Chimes I

Here's a little series of records I've been putting off because it's so hard to keep straight. If you're a Christmas record collector, may of these records are going to seem familiar to you, and I finally ripped them all to digital this year in hopes of figuring out some of their secrets. The biggest secret I discovered is that they are all different recordings. I long thought that each of these records was a reissue of the last, but I was wrong. Here's the first one in the series, Godfrey Malcolm & Fredrico-Chimes At Christmas Time (Waldorf Music Hall MHK 33-1230, Mono, 1955). For the uninitiated, Waldorf Music Hall was one of the earliest labels associated with Enoch Light, later to found Grand Award, Command and Phase 3. But back in the early days he worked with Waldorf, though I don't think he had anything to do with this one. I discovered at Discogs that both names on this releases are aliases of known associates of Enoch Light though. Godfrey Malcolm appears to be Dick Hyman, master of the organ, and Fredrico seems to be an AKA for Terry Snyder, percussionist to the stars. Both were well known for many years in the industry, but likely appeared here to make the catalog from Waldorf appear a big wider than it actually was. I shared out a 10" version of this LP back on the 10th of December, but everything on that LP (and more) is reprised here.

1. O Come All Ye Faithful
2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
3. Silent Night
4. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
5. We Saw Three Ships
6. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
7. Good King Wenceslas
8. The First Noel
9. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
10. Deck The Hall
11. Joy To The World
12. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
13. Angels We Have Heard On High
14. Oh Christmas Tree

MEGA