Christmas In July 2017 Day 36

36 days?  This is getting crazy!  I didn't even plan on doing Christmas in July this year.  Every single song I've shared (except for the few I recovered from last year) has been ripped from record since the beginning for the month. And I've shared out a lot.  We're well ahead of any other year  But I'll be honest, I had to go out today and spend a few hours looking specifically for stuff to share here.  I'm almost out of records to record, so I don't see it going for too awful much longer.  But I'm not calling it yet, we'll see what happens.  Anyhow, I've got twenty more great tracks for you, and here they are.

1. White Christmas by Harry Koenig from the charity LP Piano Interpretations As Played By Harry Koenig (Album No. 1) (For The Koenig Cancer Research Foundation U-61869 This Record Is Not To Be Sold, Stereo).  Nice version, but I think it's too late to donate to his cause.  Not sure of a year on this one, but it was a long time ago.

2. Snowflakes Are Dancing (Children's Corner No. 4) by Tomita from Snowflakes Are Dancing-The Newest Sound Of Debussy (RCA Red Seal ARD1-0488 (Quadradisc), Quadraphonic, 1974).  I thought all the copies of this were in quad, but I saw one today that was in plain old stereo.

3. Sleigh Ride by Frederick Fennell Conducting The Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra from Music Of Leroy Anderson, Vol. 1 (Mercury Living Presence SR90009, Stereo, 1958).  They really must have liked Leroy Anderson, they made three volumes of his music.  Which is good for us, but still a lot.

4. My Favorite Things (From The Musical Production "The Sound Of Music") by The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus from Puff The Magic Dragon And Other Songs Children Request (RCA Camden CAS-1088, Stereo, 1967).  These kids sang a lot.

5. Lawn As White As Driven Snow ("The Winter's Tale"; Act IV, Scene 3) by Maxine Sullivan from the LP Sullivan, Shakespeare, Hyman-Maxine Sullivan Sings The Songs Of William Shakespeare As Set To Music By Dick Hyman (Monmouth Evergreen MES/7038, Stereo, 1971).  I liked this LP a lot more than I expected.  I guess I was expecting something that sounded more like merry olde England, but it was fairly contemporary.

6. Dear Mister Santa Claus by Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra from Meredith Willson's Here's Love (London PS 330, Stereo, 1963).  Just found this one today, I had never seen it before.  Some good stuff on here, like this song that's not on the official cast LP!

7. The Christmas Symbol by The Concordia Choir-Paul J. Christiansen, Conductor-Soloist: Deborah Langemo from O Crux (Concordia Records/Mark MC-14005, Stereo).  Nothing really to say about this one, it's getting late.

8. Christmas Carols (In Czech, Hungarian, French And English) by The Budapest Children's Choir-Valeria Botka And Dr. Laszlo Czanyi, Directors, from the album Recorded "Live" The Budapest Children's Choir At Carnegie Hall-Choral Music Of The Seasons (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2861, Stereo, 1966).  I still don't remember sharing tracks from this LP before, but I did.  I guess I share too much to remember it all.

9. Beffutta Az Utat A Ho (The Wind Has Barred My Path With Snow) by Lendvay Kalman And His Gypsy Band from Tears Of A Gypsy (Westminster WST 15004, Stereo, 1958).  Is it the fiddle that makes it gypsy music?

10. Waltz Of The Flowers (From Nutcracker Suite) by Meyer Davis And His Orchestra from On With The Dance (ABC-Paramount ABC-197, Mono, 1958).  Is this the only track from The Nutcracker Suite I have for you tonight?  I doubt it.

11. The Story Of The Nutcracker by James Kenney from Story Time (Merry Records MR-009, Mono, 1963).  Nope, I guess not.

12. The Snows Of Fujiyama by Henry Cowell from The Piano Music Of Henry Cowell (Folkways FM 3349, Mono, 1963).  Looks like this was a reissue of something older.  Not sure who Henry Cowell was, I should really look these things up.

13. Skaters' Waltz by George And Madeline Brown from The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  Yawn.  So late...

14. Northern Lights (Nordlicht), Polka by Zacharias And His Magic Violins from Hallo Scandinavia! (Polydor  (Germany) 46064 LPHM, Stereo, 1958).  Now this is good stuff!  I pulled it from a German release, but I believe I found an American issue of it just today.  It's amazing what I stumble across sometimes

15. Moonlight In Vermont by The Bud Shank Quartet With Bob Cooper from Jazz At Cal-Tech (Pacific Jazz PJ-1219, Mono, 1956).  I've kind of shied away from this track as a Christmas thing for a while, but I've warmed up to it a little this year.  Hope you don't mind.  The more the merrier, right?

16. Lord Christ, When First Thou Camest (December) by The Birmingham-Southern College Choir from Hymn Of The Month-Album 6 (Graded Press No Number, Mono, 1968).  It appears each year in this series was done by a different group.

17. Holidays by Mouseketeer Ensemble from Happy Birthday And Songs For Every Holiday (D*sneyland  DQ-1214, Mono, 1964).  Maybe shouldn't share stuff from the mouse, but here it is.

18. Holiday For Strings by The Peter London Orchestra-Arranged And Conducted By Art Harris from The Sound Of Top Brass (Kapp ML-7500, Mono, 1960).  Another song I've tried to shy away from a bit.

19. Cherry Tree Carol by The Mitchell Trio-Solo By Mike Kobluk from Typical American Boys (Mercury MG 20992, Mono, 1965).  I stumbled across a while collection of Chad Mitchell LPs today, I think I was able to grab pretty much everything they did with a holiday bent to it, unfortunately, not all in stereo.

20. Ave Maria by Marian Anderson from 60 Years Of "Music America Loves Best" (RCA Victor Red Seal 2xLP LM-6074, Mono, 1959).  This is I believe her original performance of this song.

And that's it.  I know I still owe you a tracklist form yesterdays share, but that's not going to happen tonight, I've not budgeted my time well today.  Hopefully tomorrow.  Here's the link, see you later.

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 35

Another long day.  Too tired to list everything out.  Will take care of that tomorrow, but don't want to miss a day of posting, so go ahead and download it, or wait until tomorrow when I'll tell you what's in there.  I can give you a hint; selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite!

Zippyshare

Two days later, let me see if I can't get caught up by telling you what was shared.

1.  The Wedding Of The Painted Doll by Jack Fina from Kitten On The Keys (Dot DLP 25268, Stereo, 1960).  Not strictly Christmas, but I tend to grab anything with Doll in the title.

2. We Can't Go Wrong, another great track by The Kennedy Space Center Chorus, Directed By Arthur C. Benington, from Voices Of Space (Century Records 32909, Stereo).  Gotta love NASA!

3. Toyland-Finale ("Babes In Toyland") by Camarata Conducting The Kingsway Symphony Orchestra & Chorus from The Great Victor Herbert (Phase 4 London SPC21143, Stereo, 1975).  Something from much after Camarata's heyday with Disney.

4.  Stille Nacht (Silent Night) by Disneyland Boys Choir Under Direction Of Paul Salamunovich from Walt Disney Presents It's A Small World-18 Favorite Folk Songs (Disneyland STER-1289, Stereo, 1965).  Speaking of the mouse...

5. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year by Tom Cooper from Tom Cooper Sings The Great Songs From Movie Musicals (Insight Records IN 218, Stereo, 1981).  A little bit more recent than what I usually like to share, but still good and still from vinyl.

6. Sleigh Ride by Maurice Abravanel Conducting The Utah Symphony Orchestra from Fiddle Faddle And 14 Other Leroy Anderson Favorites (Vanguard Cardinal Series VCS-10016, Stereo, 1967).  Leroy Anderson never disappoints.

7. Skater's Boogie by Lawrence Welk alum Jo Ann Castle from her LP 12 Great Hits In Ragtime (Dot SLP 25433, Stereo, 1962).  More of that barroom piano sound.  Well, not any recent barroom, but, well, you know.

8. Pine Cones And Holly Berries (With "It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas") by The Merrill Staton Voices from Meredith Willson's Here's Love (Columbia Special Products CSRP 8899, Stereo, 1963).  Was this musical ever that popular?  It doesn't seem to have aged well.  Perhaps people paid more attention to it was the time since it was coming off the heels of the still-famous Music Man.

9. The Peace Carol by Friends Of Fiddler's Green (Bob & Evelyne Beers, Martha & Eric Nagler And The Boyer Family) from The Seasons Of Peace-A Great Family Sings (Biograph BLP-12033, Stereo, 1971).  Maybe the best thing on this LP.

10. The Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers by John Gart At The Conn Electronic Organ With The Minute Men from Organ On The March (Kapp K-1119-S, Stereo, 1959).  Halfway through the list!

11. Our Winter Love by Bill Pursell-Orchestra Under The Direction Of Grady Martin from Our Winter Love-Introducing The Piano Magic Of Bill Pursell (Columbia CS 8792, Stereo, 1963).  Did you know Grady Martin played the guitar licks on Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree?  Now you do.

12. My Favorite Things (From The 20th Century-Fox Film "The Sound Of Music") by blog favorite Dick Leibert from his album Highlights From "The Sound Of Music, "Mary Poppins", "My Fair Lady" (RCA Victor LSP-3406, Stereo, 1965).  I just found a stereo copy of one of his early Westminster Christmas albums yesterday.

13. March Of The Toys by George Melachrino And His Orchestra from The Music Of Victor Herbert (RCA Victor LSP-2129, Stereo, 1960). I think I shared this out earlier in the month in mono.  Oh, well.  I meant to hold this to the end where I've got a couple of re-do's like this, but I forgot about it.

14. March From The Nutcracker Suite, the first of today's Nutcracker selections, this one is by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra-Julius Rudel, Musical Director, from the LP Christmas In Concert And More... (Allentown Record Co. For Buffalo Savings Bank, No Number, Stereo, 1979).  I thought I was done with this LP days ago, but I guess not.

15. It Never Snows In Freeport by Little Sparrow from Steel Pan Hit Songs (G.B.I. Recording Co GBI-116, Stereo, 1980). There was in insert in this record jacket advertising other albums on the label.  Right on the front was a Christmas album that I need to hunt down.

16. In The Bleak Midwinter by The Hamilton College Mens' Choir With Brass And Organ-John L. Baldwin And Stephen Bonta, Directors, from the LP The Heavens Are Telling-Great Sacred Music (Connoisseur Society CS 2056, Stereo, 1973).  Nice music.

17. Hurry Home For Christmas by The Shawnee Choir-Earl Willhoite, Director, from Both Sides, Now! (Shawnee Press Reference Recording M-297, Mono).  Just the thing for your chorus, choral group, glee club, etc.

18. Holidays by Rod McKuen from Desire Has No Special Time (Everest SDBR 3208, Stereo, 1968).  McKuen was certainly prolific, recording for many, many labels.  And he doesn't shy away from throwing a holiday themed piece in every now and then.  This one is mostly spoken word, but there's a bit of music in there, just to drive home the Christmas link.

19. Falling Snow (In Japanese) from those kids The Budapest Children's Choir-Valeria Botka And Dr. Laszlo Czanyi, Directors, and their LP Recorded "Live" The Budapest Children's Choir At Carnegie Hall-Choral Music Of The Seasons (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2861, Stereo, 1966).  Does anyone speak Japanese.  Not sure what they're saying here.

20. Russian Dance (Trépak), more Nutcracker, by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere from Nutcracker Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  I remember being happy when I recorded this because it gave me a bunch of tracks to share.  I didn't realize it would drag out so long...

But that's it for this share.  Sorry it took me a few days to get the list up.  If you were waiting before you downloaded it, I hope there's something in the list that will make it worth your while to give it a listen.  Thanks!

Christmas In July 2017 Day 34

Another day, another giant stack of Christmas music from the archives for you.  How much longer can I go?  I don't know, but we'll see.  Let's jump right in.

1. Winter Child by Michael Kamen, the artist now well-known as a film composer, but this comes from his rocking days and the album New York Rock (Atco SD 7020, Stereo, 1973).  This track would have fit in very well on my theme day a little while back.

2. Snowfall by Joe Harnell from Golden Piano Hits (Columbia CS 9266, Stereo, 1966).  This track turns up in a lot of places, it's one of the ones I have to keep my eyes out for.

3. Sleigh Ride as performed by Piano Rolls from the cheapie album The Sound Of Piano Rolls (AKA The Sound Of Piano Rolls In Percussion) (International Award Series AKS-199, Stereo).  Kinda neat.

4. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring by Lorin Hollander, Pianist, from the LP A Lorin Hollander Concert (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2912, Stereo, 1966).  I just found this one today when I stopped at a Goodwill after lunch.  There's Christmas music everywhere, I tell you, everywhere!

5. Horse And Buggy by Leroy Anderson from Leroy Anderson Conducts His Music (Decca DL 78954, Stereo, 1960).  Listen to this and compare it to Sleigh Ride.  Tell me he wasn't trying to rewrite his earlier hit.

6. The Holly Bears A Berry by Golden Ring from Golden Ring-A Gathering Of Friends For Making Music (Folk-Legacy Record FSI-16, Stereo).  I've never been quite clear on the significance or symbolism of this song.  I guess I should look that up.

7. From Heaven Above by The Concordia Choir-Paul J. Christiansen, Conductor-Soloist Donna Lindeman, from O Crux (Concordia Records/Mark MC-14005, Stereo).  I wasn't going to record this one, but was reading the lyrics while recording another song on the LP.  Then I realized I was missing something.

8. Freeze And Melt by Sing & Learn from the album Seasonal Songs (Macmillan Educational Company 09015, Stereo, 1989).  Be sure you play along.

9. Footprints In The Snow (Preludes, Book 1, No. 6), some electronic sounds from Tomita and his LP Snowflakes Are Dancing-The Newest Sound Of Debussy (RCA Red Seal ARD1-0488 (Quadradisc), Quadrophonic, 1974).  The second album this season in quad.  This one isn't nearly as obscure as the other one was, though.  This one was in a lot of hip listeners record collections back in the day.  Seminal electronic music.

10. Christmas Message From Gemini 6 by Astronaut Walter C. Shirra With Narration By Bill Larson, another track from Voices Of Space (Century Records 32909, Stereo).  Sometime later I intend to share a version of this entire side of the record that hasn't been cut into tracks, so you can see how it all fits together.  This is how it begins.

11. Christmas Carol-Aguinaldo by Unknown Puerto Rican Children from Latin American Children Game Songs-Recorded In Puerto Rico And Mexico By Henrietta Yurchenco (Folkways FC 7851, Electronically Rechanneled To Simulate Stereo, 1968).  These unknown kids just keep popping up, don't they.

12. The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus by the great Ogden Nash from Ogden Nash's Parents Keep Out Read By Ogden Nash (Caedmon TC 1282, Stereo, 1969).  I love Ogden's witty poetry.  This track was also featured on his rare Christmas album, but I figured you needed to hear it again.

13. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind ("As You Like It"; Act II, Scene 7) by Maxine Sullivan from the album Sullivan, Shakespeare, Hyman-Maxine Sullivan Sings The Songs Of William Shakespeare As Set To Music By Dick Hyman (Monmouth Evergreen MES/7038, Stereo, 1971).  Not only did Dick Hyman co-write all the tracks on this LP, he plays all sorts of keyboard instruments on it as well.

14. Waltz Of The Flowers, tonight's obligatory track by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere, from Nutcracker Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  This late in the season, I find my stack of records to rip is almost half Nutcracker tracks.  And I refuse to subject you to that many versions of The Nutcracker Suite.  Promise.

15. Moonlight In Vermont by Willis Conover Presents The Orchestra-Joe Timer, Musical Director, from Willis Conover's House Of Sounds (Brunswick BL 54003, Mono, 1954).  Not entirely sure who Willis Conover was, or if he actually played on this LP.  I kind of lean towards no after reading the liner notes, but it's not exactly clear cut.

16. The Miracle Star And The Miracle Baby by Wendell Loveless With Hermon Voss At The Organ, from Great Stories From The Bible (Word W 3029-LP, Mono, 1958).  Because you need more spoken word stuff in your library.

17. Jingle Bells by The Alley Singers...Phil Stern And Al Brennan from the LP Side By Side (RCA Victor LPM-1629, Mono, 1958).  Now this is the type of track I hunt for!

18. Good Christian Men, Rejoice (December) by Concert Choir Of Pfeiffer College from Hymn Of The Month-Album 8 (Graded Press No Number, Mono, 1970).  I found a small pile of these Hymn Of The Month albums sometime back, but I just rediscovered them the other day, so I've pulled a few Christmastime hymns from them for your listening enjoyment.

19. From Echoes Of Christmas: Skaters Waltz-Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy as performed by George Feyer, Piano, from his sampler LP This Is Feyer-Echoes, The Best Musical Trips On Record-A Voxample (Vox SFP-1, Mono).  These are a couple of songs from Feyer's great Christmas LP.  If you've never heard it, it's quite the lounge artifact.

20. Christmas-East Cheam Style by Tony Hancock With Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques & Bill Kerr from the soundtrack LP Unique Hancock (BBC Records REB 150M, Mono, 1973).  I don't know the story of the show this is from, but when I see Christmas in the title of just about anything, I have to grab it and give it a listen.  This is a little skit about how much the star of the show is like Scrooge.

And that's it.  Long day, off to bed soon.  Enjoy the music from today!

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 33

Here we go again, keeping the ball rolling on into August.  More great tracks for you tonight, I'm not scrapping the bottom of the barrel just yet.  Let's see what's in the pile for the evening.

1. My Favorite Things (From "The Sound Of Music") as performed by Enoch Light And The Brass Menagerie, from the self-titled LP Enoch Light And The Brass Menagerie (Project 3 PR/5036SD (Promotion Copy Not For Sale), Stereo, 1969).  Enoch really does a number on this staid old workhorse.

2. A Merry Peal, more handbells from The Arbutus United Methodist Church Chancel Ringers and their LP Listen! (DFH Recording Co. DFH 114, Stereo, 1978).  I don't know why I like 'em, but I like 'em.

3. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, a stereo re-recording of the classic hit by Les Brown And His Band Of Renown, taken from the LP The Les Brown Story (Capitol ST 1174, Stereo, 1959).  I'm glad that some of the big band leaders got to record some of their songs in hi-fi and stereo, but then when they started doing the same thing with pop hits, that got kinda out of hand.

4. In Dulci Jubilo by The Hamilton College Mens' Choir With Brass And Organ-John L. Baldwin And Stephen Bonta, Directors from The Heavens Are Telling-Great Sacred Music (Connoisseur Society CS 2056, Stereo, 1973).  Not sure if this is homemade music or not.  It's not bad.

5. Hallelujah Chorus by 101 Strings, Recorded Under The Direction Of D.L. Miller from the album Themes And Songs Of American Holidays (Alshire S-5056, Stereo, 1967).  Is this the only version of this I've shared this year?  Usually I have a few church choirs doing it, but I can't think of any others off the top of my head.

6. Go Tell It On The Mountain by Monsignor Russell H. Davis from Songs For The Seasons (Fleetwood BMC5075, Stereo).  Now this one is homemade.  Most of the songs are by the St. Paul's Boys Choir, but I guess the head guy got to put a song or two on the LP.

7. Doll Dance by Jack Fina from Kitten On The Keys (Dot DLP 25268, Stereo, 1960).  Nice piano version, if you like that ricky-tick, honky-tonk piano style.

8. Bugler's Holiday by Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops from Evening At Pops (Polydor PD5032, Stereo, 1972).  Another tune written by Leroy Anderson, in case you didn't know.

9. Ave Maria (Schubert) by Franck Pourcel E Sua Grande Orquestra from Páginas Célebres (EMI/Odeon (Brazil) SC 12001, Stereo, 1973).  How do I come up with a record from Brazil?

10. Angels We Have Heard On High by The Robert Shaw Chorale from the demo LP Admiral Dual Channel Stereophonic High Fidelity Demonstration Record (Admiral R322-17R (The Musical Selections On This Record Are From The RCA Victor Catalog), Stereo, 1958).  Buy a new stereophonic record player, get a fancy demo record to play on it!

11. Winter Evening by Alexandrov Song And Dance Ensemble Conducted By Boris Alexandrov from The Red Army In Hi Fi (Artia ALP 101, Mono, 1960).  More Ruskies.

12. Song Of The Virgin Mary as performed on the music box by George And Madeline Brown from The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  Another album from which I grabbed a lot of tracks.

13. Snowballs by Silver Burdett Records from Making Music Your Own-Kindergarten Record IV (Silver Burdett Records 75 180 4, Mono, 1966).  Kiddie music...

14. Sleigh Ride by Ethel Smith from Galloping Fingers (Decca DL 8456, Mono, 1957).  I need to start sharing this song out more, I've still got a lot of different versions in the pile.

15. The March Of The Siamese Children by Mr. Apache himself, Jorgen Ingmann, from the album called, interestingly enough, Apache (Atco 33-130, Mono, 1961).  Not really anything to do with Christmas, but I liked it.

16. March Of The Flowers by Jose Melis, His Piano And Orchestra from Our Love (Seeco Celebrities CELP-471, Mono, 1961).  Don't be misled by the title, it's just Waltz Of The Flowers done with a march tempo.

17. It Happened In Sun Valley by the great Glenn Miller And His Orchestra from his small LP Sun Valley Serenade (RCA Victor 10" 45 RPM LPT 3064, Mono, 1954).  A reissue of some songs from the film.

18. Go Where I Send Thee by The Weavers from their LP The Weavers At Carnegie Hall (Vanguard VRS-9010, Mono, 1957).  Classic stuff.

19. Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere from Nutcracker Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  I've got a lot of Nutcracker songs to burn through, too.

20. Christmas Comes Once A Year by The Brussels Symphony Orchestra-Directed By Fernand Terby from the fairly obscure LP The Music Of Donald O'Connor (Palette MPZ-1021, Mono, 1965).  Yes, you read that right, Donald O'Connor wrote this song, as well as the 4 others on this LP, including one side-long suite.  According to the story on the sleeve, he wrote this using only the black keys on his piano.  And evidently Irving Berlin gave him a fancy piano that featured a lever you could push and make all the black keys sound like the white keys.  Not sure what kind of wizardry that is, but they need to do something about all that blatant racism.

And anyhow, that's everything for tonight.  Sure to be something in there that's new to you and is worth listening to a second time.  Don't forget to come back tomorrow and the next day, still plenty of goodies in the pile.

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 32

Well, the first 31 days were pretty easy, let's see how much further down this road we can go.  I've got a kind of loose theme for tonight, at least for most of the tracks.  I've been saving up a bunch of oddball 70's and 80's seasonal tracks, much later than the sort of thing I usually share.  Some singer-songwriter stuff, folk-rock, country-rock, I think there's even a new wave track in there for some reason.  But the theme doesn't carry all the way through, I couldn't find enough tracks to fill up a whole day.  You'll see once you look through the list.  Not a lot of big names, either.  Just some stuff I found that caught my eye.

1. Winter Moon by George Anne Egerton from the album Single Minded Lady (Single Minded Lady Music NR 17860, Stereo, 1989).  This is getting pretty late-model for me, but I thought it would make a nice addition.  CDs had pretty much taken over the future of music by this point, so there's more of this stuff on CD than vinyl.

2. Simple Gifts by Friends Of Fiddler's Green (Bob & Evelyne Beers, Martha & Eric Nagler And The Boyer Family) from The Seasons Of Peace-A Great Family Sings (Biograph BLP-12033, Stereo, 1971).  I've shared some other tracks off of this one, but I thought it fit the theme pretty well.

3. Rain On Snow by Samantha Jones from Call It Samantha (Ascot (United Artists) AS 16027, Stereo, 1968).  I remember the title on this track didn't match between the album cover and the actual vinyl.  So I listened to it and decided Rain On Snow was correct.  The back of the LP said Rain Or Snow.  Spelling and proofreading are important, people.  I thought this had a very Claudine Longet vibe, except there's no French accent involved.

4. När Juldagsmorgon Glimmar (When Christmas Morning Gleams), some Scandinavian Christmas music fro you from Anne-Charlotte Harvey Accompanied By E. Craig Ruble, Stephen Gammell And Maury Bernstein from the LP Memories Of Snoose Boulevard-Songs Of The Scandinavian-Americans (Olle I Skratthuly Project SP-223, Stereo, 1972).  Hard to find foreign Christmas music, I was quite proud of this one.

5. Joy (Jeso, Joy Of Man's Desiring) by, believe it or not, Kenny Rogers And The First Edition Featuring Gene Lorenzo from the soundtrack of their TV show, Rollin' (Jolly Rogers (MGM) JR 5003, Stereo, 1973).  First off, I didn't even know that The First Edition had a TV show, so there's that.  Second, Gene Lorenzo was the newly added keyboard player in the group, I guess this was a chance for him to show off his chops.  A friend of mine asked recently if KR & The First Edition had done any Christmas music and I said no.  Then I found this!

6. Home For Christmas by The Mid South Boys from City Lights (Morning Star Records MST-4078, Stereo, 1987).  I have a bad habit of picking up just about every record I see and searching for Christmas tracks.  It takes forever, so I can only do it when I have time on my hands, but it does sometimes yield results.

7. Footprints In The Snow by Tom Eslick from Shadows (Kingswood TE-1, Stereo, 1972).  I don't remember anything about this one, so hold on a minute and I'll listen to it. Oh, yeah, Gordon Lightfoot guy.  About a third of the tracks were covers of his songs, and this one really sounds like him.

8. Diamonds In The Snow by Shirley English from her album Diamonds In The Snow (Private Press for Shirley English, Anchorage, Alaska, Stereo, 1979).  Yep, somehow this record migrated from Alaska down to Florida, and I grabbed it.  Gotta love serendipity!

9. Cold Wind Blues by Colwell-Winfield Blues Band from Cold Wind Blues (Verve Forcast (MGM) FTS-3056, Stereo, 1968).  You gotta have a little Blues with your Christmas, at least that's what Stubby always says.

10. Cold Snow by Jonathan Edwards from the eponymous LP Jonathan Edwards (Capricorn SD 862, Stereo, 1971).  I kid you not, the day after I ripped this one, I saw the CD at the store.  I didn't buy it, but I saw it.  Funny how that happens.

11. Christmas In Your Heart by The Wyld Ryce Band from the LP Gimmycks (Wyld Ryce (Canada) WRA1-297, Stereo, 1986).  This one was a real surprise.  One of my favorite finds of the season.  Love the way it turns into a wholly different song in the middle.  She sounds a little like Karen Carpenter, don't cha think?

12. A Child Is Born by The Monks Of Weston Priory from the album Locusts And Wild Honey-Songs For Celebration By The Monks Of Weston Priory (Weston Priory Productions XLP-1020, Stereo, 1971).  I think I have a whole Christmas LP by these guys, they seem to have been quite prolific.

13. Babe Of Bethlehem by Golden Ring from the album Golden Ring-A Gathering Of Friends For Making Music (Folk-Legacy Record FSI-16, Stereo).  Still not sure if Golden Ring is supposed to be the name of the group or the album or both.  So I just assumed both.

14. As Winter Falls by Lyon In Winter from As Winter Falls (Cryptovision CRL 1300, Stereo, 1986).  This is the new wave-ish one I mentioned.  See what you think.

15. Allelulia/Joy Upon This Earth by the great Pete Seeger from his LP Circles & Seasons (Warner Bros BSK 3329, Stereo, 1979).  I thought this one was pretty good.  Half of it was written by his father!

16. Silent Night by George And Madeline Brown from The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  Well, I guess that's it for the themed music, we're back to random music box stuff.

17. Ave Maria (Kodály) (In Latin) (From Part 2-Summer) by The Budapest Children's Choir-Valeria Botka And Dr. Laszlo Czanyi, Directors from Recorded "Live" The Budapest Children's Choir At Carnegie Hall-Choral Music Of The Seasons (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2861 , Stereo, 1966).  I know there are dozens (hundreds?) of different versions of Ave Maria, but I was a little surprised to find this one included with the Summer section of the album.  More songs coming from this one, all from the Winter section, though.

18. March by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere from that same old LP, Nutcracker Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  Am I almost done with this one?  I don't know anymore...

19. Carol Of The Drums, a new one recorded just tonight from an LP I had to clean the mold off of.  The artist is The University Of Wisconsin A-Cappella Choir and the album is Vision Of Peace (Soma MG 1217, Mono, 1959).  Pretty good stuff, but very quiet.  Turn it up so you can hear it, but beware the peak in the middle.

20. Song For A Winter's Night by Tony Rice from Me And My Guitar (Rounder 0201, Stereo, 1986).  I guess there was one more song to fit my theme after all. Maybe this is the one I was thinking about when I said something about Gordon Lightfoot above.  Especially since this one is actually written by Gordon Lightfoot.  My brain is Christmas-addled.

And that's it for tonight.  20 good songs, I think you'll enjoy them all.  Here's the link, don't forget to keep coming back around, I'm not even close to done yet!

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 31

Here we are, the last day of July!  And as is our custom, we celebrate the New Year on the last day of the month.  Here are way too many versions of Auld Lang Syne for you, and a few other end-of-year songs.

1. Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot by The Obernkirchen Children's Choir-Edith Moeller, Conductor from the album Wandering With The Obernkirchen Children's Choir (Angel 35839, Stereo, 1961).  This is as good a place as any to start.  It's Auld Lang Syne, but with a different title.  Sneaky...

2. A New Year's Tale (Ukranian "Tshedrivka") (Socil) by Don Cossack Choir-Serge Jaroff, Conductor-Soloist: I. Seifert from Russian Fair (Decca DL 710016, Stereo, 1959).  Here are those sneaky Russians again.  I mean Ukranians.

3. New Year's Day by 101 Strings, Recorded Under The Direction Of D.L. Miller from Themes And Songs Of American Holidays (Alshire S-5056, Stereo, 1967).  Guess what the main melody here is?

4. Master And Mistress by Alan Mills & Marilyn Powell from Holiday Songs (Bowmar B 2055 168, Stereo, 1966).  This one is a little different.

5. Happy New Year Twist (Auld Lang Syne) by The Lions from Twist With The Lions (Metro (MGM) MS 300, Stereo, 1962).  Twist the night away with this one.  Arranged by Billy Mure, but I'm not sure if he's actually playing on it or not.

6. Auld Lang Syne by Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians, the final track on a 160 song medley spread out over 8 sides, The Lombardo Years-Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians Play The Best-Loved Lombardo Medleys (Capitol 4xLP STDL-2181, Stereo, 1964).  Only about a minute long, but that's probably all you need.

7. Auld Lang Syne by Chas And Dave from the soundtrack to Party Party (A&M SP 3212, Stereo, 1982).  Is this the newest version I have for you tonight?  Maybe.

8. Ano Nuevo-New Years Carol by those nameless Puerto Rican Children from Latin American Children Game Songs-Recorded In Puerto Rico And Mexico By Henrietta Yurchenco (Folkways FC 7851, Electronically Rechanneled To Simulate Stereo, 1968).  Does this make you think of the new year?  I don't know...

9. Scottish Medley: Annie Laurie; Campbells Are Coming; Loch Lomond; Auld Lang Syne by Johnny Duffy At The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from Carousel Music In Hi-Fi (Liberty LRP 3053, Mono, 1957).  Not the first track from Mr. Duffy this month, probably not the last.

10. Hard Hard Year, something a little different from The Everly Brothers from their obligatory UK-themed LP Two Yanks In England (Warner Bros W 1646, Mono, 1966).  Didn't every American rock group have to do something to join or fight the British Invasion?

11. Happy New Year, another new song, this time by The McGuire Sisters With Orchestra Directed By Dick Jacobs from Children's Holiday (Coral CRL 57097, Mono, 1957).  Nice little song from the sisters.

12. Good Night Ladies And Auld Lang Syne (Medley), another medley, from Hugo And Luigi With Their Family Singers this time, from their LP Sing Along By The Fireside (Mercury Wing MGW 12207, Mono, 1959).  Hugo And Luigi did some good stuff in their long career, but they also did some not-good stuff as well.

13. Auld Lang Syne by The Pete King Orchestra And Chorale from Songs To Celebrate (Kapp KL-1284, Mono, 1962).  An entire LP with songs of great celebrations, and not a single Christmas track to be had anywhere on it!

14. Auld Lang Syne by The Leading Men Quartet With Orchestra from Music For Special Occasions-Festive Songs (Capitol 7" 45 RPM CASF-9018, Mono).  This may be the only song I pulled from a 45 this season.  It's an EP, so there are four songs on there, I figured that made it OK for sharing here.

15. Auld Lang Syne by Chorus And Orchestra Arranged And Directed By Ivor Raymonde from Scottish Sing-Along (London International Series TW 91272, Mono, 1960).  Nice cover on this one.

16. Auld Lang Syne by Vaughn Monroe-Arranged And Conducted By Milt Rogers from Vaughn Monroe Sings The Great Themes Of Famous Bands And Famous Singers (Dot DLP 3470, Mono, 1962).  I know this is not Vaughn's first recording of this tune...

17. Auld Lang Syne, the inevitable banjo version by The Banjo Barons-Arranged And Conducted By Teo Macero And Marty Manning from The Banjo Barons Play Music For Happy Times (Columbia CL 2089, Mono, 1963).  Gotta dig this one up in stereo some day.

18. Auld Lang Syne by George Hamilton IV, Arranged And Conducted By Don Costa from George Hamilton IV On Campus (ABC-Paramount ABC-220, Mono, 1957).  Is this his first album?  I know it's from when he was more of a folkie than a country singer.

19. Auld Lang Syne by The 1st Brigade Band from the LP Band Music Of The Confederacy-Making History Live Volume 4 (Heritage Military Music Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Stereo, 1981).  This one and the last one are two songs from the stuff I ripped back in 2016 but never shared.  Can't let anything go to waste around here.

20. Auld Lang Syne by Jo Stafford-Accompaniment By Paul Weston from Jo Stafford Sings Songs Of Scotland With Words By Robert Burns (Columbia CL 1043, Mono, 1957). Jo is an excellent choice to wind up the New Year's share tonight.

And that's it for the day, though not for the month.  I still have well over 100 songs in the sharing folder, so I'm going to keep going until I run out.  Don't forget to keep checking in here for more.

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 30

Hello!  And welcome to Sunday's edition of Christmas in July!  Nothing really special about Sundays around here, it's just a nice long weekend day where I can spend some time and record lots of new music for you.  I've got more recorded now than I've ever had for Christmas in July, so I'm going to have to spill over into August a bit.  We'll see how long it goes.  But for today, let's see what's in the share pile.

1. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Johnny Duffy At The Mighty Columbia Square Wurlitzer from I Hear A Rhapsody (Liberty LST-7028, Stereo, 1955).  I know this didn't come out in stereo in 1955, but there's a possibility that it was recorded that way, then released on record in stereo some time later.  I couldn't find a later release date, so I just stayed with the 1955.  Note that this is a different LP from the other Johnny Duffy stuff I've shared.

2. The Friendly Beasts by Marilyn Powell from Holiday Songs (Bowmar B 2055 168, Stereo, 1966).  This is good stuff.

3. We Need A Little Christmas (From The Broadway Musical Production "Mame") by Julius La Rosa With The Chorailers, Arranged & Produced By Don Costa from the LP You're Gonna Hear From Me (MGM E4398, Mono, 1966).  Love it when I find a true Christmas song in the middle of an otherwise normal LP.  This one shows up a lot, I guess because of it's Broadway heritage.

4. Skaters' Waltz by The 110 Strings Orchestra from Waltz Favorites (Mayfair 9657S (Yellow Vinyl), Stereo).  Not sure when this one came out.  And pretty much every release on this label came on colored vinyl, usually yellow.  However, as time went on, they mixed more and more dark vinyl into the mix, and the yellow became muddier and muddier.  Still looks cool, though.

5. Three Little Drummers From Africa by Friends Of Fiddler's Green (Bob & Evelyne Beers, Martha & Eric Nagler And The Boyer Family) from the confusing LP The Seasons Of Peace-A Great Family Sings (Biograph BLP-12033, Stereo, 1971).  This song was also released as a single from The Beers family Christmas LP on Columbia.

6. The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas by Allan Sherman from Best Of Allan Sherman (Rhino RNLP 005, Stereo, 1979).  Unfortunately, this is the edited version.  You aren't allowed to hear the word naked used to describe the lady with a clock in her stomach.  You need to dig up the single version if you want to hear this one unexpurgated, though I suppose it's available on his Rhino box set.

7. Winter World Of Love by Bing Bang And The Entertainers from Studio Session (A.B.A. Records PRS-2014, Stereo).  Listen to that accent, will you!

8. Holiday For Strings by The Stanley-Johnson Orchestra Featuring The Duo Harps Of Dorothy Remsen And Catherine Johnk from Have Harp Can't Travel (Liberty LST 7118, Stereo, 1959).  I know Holiday For Strings isn't really a holiday song, but I can't resist sometimes.  This one seems to involve a train somehow, in addition to the harps.

9. Mary Had A Baby by Florida All-State High School Chorus-Mr. Vito Mason, Conductor, from the double LP Twenty-Second Annual Florida Music Educators Association Festival Concert (Century 2xLP 23205 (Curtis Hixon Hall, January 8, 1966, Tampa, Florida), Stereo, 1966).  I was surprised to see that Frederick Fennel was listed as one of the directors on this set, though he had nothing to do with anything I recorded.  He had to be pretty big at the time, nice to see him taking part in the local school music scene.

10. Medley: Say It Isn't So; I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm; Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain) by The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra from The Ballads Of Irving Berlin (RCA Victor LSP-2817, Stereo, 1964).  More medleys of Irving Berlin.

11. Ave Maria (Schubert) by The Robert Shaw Chorale With Symphony Orchestra And Organ-Organist: Clyde Holloway from the LP Songs Of Faith And Inspiration (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2760, Stereo, 1964).  Great version.

12. It's A Holiday by Kay Lande, Alan Cole And The Carillon Singers-Music Direction By Jim Timmens from Songs About: The Weather, The Four Seasons, What Time Is It?, The Days Of The Week, Holidays (Children's Records Of America CRA 20433, Stereo, 1974).  Music for the kiddos.

13. My Favorite Things by Greg Hatza With Grady Tate And Eric Gale, another swinging organ version from ORGANized Jazz (Coral CRL 757495, Stereo, 1968).  Lots and lots of versions of this song out there.

14. Waltz Of The Flowers (From "Nutcracker Suite") by Alfred Newman Conducts The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra from Music For Orchestra-Invitation To The Ballet (Mercury MG 20036, Mono, 1955).  Yes, we're into the Nutcracker section now.

15. Nutcracker Suite Overture; Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite); Fugue In C Minor; Our Love (From "Romeo And Juliet"), a long medley by Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians-Billie Loukas And Dave Waner, Soloists, from In Concert (Reprise RS-6148, Stereo, 1965).  Wish they'd done their whole Nutcracker Suite live here.

16. Winter: Introduction, The Frost, The Ice, The Hail, The Snow by The French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger Désormière from the album Alexander Glazounov-Ballet Suite From The Seasons Opus 67 (Capitol Classics P8157, Mono, 1952).  Something for the ballet fans that's not by Tchaikovsky.

17. Musical Sleigh-Ride (Schlittenfahrt) by Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn-Jörg Faerber, Conductor, from Humour In Music-18th Century Style (Turnabout (Vox) TV 34134S, Stereo, 1967).  A selection from Mozart, though not Wolfgang.  This one is by Leopold Mozart.

18. White Snow, Bright Snow by Owen Jordan from White Snow, Bright Snow/The Story About Ping/Madeline's Rescue/The Biggest Bear (Picture Book Parade By Weston Woods Studios PBP-2004, Mono, 1961).  And now we head off into the spoken word section of the evening.  Also the really long track section.

19. The Birth Of Christ by Leif Erickson, Narrator, With Dramatic Cast, one whole side from The Bible Stories-Volume VII (Library Of Sound Education CR-207, Mono, 1960).  I had to hunt through a lot of volumes from this series before I finally found the Christmas one.  Hope you appreciate that.

20. The Nutcracker Suite by Bob Keeshan Featuring Full Orchestra And The Sandpiper Chorus from the LP A Child's Introduction To The Nutcracker Suite (Wonderland LP 143, Mono, 1979).  This think this is a reissue of a 1958 original that I've never seen.  And this track goes into both the Nutcracker and spoken word section of tonight's presentation.

That's it for tonight.  I can't type for some reason, I hope I corrected all the typos, but I really doubt it.  Come back tomorrow!

Zippyshare

Whoops, shared too much tonight, wouldn't fit in a single upload.  You will want to get part two as well.

Zippyshare, part 2

Christmas In July 2017 Day 29

Happy Saturday to you!  Hope you're having a good weekend.  The month may be winding down, but I've still got lots of songs to share with you.  I'm starting to think we may have to go into overtime, so don't forget to keep checking back.  As has become customary lately, I've got twenty more songs for you tonight, so here goes.

1. Winter Green And Summer Blue by Nancy Wilson from her made-in-Japan album Keep You Satisfied (Columbia FC 40330, Stereo, 1985).  You can't go wrong with some Nancy Wilson.

2. Summer Green & Winter White, a similarly named but not the same song from Hugo Winterhalter, the final track I'm sharing from his seasonal LP, A Season For My Beloved (ABC-Paramount ABCS-447, Stereo, 1963).  This is really a great album, it should be better known.

3. A Hazy Shade Of Winter by a different Hugo, this one is Hugo Montenegro, Moog Synthesizer Performed By Eddie Kalehoff from the LP People...One To One (RCA Victor LSP-4537, Stereo, 1971).  Another of those not really Christmas songs, but how could I resist when it features a Moog?

4. Variations On A French Carol by The Ringers On-The-Green from Ring And Sing-A Festival Of Music (Dharma Productions GFL 1077 (The Morristown Presbyterian Church On-The-Green, Morristown, New Jersey), Stereo).  Yes, more bells, but I'm running out of these tracks...

5. Song Of The Bells by Royal Farnsworth Symphony "Pops" Orchestra, Conducted By Warren Edward Vincent from the budget LP The Music of Leroy Anderson (Design (Pickwick) DCF-1012, Stereo, 1959).  I spent a lot of time this evening trying to record this from an early stereo pressing, but there was a lot of noise in one of the channels and I couldn't do anything to get rid of it.  Then I pulled out another pressing I thought was mono, but it turned out to be in stereo, so I ripped than one and got a passable sound file out of it.  That probably took an hour or more when I could have been doing something more productive with my life, like eating a real dinner.

6. Snowfall by Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra, a much-later stereo version of his classic theme song, taken from Dance To The Sound Of Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra (Decca DL 78878, Stereo, 1958).  A song that's always a treat to hear, especially from the composer.

7. Pack Up The Sleigh by Hap & Martha Palmer from Witches Brew-Pot Full Of Songs For Oral Language Development (Educational Activities AR 576, Stereo, 1976).  More music for the kiddies.

8. No Man Is An Island by The Kennedy Space Center Chorus, Directed By Arthur C. Benington from Voices Of Space (Century Records 32909, Stereo).  I need my space...

9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Tom Cooper from Tom Cooper Sings The Great Songs From Movie Musicals (Insight Records IN 218, Stereo, 1981).  Does anyone ever read what I write about these songs, or do you just download the shares and squirrel them away for next Christmas?

10. Deck The Halls by St. Paul's Boys Choir from the album Songs For The Seasons (Fleetwood BMC5075, Stereo).  Homemade music for your listening pleasure.

11. Building A Snowman by Sing & Learn from Seasonal Songs (Macmillan Educational Company 09015, Stereo, 1989).  I should have done entire days of music from kiddie albums, but then I would have had to get them all recorded ahead of time, and do some planning.  Not likely.

12. Ave Maria by Ferrante & Teicher from the LP World's Greatest Semi-Classical Favorites (ABC-Paramount ABCS-553, Stereo, 1966).  This album appeared to have been half real stereo and half rechannelled stereo.  I'm not sure if all the tracks were old and pulled from other sources, or maybe some of it was new.  More research to be done here.

13. Waltz Medley: Bicycle Built For Two; You Tell Me Your Dream; Skater's Waltz; And The Band Played On by Johnny Duffy At The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from Carousel Music In Hi-Fi (Liberty LRP 3053, Mono, 1957).  Is this the same Johnny Duffy that performed with Yogi Yorgesson?  I kind of doubt it, but stranger things have happened.

14. Rock N' Roll Santa by Jimmy Soul from Jimmy Soul And The Belmonts With Charlie Francis (Spinorama (Premier) M 125, Mono).  Talk about your budget LPs, this one sounds like the master was run over with a truck, then re-recorded a few hundred times before it was pressed to vinyl.  I'm sure all the tracks on this record were things the artist didn't want released, yet somehow they got out there in the world.  Maybe this is one step above a bootleg, but it's a small step.  Good song though.

15. My Favorite Things by The Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus from Do-Re-Mi & The Songs Children Love To Sing (Kapp KL-1177, Mono, 1960).  These kids recorded a lot of music over the years.  They must have been in their 50's by the time they reached the end of their recording career.

16. Mary Had A Baby by Silver Burdett Records from Making Music Your Own-Kindergarten Record IV (Silver Burdett Records 75 180 4, Mono, 1966).  Music for your kindergarteners.

17. March Of The Toys, an interesting take on a familiar song around here, this time by The Big Band Swing Sound Of Charles Bud Dant Featuring Singing Instrumentals By The Clark Sisters from The Turn Of The Century Swings (Coral CRL 57345, Mono, 1961).  Pretty cool wordless vocals here.

18. Jingle Bells by George And Madeline Brown, the first of two versions of this same song from The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  I'm sure if this copy had the book with it, I could have told you what type of music box this is.

19. Green Sleeves by Eddie Layton On The Hi-Fi Organ from No Blues On This Cruise (Mercury MG 20308, Mono, 1957).  I kept flipping past this LP in the stack thinking I'd already recorded the track from it, but I finally picked it up tonight and realized that I hadn't.  These things happen when you're trying to juggle so much music.

20. Winter Night, the best track of the night, performed by Eydie Gorme-Arranged And Produced By Don Costa from the stereo side of the LP Love Is A Season (ABC-Paramount ABC-273, Stereo, 1959).  Great song to end this night's selection on.

Good selection tonight.  Play it loud!

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 28

Long day...need sleep...will detail tracks tomorrow.  Sleep now.

Zippyshare

OK, couple days later, but I've got some time now to write up what got shared on Friday.

1.  Moonlight In Vermont by Sarah Vaughan With The No Count Band from No Count Sarah (Mercury SR 60116, Stereo, 1959).  I didn't get the joke until I read the liner notes, but apparently the No Count Band is the Count Basie Band without Count Basie.  So there you go.

2. Green Sleeves by Mark Andrews And His Orchestra from Drifting And Dreaming (Compose S-98007, Stereo).  There was some discussion about who this really was after I posted it, so check out the comments for some interesting info.  Some things just aren't as they seem.

3. Fum, Fum, Fum by The Saint Andrews Singers from the album Ring And Sing-A Festival Of Music (Dharma Productions GFL 1077 (The Morristown Presbyterian Church On-The-Green, Morristown, New Jersey), Stereo).  This is the same record from which I've been bringing you some handbell tracks, but this song is just a singing group without bells.

4. Excerpt From Hallelujah Chorus, yet more music from The Kennedy Space Center Chorus, Directed By Arthur C. Benington from Voices Of Space (Century Records 32909, Stereo).  Gotta love industrial choruses.

5. Christmas Is Coming by Cynthia Gooding And Don Drake-Percussion: Phil Kraus, from the LP Mother Goose And Father Gander (RCA Camden CAS-1058, Stereo, 1965).  Music for kiddies, but good stuff.

6. A Christmas Camel by Procol Harum from the self-titled LP Procol Harum (Impact (France) 6886 555, Stereo, 1973).  I couldn't follow the lyrics, no idea what this is about.  I assume it's another of Santa's many animal friends, from Rudolph the reindeer through Sammy the seal, he's got a regular Noah's Ark.

7. China Doll by Leroy Anderson from Leroy Anderson Conducts His Music (Decca DL 78954, Stereo, 1960).  More good stuff from this music master.

8. Cantar Pastorcitos-Sing Little Shepherds by Unknown Puerto Rican Children from the album Latin American Children Game Songs-Recorded In Puerto Rico And Mexico By Henrietta Yurchenco (Folkways FC 7851, Electronically Rechanneled To Simulate Stereo, 1968).  Children are the same all over the world, I suspect.

9. Bugler's Holiday by Maurice Abravanel Conducting The Utah Symphony Orchestra-Wm. Sullivan, Sheldon Hyde, Keith Smith-Trumpets from Fiddle Faddle And 14 Other Leroy Anderson Favorites (Vanguard Cardinal Series VCS-10016, Stereo, 1967).  One of the better Leroy Anderson tribute records I've heard.

10. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind by Marian Anderson-Franz Rupp At The Piano from Farewell Recital (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2781, Stereo, 1965).  Do yourself a favor and read up on Marian Anderson.

11. Ave Maria by Jim Farrell from Let's Hear It! (J.L. Farrell (Baltimore, MD) MOR 0005, Stereo, 1986).  I don't remember much about this, but I kinda think it's homemade.

12. Serenade Of The Bells by Mike Di Napoli from his LP After Five-The Cocktail Piano Of Mike Di Napoli (Tiffany 1012, Mono, 1960).  Tiffany was a budget label that didn't last too long.  You don't see too many of their records around.

13. Medley: All Alone; I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm; Marie by Reg Owen And His Orchestra from The Best Of Irving Berlin-30 Songs (RCA Victor LPM-1542, Mono, 1957).  People love to throw medleys together of Irving Berlin songs.  I recorded a few of them today.  I guess they're trying to cram more music onto a single LP.

14. Jingle Bells by Silver Burdett Records from Making Music Your Own-Kindergarten Record IV (Silver Burdett Records 75 180 4, Mono, 1966).  Finally, a real Christmas song.  Wasn't sure if I had any around or not.

15. First Noel played on the music box from the collection of George And Madeline Brown, featured on the album The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  Another Christmas song, though a short one.

16. Danse Arabe (Arabian Dance) From "Nutcracker Suite", a very rare appearance at Christmas time by Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra from the LP Quiet Music-Volume VI-Relaxing With Cugat (Columbia CL 515, Mono, 1952).  I wish Cugie had recorded more Christmas music during his long career.

17. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy/Waltz Of The Flowers--From "Nutcracker Suite", No. 1 as recorded by Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra on the double album The Romantic Music Of Tchaikovsky (Columbia 2xLP C2l 11 (CL 1208 & CL 1209), Mono, 1958).  I've got lots of Tchaikovsky left to share, and a ton more of it I didn't even bother to record.  You're welcome.

18. Chinese Dance by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere from Nutcracker Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  Yes, more Tchaikovsky.

19. Dance Of The Wooden Shoes by Johnny Duffy At The Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ from Carousel Music In Hi-Fi (Liberty LRP 3053, Mono, 1957).  Well, the title is sorta Christmassy...

20. The Cactus Christmas Tree by The McGuire Sisters With Orchestra Directed By Dick Jacobs from Children's Holiday (Coral CRL 57097, Mono, 1957).  This is the longer version that includes some narration not found on the version from their Christmas LP.  And an excellent place to end the sharity today.  I mean last Friday.

Christmas In July 2017 Day 27

Another big day here during Christmas In July!  It's almost the weekend, I can almost see it from here.  But I've got a ways to go yet, so one day at a time.  Here are your shares for the night.

1. Sleigh Ride, a great version by Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra from his LP Wish You Were Here (RCA Victor LSP-1904, Stereo, 1959).  This isn't a Christmas LP, but I have seen this particular track on a 45 with one of Hugo's Christmas recordings on the flip side, so they did try to market it for the holidays at some point.

2. Winter Dreams by Ross Mitchell, His Band & Singers from the album Flamingo (Dance & Listen (UK) DL 1001, Stereo, 1989).  Pretty late for me, but I found it one day and here it is.

3. The Song Of The Virgin (Cantiga De La Santa Maria) by Friends Of Fiddler's Green, who as near as I can figure from the liner notes consisted of Bob & Evelyne Beers, Martha & Eric Nagler And The Boyer Family.  I pulled this from the LP The Seasons Of Peace-A Great Family Sings (Biograph BLP-12033, Stereo, 1971).  The LP cover is a little confusing, I'm just assuming the name of the band is Friends Of Fiddler's Green.  You'll recognize the Beers family, they had a Christmas LP out on Columbia at the end of the sixties.  I don't remember it being anything like what I expected, and didn't enjoy it too much.  Still looking for a stereo copy, though.

4. The Parade Of The Animals by John Gart At The Conn Electronic Organ With The Minute Men from Organ On The March (Kapp K-1119-S, Stereo, 1959).  Is it Christmas?  No, but it's close.

5. The Little Drummer Boy by The Arbutus United Methodist Church Chancel Ringers from their LP Listen! (DFH Recording Co. DFH 114, Stereo, 1978).  Yes, handbells!

6. Let There Be Peace On Earth (Let It Begin With Me) by John Gary-Arranged And Conducted By Billy May from John Gary Sings Especially For You (RCA Victor LSP-3695, Stereo, 1967).  Yes, it has Billy May's name on it, but I don't really hear any of his influence here.  Too bad.

7. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by The New Seekers from We'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Elektra EKS-74115, Stereo, 1971).  I'm a little confused about this.  I guess these guys were supposed to record this song, but didn't, then it became a hit.  Then they did record it, and also had a hit?  Just go watch the Coke commercial on YouTube, it's probably better that way.

8. Fum, Fum, Fum by The Ringers On-The-Green from Ring And Sing-A Festival Of Music (Dharma Productions GFL 1077 (The Morristown Presbyterian Church On-The-Green, Morristown, New Jersey), Stereo).  Yep, more handbells!

9. For You A Lei; An Old Hawaiian Custom; The Hawaiian Christmas Song by The Banjo Barons-Arranged And Conducted By Marty Manning from The Banjo Barons Play Golden Hawaiian Hits (Columbia CS 8783, Stereo, 1963).  From handbells to banjos, we've got it all!

10. Dance Of The Toy Flutes by Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops, taken from their LP Evening At Pops (Polydor PD5032, Stereo, 1972).  Julia Childs features on the other side of this LP, but not on any of the tracks on the side I got songs from.  Oh how I was hoping she'd be on there...

11. Christmas In Killarney, some Irish Christmas for you, courtesy of The Bill Shepherd Singers, from their album Irish Sing-Along (Decca DL 74053, Stereo, 1963).  Not as good as Bing's version, but not bad either.

12. a. Snoopy's Search b. Red Baron, a couple of tracks that I thought might be related to The Royal Guardsmen's Snoopy's Christmas, but probably not.  Interesting enough to share here though.  This is by Billy Cobham from this first LP Spectrum (Atlantic SD 7268, Stereo, 1973).

13. Waltz Finale-From "Nutcracker Suite", No. 2 by Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra from The Romantic Music Of Tchaikovsky (Columbia 2xLP C2l 11 (CL 1208 & CL 1209), Mono, 1958).  A little more Nutcracker for your night.  I've got a lot I need to get out there...

14. Silent Night by Mahalia Jackson from her LP Just As I Am (Apollo LP 479, Mono, 1958).  You know you need this.

15. Oriental Holiday by Ted Heath And His Music from his album Showcase (London LL 1737, Mono, 1958).  Well, it has the word 'Holiday' in the title.

16. My Favorite Things by Mannie Klein & His Sextet from The Sound Of Music (Imperial LP 9094, Mono, 1959).  There are so many diverse versions of this track out there, I probably haven't even scratched the surface.

17. Italian Jingle Bells by Lou Monte With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra And Chorus from Lou Monte Sings Songs For Pizza Lovers (RCA Victor LPM-1877, Mono, 1958).  Now this is what I'm talking about!

18. Greensleeves by Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians from Instrumentally Yours (Decca DL 8843, Mono, 1959).  Because you need more versions of this in your life.

19. Away In A Manger by The Dixie High School Concert Choir from The Dixie H.S. Concert Choir Of 1966-1967 (Dixie High School, Dayton, OH, 19165/19166, Mono, 1967).  Am I done with this one yet?  I'm tired of typing all that info in over and over and over.  One year I decided to just lump things together like that, put all the tracks from the same LP out on the same day.  Some things just didn't get downloaded, so I figure I have to mix things up so you always download it.  Hopefully you listen to it before you delete it.

20. Ave Maria by George And Madeline Brown from The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  Like this one, I should have just given you all the tracks from it on the same day, but I like to mix things up.

21. The Angel Band by Silver Burdett Records from Making Music Your Own-Kindergarten Record IV (Silver Burdett Records 75 180 4, Mono, 1966).  Yes, you get a bonus track tonight, bringing the daily count to a new record high of 21 songs!

And that's it.  If you can't find anything in there you like, you may be at the wrong blog.  See you tomorrow, though it's gonna be late.

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 26

Whew!  Long day.  I woke up this morning to find the AC wasn't working.  I ran around half the day trying to get that fixed, but I finally got the capacitor replaced and came home to a cool condo tonight.  But I've also been trying to work in between all that, and it's taken a lot out of me today.  So I'm only giving you ten tracks tonight, and I'm not even going to tell you what they are.  All ten of them are things I probably shouldn't share, and I don't want to bring any trouble down on the blog.  They're either big name artists or more recent stuff (is the 80's really recent?), things that I'm just posting here to bring your attention to.  Go out and buy a copy if you like it.  (I actually just went and recorded another track I thought of that I could cram in here since I'm not going to tell you who's in here, even after I promised myself I wouldn't record any more stuff tonight.  Oh well.)  I'll be back tomorrow with a regular post, I hope.

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 25

It's that time of day again, another heaping helping of Christmas tracks from you old pal, Ernie (Not Bert).  Pretty proud of myself, I've made it 25 days in a row now, that's not always a given.  Now if I can just make it to the end.  Only time will tell.  And now, the shares...

1. The Skaters Waltz by Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, Conductor from Viennese Night (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2548, Mono, 1961).  A nice place to start the night, and a particularly long version of this fairly common track.

2. Waltz Of The Flowers-Grande Valse by The Organ Masters from Music For Skaters (RCA Camden CAS-2363, Stereo, 1969).  I think I shared out a song from these guys earlier in the season, from the same year but taken from a different album.  I guess they were popular enough to get two out in the same year.

3. Blue Lonely Winter, the second appearance of this song this season, this time performed by Mrs. Carl Smith, Goldie Hill Smith, taken from her LP The Country Gentleman's Lady Goldie Hill Smith Sings Her Favorites (Epic (CBS) BN 26410, Stereo, 1968).  Not sure if she was ever as well-known as her husband, but at least she tried.

4. Toyland by Magic Violins from Magic Violins Play The Memories Of Victor Herbert (Magic Violins Vol. 7) (Magic Violins 2507, Mono).  Yes, another track from this budget LP.

5. Overture Miniature by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere from the LP Nutcracker Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  Yet another track from this one.  And there are still plenty more to come.

6. O'Sanctissima by George And Madeline Brown from The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  Another album from which I grabbed a lot of tracks.  Nice stuff, though.

7. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring by Anatole Kitain, Pianist, taken from the album The Siena Pianoforte-Bach (Esoteric ESP-3001, Mono, 1955).  I don't know what the big deal is about this Siena Pianoforte.  I see quite a few albums supposedly recorded on it.  I think it's more hype than anything.

8. Ave Maria by Elisabeth Rethberg, Soprano With Orchestra from The Art Of Elisabeth Rethberg (RCA Camden CAL 335, Mono, 1958).  Pretty sure this LP just collected up a bunch of old tracks for the modern hi-fi era.  Nobody wanted to buy dusty old 78s anymore.

9. The Things We Did Last Summer by Hugo Winterhalter from A Season For My Beloved (ABC-Paramount ABCS-447, Stereo, 1963).  Is this the last track from this LP?  No, I don't think so.  One more, I believe.

10. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (From The Universal Film "Christmas Holiday") by Joanie Sommers from Sommers' Seasons (Warner Bros WS1504, Stereo, 1963).  I was never sure if this counted as a Christmas song for sure until I realized it was from a Christmas movie.

11. Snowfall-Cha-Cha, an old favorite from Billy May and his album Cha Cha! Billy May (Capitol ST1329, Stereo, 1960).  Very good stuff!

12. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm From The 20th Century-Fox Film "On The Avenue" by Connie Stevens With The Magnificent Werner Mueller Orchestra from her album From Me To You (Warner Bros WS 1431, Stereo, 1962).  Have I mentioned lately how much I like the early stuff on the Warner label?  They really put out some great stuff in their first few years.

13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by some guy who's initials are FS, taken from the soundtrack LP The Victors (Colpix SCP 516, Stereo, 1964).  This track has certainly gone on to greater fame elsewhere, but this is where it originated, believe it or not.

14. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) by Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra from Nat-An Orchestral Portrait Of Nat "King" Cole (Reprise RS-6162, Stereo, 1965).  Nelson Riddle is another one of those guys who did some really amazing stuff back in the day.  His name shows up in all sorts of places.

15. Baby, It's Cold Outside by Jack Marshall And His Music from Soundsville! (Capitol ST1194, Stereo, 1959).  Took me a really long time to find this one in stereo.  I wasn't even sure it really existed, but then one day there it was.

16. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town by The Studio Dance Ork from For All Hours!-A Programming Aid For Broadcasters (Robbin-Feist-Miller RFM-005-LP Promotional Copy Not For Sale, Mono).  Short, but oh so sweet!

17. On Christmas Day by Gloria Lynne With The Earl May Trio from I'm Glad There Is You (Everest LPBR 5126, Mono, 1961).  One of those times you pick up and album for no good reason whatsoever and there's a Christmas song right in the middle of it!

18. June In January by Eydie Gorme-Arranged And Produced By Don Costa, from the mono side of the album Love Is A Season (ABC-Paramount ABC-273, Mono, 1959).  Still on the hunt for a two-sided stereo copy.

19. Jingle Bells Mambo by Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra from Adventures In Rhythm (Columbia CL 604, Mono, 1954).  I hunted for this one for a long time, and now I think I've found it on three different albums.  I believe this is the original, but I could be wrong.

20. The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy by The George Mitchell Choir-Conducted By Robert De Cormier from the English album Around The World In Song-Based On The BBC Television Series (EMI (UK) CS 1472, Stereo, 1962).  I believe I've shared this from a US LP before, but I had no idea it originated from a BBC TV show.  Perhaps I just didn't read the liner notes.  I get in a hurry on some of these and don't do as much homework as I should.

And that's it, twenty more tracks from you.  A little more than half of these were recorded last year, but the rest were recorded just this month for your listening pleasure.  Hope you're enjoying the series!  Here's your link.

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 24

On with the show!  Day 24!  Let's Go!

1. The Skater's Waltz by Will Glahé And His Orchestra from The New Beer Barrel Polka (Phase 4 London SP 44069, Stereo, 1965).  This is one of those tracks I've probably shared with you a dozen times, but it never gets old.  Nice music, interesting effects, it sticks with you.  Or it sticks with me anyhow.

2. My Favorite Things by Tennessee Ernie Ford, Arranged & Conducted By Jack Fascinato With The Jack Halloran Choir from My Favorite Things (Capitol ST 2444, Stereo, 1966).  This came up on my playlist the other day and then I saw a copy of the LP at the Goodwill, so I figured that meant I needed to share it again with you.  I think I missed the Jack Halloran credit on it the last time around.

3. The Marvelous Toy by Jane Morgan-Arranged And Conducted By Tommy Goodman from the album A Jane Morgan Happening (ABC Records ABCS-632, Stereo, 1968).  A happening, eh?  Hmmm...

4. Magnificat In D-Esurientes, the last of my tracks by Marilyn Horne With The Vienna Cantata Orchestra Conducted By Henry Lewis from Marilyn Horne Sings Bach And Handel (London OS 26067, Stereo, 1969).  This seems to be turning into an all-60's night.  Let's see how long that holds up.

5. Jesus Joy Of Mans Desiring (DX-1900) by Hector, from the organ demo LP The Organ Renaissance By Kawai (Kawai DX Organ Series No Number, Stereo, 1982).  So much for the sixties.  And yes, that's exactly the way the title was printed.  DX-1900 is the organ model used to record this track.

6. Greensleeves by Raymond Lewenthal-Piano from Clair De Lune (Westminster WST 14053, Stereo, c. 1958).  I couldn't find a firm date on this one, but I saw the track on a stereo sampler from 1958, so it probably came out at the same time.  But I couldn't confirm it with Billboard, my source for most dates.

7. Deck The Halls by The Ringers On-The-Green from the LP Ring And Sing-A Festival Of Music (Dharma Productions GFL 1077 (The Morristown Presbyterian Church On-The-Green, Morristown, New Jersey), Stereo).  Yes, I had to find another LP of handbells.  Hope you enjoy!

8. Christmas Festival by Frederick Fennell, Eastman Wind Ensemble from Curtain Up! Holidays Around The World (Mercury SR90361 For Broadcast Only-Not For Sale, Stereo, 1963). Ah, back to the sixties!

9. White Christmas From "Holiday Inn"...1942 by Jack Shaindlin And His Orchestra Featuring Will Bradley And Al Gallodoro, taken from the album Academy Award Favorites (Mercury MG 20061, Mono, 1955).  I always have to pick up and look at LPs claiming to contain Academy Award winning songs.  I get a lot of versions of White Christmas and I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm that way.

10. Snows Of Kilimanjaro (From The 20th Century Fox Film "The Snows Of Kilimanjaro") by Al Goodman And His Orchestra from Music From Hollywood-Themes From Great Motion Pictures (RCA Victor LPM-1007, Mono, 1953).  Soundtracks are also a good source of holiday and seasonal songs.

11. The Rose Of Sharon by The Dixie High School Concert Choir from The Dixie H.S. Concert Choir Of 1966-1967 (Dixie High School, Dayton, OH, 19165/19166, Mono, 1967).  Not sure if this is a Christmas tune, but it was lumped in with the other Christmas selections on this LP.

12. Pas De Deux-From "Nutcracker Suite", No. 2 by Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra from the LP The Romantic Music Of Tchaikovsky (Columbia 2xLP C2l 11 (CL 1208 & CL 1209), Mono, 1958).  I think this album is from the same series of double LPs as the Doris Day album from a couple days ago.  Mono only, no stereo, so it quickly fell out of circulation.

13. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers by Bob Lowry With Joseph Kahn-Piano from Bob Lowry-Clarinet (Golden Crest Recital Series RE7003, Mono).  Interesting take on this song with the clarinet.  Hadn't heard it done that way before.

14. Mr. Snow by George Feyer-Piano With Rhythm Accompaniment from this album The King And I & Carousel (Vox PL 21 300, Mono, 1956).  A seasonal track in title only, but enough for me!

15. Hark The Herald Angels Sing by George And Madeline Brown from The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  More music box music.

16. Cradle Song by The World Vision Korean Orphan Choir Directed By Soo Chul Chang-Orchestra Conducted By Kurt Kaiser from the album Dr. Bob Pierce Presents...The World Vision Korean Orphan Choir On Tour (Word W-3239-LP, Mono, 1963).  Not sure if this one is singing about the Christ Child or not...

17. A Christmas Song by Silver Burdett Records from Making Music Your Own-Kindergarten Record IV (Silver Burdett Records 75 180 4, Mono, 1966).  At least this one is Christmas!

18. The Bells Of St. Mary's by Lew White At The Pipe Organ from Organ Cameos (RCA Camden CAL 143, Mono).  Couldn't nail down a date on this one, but it's early.  That's a pretty low catalog number.  When did the Camden label start?  1955?

19. Ave Maria by Les Compagnons De La Chanson from The Three Bells (Columbia CL 596, Mono, 1954).  They're singing in English, but the singers are French, so it's difficult to understand what exactly they're singing.

20. Arabian Dance by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere from Nutcracker Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  Another Nutcracker Suite track for the night.  Got a few of these to burn through.

There you go, twenty more tracks.  The end is in sight, I can see it!

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 23

Have I mentioned that all of the records I've ripped tracks from this year are in a pile right in the doorway to the computer room?  And it's getting pretty tall and precarious.  I'm almost blocked in, and I'm afraid I'm going to knock it over every time I walk by.  I've got to find something to do with all these records...  Anyhow, welcome to Sunday night, day 23!  Lots of goodies for you tonight, so here goes.

1. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers by The Zig Zags Quartet & Enoch Light & Orchestra from The Children's Hour (Grand Award G.A. 33-311, Mono, 1955).  Some of that stuff on Grand Award, it borders on budget label...

2. Yingle Bells by Yogi Yorgesson from The Great Comedy Hits Of Harry Stewart As Yogi Yorgesson And Harry Kari (Capitol Star Line T1620, Mono, 1961).  Another classic track from an echo-drenched reissue.  I think they're one Christmas single by Yogi that I still don't have.  Something like What's In The Box, I think.  Anyone know what I'm talking about?

3. The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy by Winifred Smith from Winifred Smith's Simple Gifts (Tennessee Squire TSA-61110, Stereo).  This isn't the first record of hers I've run across, and it was put out by The Tennessee Squires as well.  I should look them up and see what the deal is.

4. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, a later, longer, stereo version by Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra from There I Sing/Swing It Again (RCA Victor LSP-1799, Stereo, 1958).  By my count, the second of three times he recorded one of his bigger hits.

5. (a) Las Posadas: Caminita-Procession (b) Las Posadas:  Hemosa Maria-Lovely Mary by Unknown Mexican Children from the LP Latin American Children Game Songs-Recorded In Puerto Rico And Mexico By Henrietta Yurchenco (Folkways FC 7851, Electronically Rechanneled To Simulate Stereo, 1968).  Shame that these kids never got the credit for this recording.

6. The Christmas Polka by The Shawnee Choir-Earl Willhoite, Director-Primo Piano: Marjorie Farmer from Both Sides, Now! (Shawnee Press Reference Recording M-297, Stereo).  Not the Lawrence Welk song, but something that they were trying to sell you their arrangement for.  This was a demo marketed to choral groups.

7. Children's Holiday by The McGuire Sisters With Orchestra Directed By Dick Jacobs from their classic early album Children's Holiday (Coral CRL 57097, Mono, 1957).  There's some good stuff on here.

8. Go Tell It On The Mountain by Mahalia Jackson from Just As I Am (Apollo LP 479, Mono, 1958).  I'd shared this before, but from a reissue.  This time I found the original Apollo record.

9. Song Of The Bells by Leroy Anderson from Leroy Anderson Conducts His Music (Decca DL 78954, Stereo, 1960).  Pretty much everything this man ever did is worth a listen.

10. The March Of The Toys by John Gart At The Conn Electronic Organ With The Minute Men from Organ On The March (Kapp K-1119-S, Stereo, 1959).  This must have been reissued at some point with a different title because I show sharing out the same tracks by the same artist from a different LP on the same label.  I need to do some more research.  Such things are certainly not unheard of.

11. Sugar Plum by Joe Harnell And His Trio from the self-titled album, Joe Harnell And His Trio (Jubilee JGM 5020, Mono, 1963).  Nice little bit of Tchaikovsky here.

12. At Christmastime by Helena Bliss, Walter Kingsford, Ivy Scott And Chorus from the soundtrack LP Song Of Norway (Decca DL 9019, Mono, 1949).  I guess the movie in question was the life story of Edvard Greig.  Wait, was it a movie, or a play?  Not sure...

13. Adeste Fideles by an un-named music box, but Discogs tells me the artist on the sleeve is George And Madeline Brown.  The album is The Story Of The Music Box (Caedmon 10" 33 RPM w/ Book CB-2, Mono, 1952).  My copy is missing the sleeve, I think I found it in the sleeve for something else.  Pretty sure I shared this music out before from a similar package prepared for a different company.  I could spend days researching some of that I share.

14. Dance Of The Chinese Flutes by French National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Roger DéSormiere from Nutcrackers Suite/Suite From The Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky (Capitol P-8140, Mono, 1954).  I think this was originally released on a 10" LP, as the cover for this one shows the covers for both 10" albums.  If you flip through a lot of old records, you'll know this was a common practice for Capitol at one time.  The original 10" releases are hard to find these days, I think I see more of the reissues by far than I see originals.

15. Children Go Where I Send Thee by the great Earl Grant With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment Directed By Thurston Frazier from the somewhat hard-to-find LP A Closer Walk With Thee (Decca DL 74811, Stereo, 1966).  I say hard to find because I had never seen a copy of it before last week, and I see a lot of Earl Grant records in the stores.  Well, the junk stores.  Not so much at the respectable places.

16. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Doris Day With Frank DeVol And His Orchestra from Hooray For Hollywood (Columbia 2xLP C2L-5, Mono, 1958).  This was a fancy double LP that must have been a big deal when it was released, but quickly forgotten because it was mono-only and it came out right at the beginning of the stereo era.

17. Christmas Night (Ukranian Carol) (Dobri Vetcher), some more Ukranian Christmas from Don Cossack Choir-Serge Jaroff, Conductor-Soloist: B. Morosoff from Russian Fair (Decca DL 710016, Stereo, 1959).  I think this came out at a time when Americans probably didn't know the difference between Russia and Ukraine.  Most of them probably still don't, which is how Russia likes it.

18. June In January by Bing Crosby With The Pete Moore Orchestra from Seasons (Polydor PD-1-6128, Stereo, 1977).  I saw another late Crosby LP with this same orchestra today, but it didn't appear to have any holiday content on it.

19. Medley: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Jolly Old St. Nicholas; Jingle Bells by The Banjo Barons-Arranged And Conducted By Teo Macero And Marty Manning from The Banjo Barons Play Music For Happy Times (Columbia CL 2089 "Radio Station Copy-Not For Sale", Mono, 1963).  At least this one sounds like banjos.

20. Variations On A French Carol by The Arbutus United Methodist Church Chancel Ringers from their LP Listen! (DFH Recording Co. DFH 114, Stereo, 1978).  Just when I thought I wouldn't be able to bring you any handbells this July, I found this in the stacks.  Just goes to show you that you need to pick up all the records and look at them.  Maybe you know why it's there and what's on it, but maybe you don't!

And that's it for today.  It takes an awful long time to type all this in for twenty tracks, so be sure you read it all twice.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow.

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 22

I ran some numbers today and found out that I have more songs in the pile to be shared than I have shared songs so far this month.  Which means I really, really need to get busy sharing some music with you.  So here are 20 more songs for today.

1. Winter Sky (Recorded In Concert At Town Hall, March 21, 1964) by Judy Collins from her LP Recollections (Elektra EKS-74055, Stereo, 1969).  I believe this is a sort of best-of from Ms. Collins.

2. Waltz From The Nutcracker Suite by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra-Julius Rudel, Musical Director from Christmas In Concert And More... (Allentown Record Co. For Buffalo Savings Bank, No Number, Stereo, 1979).  I think this is the last track I have from this record to share with you.)

3. There Was A Pig Went Out To Dig by Marilyn Powell from Holiday Songs (Bowmar B 2055 168, Stereo, 1966).  More goodness from a kiddie record.  They do love their Christmas music.

4. Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Rod Ruby With Chuck McIntosh from Rod Ruby Sings Wonder Of Wonders With The Piano Artistry Of Chuck McIntosh (Music City/Royal Race MR-RR-9008, Stereo). A religious album.  I think I was imaging this would be someone else when I picked it up.

5. Song Of The Bells by Maurice Abravanel Conducting The Utah Symphony Orchestra from Fiddle Faddle And 14 Other Leroy Anderson Favorites (Vanguard Cardinal Series VCS-10016, Stereo, 1967).  This is a pretty good collection of Leroy Anderson songs.

6. Sleigh Ride by Mogens Ellegaard, Accordion, and His Orchestra from Accordion Time (Vox STVX 426.090, Stereo, 1959).  I was quite excited when I saw a song played on the accordion that I could share, but it looks like I've shared it with you before.  I'll keep looking for new stuff.

7. Ring Those Christmas Bells by The Kennedy Space Center Chorus, Directed By Arthur C. Benington from Voices Of Space (Century Records 32909, Stereo).  The songs from this LP are pretty great, aren't they?

8. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers by Dick Schory's Percussion Pops Orchestra from Holiday For Percussion (RCA Victor LSA-2485, Stereo, 1962).  This album is another entry in RCA's famed Stereo Action series.

9. Mr. Snow (From "Carousel") by Ray Davies With Orchestra & Voices from Funky Trumpet On Broadway (Fontana (Mercury) SRF-67574, Stereo, 1967).  Don't know if I'd have called this Funky anything...

10. Magnificat In D-Et Exultavit, another great classical Christmas song by Marilyn Horne With The Vienna Cantata Orchestra Conducted By Henry Lewis from Marilyn Horne Sings Bach And Handel (London OS 26067, Stereo, 1969).  I like to try and keep you on your toes.

11. The Four Seasons by Sing & Learn from Seasonal Songs (Macmillan Educational Company 09015, Stereo, 1989).  More kiddie music.

12. The Deepening Snow by Connie Smith from Sunshine and Rain (RCA Victor LSP-4077, Stereo, 1968).  This one I thought was more funky than the one above.  Certainly the other, non-Holiday tracks I listened to were pretty funky, for a country album.

13. We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Silver Burdett Records from Making Music Your Own-Kindergarten Record IV (Silver Burdett Records 75 180 4, Mono, 1966).  There for a lot of Christmas songs on this record, so be warned.

14. The Seven Joys Of Mary by John Jacob Niles, Mountaineer Tenor, With Dulcimer Accompaniment from his LP John Jacob Niles Sings American Folk Songs (RCA Camden CAL 245, Mono, 1956).  I think this is the last of the songs I ripped from this one.  He had a couple of Christmas EPs from around this same time, but I don't have them.  I remember them both being shared out in the same year once, one at Buster's place, the other at Lee's.  I doubt if they're still there, though.

15. Santa Claus Blues by Red Onion Jazz Babies, and early band featuring Louis Armstrong, taken from the collection Young Louis Armstrong (Riverside RLP 12-101, Mono, 1956).  Louis recorded far too little Christmas music in his life.  This one has a good title, but it won't remind you of Santa really.

16. O Little Town Of Bethlehem by The Dixie High School Concert Choir, another track from The Dixie H.S. Concert Choir Of 1966-1967 (Dixie High School, Dayton, OH, 19165/19166, Mono, 1967).  Not sure if this is the end of this one or not.

17. Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake, a great Irish tune by The McNulty Family from Irish Showboat (Coral CRL 57368, Mono, 1961).  I find a great Irish Christmas tune about every other year or so.  This is the one for this season, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

18. March Of The Toys by Magic Violins from Magic Violins Play The Memories Of Victor Herbert (Magic Violins Vol. 7) (Magic Violins 2507, Mono).  I think there are 12 total albums in this series.  I was trying to get them all at one time, I don't know why...

19. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Guitar Magic from Guitar Magic-Play Along Record No. 2 (Educational Productions SON 9482, Mono).  Funny story, I pulled this record from the sleeve of volume 1, and was disappointed because I had wanted to record Jingle Bells.  But when I played a couple of tracks, I found God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, so at least I got a Christmas song for you.  (No, the tracks weren't listed on the record...)  If it's not obvious by the title, this record was designed to help you learn to play guitar.

20. Ave Maria by Yale Glee Club from their album Yale Glee Club-100th Anniversary 1861-1961 Gala Centennial Concert (Carillon Records LP 120, Mono, 1961).  Not many schools have been around for 100 years, much less the glee club associated with them.

And that's it.  I'll keep recording and sharing, you keep on downloading and commenting.  Deal?

Zippyshare

Christmas In July 2017 Day 21

Whew, finally made it to the weekend!  Now I've got some time to get some stuff recorded for the last few days of this month.  Shares are coming fast and furious now.  Everything in the pile tonight was actually recorded last year, but never shared.  That pile is almost to the end, so most everything else from here on out will be new rips from old records.  Here goes!

1. Winter Wonderland by Eddie Layton With Rhythm Section from Better Layton Than Ever (Mercury SR 60031, Stereo, 1959).  An oldie but a goodie.  I have to stop myself from buying this whenever I see it in a stack, I think I have enough copies of it now.  But it's so good!

2. Sleigh Ride by Glenn Derringer (no, not Rick Derringer, that's somebody else...) from Light 'N Easy (Ovation OVQD/1439, Quadraphonic, 1975).  Is this the first quad record I've ever shared?  I doubt if the quad effect comes through the MP3 file, but if anybody can decode this, perhaps I can send you a WAV file.  I sent it to a friend of mine last year who collects such things and he said it is spectacular.  I don't have the hardware to decode it or listen to it, unfortunately.

3. Make A Daft Noise For Xmas, another from those British comedy folks The Goodies, again from The Goodies Greatest (Bradley's Records (UK) BRADL 1012, Stereo, 1976).  I still think I should have saved up and done an all-comedy day.  Too late now.  Is this record disco?

4. June In January by Hugo Winterhalter from A Season For My Beloved (ABC-Paramount ABCS-447, Stereo, 1963).  Another record that just keeps on giving!

5. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by The Creed Taylor Orchestra from another stereo showcase LP Ping Pang Pong The Swinging Ball (ABC-Paramount ABCS-325, Stereo, 1960).  Some day I'll put together a Space Age Pop Christmas disc.  Someday...

6. Go Tell It On The Mountain, an excellent version by Brook Benton-Arranged And Conducted By Malcolm Dodds from If You Believe (Mercury SR 60619, Stereo, 1961).  Good stuff here.

7. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire), one of a very few Christmas songs recorded by the one and only Sammy Davis, Jr., this one is from the LP The Nat King Cole Song Book (Reprise RS-6164, Stereo, 1965).  I think he first released the song on a Mel Torme tribute LP, but it showed up again on this Nat King Cole themed album.

8. Christmas Sing Along With Jose-Jingle Bells by Bill Dana as Jose Jimenez, the sort of ethnic humor that you don't really hear much of these days, for obvious reasons.  This is from Jose Jimenez In Orbit-Bill Dana On Earth (Kapp KS-3257, Stereo, 1962).  Whatever happened to Bill Dana?

9. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year by Eydie Gorme-Arranged And Produced By Don Costa from Love Is A Season (ABC-Paramount ABC-273, Mono, 1959).  This is from my lopsided pressing of the LP.  Side one is stereo, side two is mono.  This track was on side two, so you only get the single channel.

10. March Of The Toys By Billy May And His Orchestra from Billy May's Naughty Operetta (Capitol T487, Mono, 1954).  I believe this is the original source of this track.  I've shared it a few times from a later Pickwick reissue.

11. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring by Jack Conner-Vibraharp & Marimba With Orchestra Directed By Ralph Carmichael from A Merry Heart (Chapel Records LP 5019, Mono).  Ralph Carmichael has gotten involved in some weird stuff over the years...

12. Baby, It's Cold Outside by Sacha Distel-Arranged And Conducted By Ray Ellis taken from the LP From Paris With Love (RCA Victor LPM-2611, Mono, 1962).  No info on the sleeve that might tell me who the female voice on this one is.  Odd, since you hear her first!

13. April-Snowdrop by Morton Gould At The Piano And Conducting His Orchestra, maybe the last track I grabbed from Tchaikovsky: The Months, Op. 37a (Columbia Masterworks ML 4487, Mono, 1950).  Someday I'll find another copy of this LP and I'll rip the whole thing, promise!

And that's it, another lucky thirteen tracks.  Not too many days left here, so start thinking about your favorites.  I need to start dropping some tracks into the best-of folder, and I'm interested in hearing what you guys like the most.  Comments are always welcome!  Now, the share...

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