Sweet Swisher

Kind of a stupid story with this next record. I found it in my collection a few years ago but the record was missing from the sleeve. I knew the cover looked familiar and it didn't take long to connect it this old share with the same cover, some of the same music, and a message from a different person. It looked to me like a company out of Charlotte, NC, was selling a package where they would press your company message up on some vinyl with a selection of music to which they owned the rights. Then you could give it away or sell it or whatever. They must not have done too many versions or sold a lot of copies because these are the only ones I've ever come across. Maybe not many of them made it out of North Carolina, but I feel like I'd have come across more if they were common. But getting back to the original story, all I had was a sleeve and I didn't remember if it was like that when I bought it or not. Fast forward to a couple years later and a record pops out of the collection with no sleeve, and it turns out to be the missing record! It must have slid out of the sleeve at some point when I was trying to pull the album from the stacks, and had just been sitting there all this time. Took a few more weeks before I was able to unite the vinyl with it's cover, but I eventually got the package put back together and recorded. So if you want to hear some wheezy old organ selections and an important message from the president of the Consolidated Credit Corporation, please download An Old Fashioned Christmas (Consolidated Credit Corporation/Arthur Smith Studios 6-7139/6-6954, Mono). Swisher's short message was spread out over an entire side of this LP and all the musical selections were on the flip side. At least with the other similar record I found, they added a few bonus musical selection to help fill up the space on side one. I suspect you had to pay extra to use more songs and these guys chose not to spend their money on that. (Look, there's a third version on Discogs! Now I need to find that one!)

1. A.T. Swisher-A Message From A.T. Swisher
2. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-Joy To The World
3. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
4. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-Hark The Herald Angels Sing
5. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-Away In A Manger
6. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
7. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
8. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly
9. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-The First Noel
10. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-O Come All Ye Faithful
11. Ted Smith At The Piano And Organ-Silent Night

MEGA