tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post8974117589372316780..comments2024-03-08T08:54:57.980-05:00Comments on Ernie (Not Bert): Christmas In July 2011-Day 23Erniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589056878160272070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-50065733869564530342011-07-24T00:54:38.602-04:002011-07-24T00:54:38.602-04:00Interesting that the Vincent Lopez "Doll Danc...Interesting that the Vincent Lopez "Doll Dance" is a different arrangement than the one on Day 5. I like this one a lot better.<br /><br />The Beach Boys track was part of their 2nd Christmas album which WB hated and refused to release. The album was mostly Mike Love, Al Jardine and Brian Wilson, with little or no contribution from the rest of the group. As Doctor Demento's (aka Barry Hansen) liner notes on "The Works" suggest, they recorded their 2nd Christmas album in 74-75. After a prolonged battle with the label, the group released the LP themselves in 1977 but couldn't use the name "Beach Boys" for legal reasons. So it was released as by "The California Legends". Eventually, the years passed, tempers faded, there was money to be made and the tracks from "The California Legends" were brought back into the WB Beach Boys fold. You know, if anybody was interested.<br /><br />The rest of that "The Works" set is pretty good, too. As were most of the WB loss leader albums. Wish they still made em like that.stubbysfearshttp://stubbyschristmas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600065.post-27354041193175014492011-07-23T23:35:32.326-04:002011-07-23T23:35:32.326-04:00Gracious, you are the busy sharer.
That "Fre...Gracious, you are the busy sharer.<br /><br />That "Freed" is Arthur Freed, who later produced MGM musicals like Singing in the Rain and The Bandwagon.<br /><br />Fred Gwynne had just starred in another TV show called Car 54 Where Are You when Here's Love opened on Broadway. A little before your time, but twas when I was in high school.Busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918896767504950096noreply@blogger.com