What The Dickens 3
As promised, here's the third rendition of Dicken's Christmas Carol I've shared today and the one that I was the most excited to find. This one was recorded (mostly) at my alma mater, the University of Florida, by a longtime professor and dean. He was long gone by the time I got there, but it's still pretty neat to have a small piece of the history of my school. I don't remember any Christmas traditions like this from when I was there, but to be honest most of the student body emptied out at the end of the semester for winter break, and the days before that exodus occurred were filled with final exams and college football. Unlike the last double album Dickens, this version takes up all four sides, but it does pad things out with some songs. I tried to edit everything into it's own track so you can skip the music if you like, but there's still a little bit of overlap. Go Gators and listen to Lester L. Hale & Norwood Singers-Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" (Sterling Productions 2xLP SP 111075, Stereo, 1974). As far as I know, this concludes the Charles Dickens portion of this year's sharity. Hope you enjoyed the retelling of the only Christmas ghost story that I'm aware of.
2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Organ)
3. Stave I-Marley's Ghost
4. Carol Of Christmas
5. Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
6. Stave II-The Ghost Of Christmas Past
7. O Holy Night
8. Stave III-The Ghost Of Christmas Present
9. Introduction To Stave IV
10. Stave IV-The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come
11. Angels We Have Heard On High
12. Stave V-The End Of It
13. Silent Night
A souvenir of your alma mater! The only ones I have are the fund-raising appeals they send me every week or so.
ReplyDeleteI was pretty excited to find this. :)
DeleteHi Ernie,
ReplyDeleteChecking out this website for any new "A Christmas Carol" versions I do not have. Glad you offered these three I of course do not have but I am looking foward to listening too. The link below seems a must have. As by the author himself. You cannot go wrong can you. https://archive.org/details/achristmascarolcondensed_1412_librivox
Well, condensed by the author. :)
DeleteHaven't gotten any of these, yet, but this one and your last one sound most-interesting, so I may get them, later. Pardon my ignorance, but, what's a stave? Love and praying for y'all.
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Josh
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I didn't know either, I looked it up. Basically sections or chapters. One of those words that's become archaic.
DeleteGotcha, Ernie. Wondered if that were the case and it is, all the way 'round. Speaking of sections or chapters, I was looking at a Kingsmen (Southern Gospel quartet) album I have, somewhere, on Youtube, the other day and their chapters (ahem) were kinda strange and in some cases, outright wrong, but that's what you get, when AI does it all. Oh and while I'm here, as well, when I mentioned your last one looking interesting to me, I was referring to your forth post of the day. Got that one, too and your fifth, but I may comment therein, later. Thanks and 'til next, love and praying for y'all.
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Josh
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Re: downloading this folder, the third time's the charm. Looking forward to more Christmas sharity, love and praying for y'all.
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Josh
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I've found it's best to try, try again on some of these downloads. What failed yesterday works just fine today. I struggle to explain it all. :(
DeleteA stave is sort of a musical way to say "chapters", as in A Christmas -Carol-.
DeleteThat's so cool! I love those kind of connections. I've been slowly collecting Christmas records from Columbus, Ohio where I grew up and finally found a choir album from my high school over the summer.
ReplyDeleteThose can be tough to find. I got a Junior High record once that my dad played on, but it wasn't Christmas.
DeleteI love A Christmas Carol, and just reading the back of the album has me excited for this one.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine reciting the story for 35 years and not being awesome at it.
It's pretty good. Enjoy!
DeleteOh yeah, it was pretty good, though immediately I realized I don't think I've ever heard the story told with such an American accent before.
DeleteInteresting choice to make the Ghost of Christmas Past sound like some kind of monster, but otherwise good.
I imagine it's a bit of work to differentiate all the characters from each other. And Americans like Dickens, too! :)
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