in New England right at the end of the fifties (then released the following year). So maybe it's aimed at older kids. The performer is a professor of speech, so he's very eloquent. It's a double album, but the retelling only take up three of the four sides. The fourth side is various speeches and announcements that aren't all that exciting to anyone who wasn't there, so feel free to skip that bit. But don't skip the rest, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. This is
Delbert G. Lean-
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens [Abridged] (Jennins Recording Service/College Bookstore, Wooster, Ohio 2xLP KO8P-3790/3791/3792/3793, 1960).
1. Introduction
2. A Christmas Carol-Part 1
3. A Christmas Carol-Part 2
4. A Christmas Carol-Part 3
5. Introductions And Announcements
6. Closing Remarks
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Hey, the College of Wooster, just about an hour south of here! The cover is nice, although the plaid is a little mystifying.
ReplyDeleteI figured that was a school tradition of some sort, but I was just guessing.
DeleteThat is one of the tartan's of Clan MacLeod. Not sure of the connection here.
DeleteThere's got to be a reason for it, we just haven't figured it out yet.
DeleteI watched Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol in color at an appliance store in 1963 or '64. I had heard of the story but didn't know any details until then. I'm not sure any new production of the story has been better than Mr. Magoo ever since.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure this will be a letdown after the Magoo version...
DeleteI can't wait until Delbert tells me about the Kraken.
ReplyDeleteSee where it says Abridged in little tiny print on the cover? The Kraken isn't in this one. :(
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