The Mick Two
1. Festival Of Carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; The First Noel; Carols Of The Bells; It Came Upon The Midnight Clear; Joy To The World
2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
3. We Three Kings
4. Christmas Candle
5. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
6. O Holy Night
7. Fantasy Of The Sleigh Bells: Jingle Bells; Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer; Sleigh Ride
8. Away In The Manger
9. Deck The Halls
10. White Christmas
11. Silent Night
12. O Come All Ye Faithful
2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
3. We Three Kings
4. Christmas Candle
5. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
6. O Holy Night
7. Fantasy Of The Sleigh Bells: Jingle Bells; Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer; Sleigh Ride
8. Away In The Manger
9. Deck The Halls
10. White Christmas
11. Silent Night
12. O Come All Ye Faithful
Well, I had a bit of trouble with this one. I kept getting "Path too long" for the first track when I tried to unzip it so I grabbed "7Zip", as Buster recommended and was able to unzip the file but 7Zip put the file somewhere that was kinda hard to find. I did find it eventually though. Now I have to go buy a bunch of blank CDs to finish this season up. Thanks for all of it, Ernie! Thanks for your help too, Buster!
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to get it straightened out!
DeleteHmmm, is this record the same as this earlier one he released on RCA Victor? Tracklist is the same, but I need to compare the recordings.
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I don't think it is the same recording. The times are similar, but the waveforms don't look the same. I think they are new recordings with similar arrangements.
DeleteIt makes sense that it's a new stereo recording. The RCA album came out in 1957, before stereo LPs. And even though RCA could record in stereo in 1957, they saved it for the big names (Boston Pops), as it was probably quite costly. Also, had RCA recorded this Mickelson album in stereo in 1957, surely they would have released it themselves.
DeleteYeah, I think it's a re-recording.
DeleteAlthough I have to say, I too compared the Supreme stereo LP with the RCA mono LP, and I don't notice any stark differences.
ReplyDeleteDiscogs also shows us that the Supreme LP you shared appears to be a reissue; they show another issue where the record label looks distinctly late 50s/early 60s.
Could it be that Mickelson retained the rights to the (possibly) RCA 1957 stereo master tape? And then released it a few years later on Supreme -- which (I also just learned) was a label that Mickelson founded in 1961.
The version i shared is mono, I think I need to find a stereo copy. Maybe it's a later reissued, I dunno.
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