Super Saturday Salvation 8

 Looks like the Salvation army was getting a bit of a jump on the Bicentennial in 1975 with this album. I was convinced this was the 1976 entry until I actually looked at the printing on the record. I guess it was a long celebration that couple of years. I was just a kid, but I remember going to see the Freedom Train as it spent a day in our small town. Oh, and the special quarters (and half dollars and silver dollars, too) that came out that year. They made so many of them that they skipped production in 1975 just to make more 1976 versions. The special guest star this year was Michael Learned, star of The Waltons. I have to admit that I didn't know who she was (or even that she was a she...), I had to look it up. This is not the only star of The Waltons that we're going to see today, by the way. For a trip down memory lane, please download Happy Birthday, America! (Army Of Stars, The Salvation Army Western Territory Public Relations Department USR 8144, Quad, 1975). 

1. University Singers, California State University, Northridge-Glory To God
2. Gary Burgess-Every Valley
3. Sheila Nadler-Child Jesus Came To Earth This Day
4. University Singers, California State University, Northridge-For Unto Us A Child Is Born
5. Dominic Cossa-O Come All Ye Faithful
6. Sheila Nadler-My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice
7. University Singers, California State University, Northridge-Holly And Ivy
8. Gary Burgess-Angels We Have Heard On High
9. Sheila Nadler-Ring Out, Wild Bells
10. University Singers, California State University, Northridge-Coventry Carol
11. Army Of Stars Orchestra, Conducted By Rex Koury-Winter Carnival
12. University Singers, California State University, Northridge-On December Five & Twenty-Fum, Fum, Fum
13. Michael Learned-Narrator, Dominic Cossa And Choir-Happy Birthday, America-Merry Christmas, America; Glory, Glory Hallelujah

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