Chimes IV
Almost time to welcome 2026, but real quick I've got one more entry into this confusing chain of similar organ and chime records. This one doesn't appear to have anything to do with Enoch Light, Dick Hyman or Terry Snyder, but it's credited to Malcolm Richards And John Fredericks. Sound familiar? This is a budget label, so I don't want to say who was ripping who off, but there was a lot of copy-catting going on here. If these people had put this much work into making good music, they could have become millionaires. Well, I guess Enoch Light did just just that, but he's the exception that proves the rule. This is Malcolm Richards And John Fredericks-Chimes At Christmas Time (Audition AUD 33-5944, Mono). Enjoy, and Happy New Year! (Pretty sure this is a reissue of the first record I shared with you in this series, though a couple of the tracks are different. It's like playing whack-a-mole with these releases sometimes.)
1. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
3. Silent Night
4. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
5. Beautiful Savior
6. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
7. The First Noel
8. Deck The Halls
9. Away In A Manger
10. O Come All Ye Faithful
11. Joy To The World
12. We Saw Three Ships
13. Good King Wenceslas
14. God Give Ye Merry Christmastide
2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
3. Silent Night
4. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
5. Beautiful Savior
6. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
7. The First Noel
8. Deck The Halls
9. Away In A Manger
10. O Come All Ye Faithful
11. Joy To The World
12. We Saw Three Ships
13. Good King Wenceslas
14. God Give Ye Merry Christmastide


Happy New Year! Looking forward to coming home?
ReplyDeleteCouple more days. Not looking forward to the pile of work that didn't get done in my absence.
DeleteHi Ernie,
ReplyDeleteBetween parting on the 31st, I was checking out these great Enoch Light updates to replace my older shares. While my feet are dead tired, my head is clear as a bell, I do not drink.
Anyway, Audition is an Enoch Light company. Funny thing is, I have several Audition mp3 files, and they mostly seem to be in mono. They also, seem to be, from WMH releases. Could they also have at some point been sold at Woolworth, or in Canada?
Dunno. The details of these things are difficult to suss out.
DeleteJohn Fredericks ... Fredrico ... I may be slow, but I see a pattern.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can explain it to me...
DeleteEvery once in a while I think I might take a stab at untangling some of these budget labels but then I come to my senses.
ReplyDeleteDon't do it!!
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