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This one is a bit of a mystery to me, and I'm hoping someone out there can help me solve it, or at least find a couple of answers. I've been after this record for some years, it's one of the early releases on the Westminster label that I've been collecting for years now. I somehow came across a copy with no sleeve a few years back, and since no new copy has come my way in the meantime, I decided to go ahead and record what I had. The tracks aren't called out on the label, so I went online to find a scan of the cover so I could tag everything, and that's where the trouble started. The scan I found didn't match up with the tracks I had. Looking closely, I noticed that my label had an RCA pressing code, and the online version I found had a Columbia number. It even listed some different artists that weren't shown on my label! (Right at the moment I can't find the link to the scans I found online. Must have been eBay and I wasn't smart enough to save them. I do remember it was in horrible shape with a large chunk of one corner gone. That's probably why I didn't go ahead and purchase it. I don't believe this shows up on Discogs at all.) I think the only names that showed up on both recordings were Basil Rathbone and David Randolph. I did my best to properly tag all the tracks, but there was at least one I couldn't put a name to, and some of the others are educated guesses based on listening a few time. If anybody out there can contribute something to help me understand what may be going on here, I'd appreciate it. About all I can think of is that there was a later re-release, and they had to use some different tracks to replace things they could no longer license. Anyhow, this is
The Christmas Story In Carols (Westminster WP 6034 (H8-OP-8072/-8073), Mono, 1956). (
Looks like I forgot to look up some of those Bible verses from the Basil Rathbone bits. I'll see if I can't find those soon. Fixed it. Looked 'em all up online.)
1.
Cathedral Bellringers, Conducted By Rev. Canon Frederick L. Eckel-O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
2.
Dick Leibert, Organ Of The Byrd Theater In Richmond, Virginia-Adeste Fideles
3.
Gordon Myers, Baritone-O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
4.
Basil Rathbone-Isaiah 40: 1-5
5.
Carl Weinrich, Organ Of Vårfrukyrka In Skänninge, Sweden-Lord, Through Thy Goodness
6.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 1:26-33, 38
7.
Choir Of King's College Chapel, Conducted By Boris Ord-A Virgin Must Pass
8.
Basil Rathbone-Matthew 1:18-23
9.
The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
10.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 2:1, 3-7
11.
The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-What Child Is This?
12.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 2:8-12
13.
Gordon Myers, Baritone The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-Away In A Manger
14.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 2:13-14
15.
The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-The First Noel
16.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 2:15
17.
Choir Of King's College Chapel, Conducted By Boris Ord The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-Shepherds Tell Me
18.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 2:16
19.
Queen's Children's Chorus-Conducted By Carl Koop-Coventry Carol
20.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 2:17-20
21.
Vienna Akademie Kammerchor-Conducted By Günther Theuring Choir Of King's College Chapel, Conducted By Boris Ord-Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary
22.
The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-How Far Is It To Bethlehem?
23.
Basil Rathbone-Matthew 2:1-5, 8-10
24.
The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-We Three Kings
25.
Basil Rathbone-Matthew 2:11
26.
Vienna Akademie Kammerchor-Conducted By Günther Theuring-Silent Night
27.
Basil Rathbone-Luke 2:40
28.
The Randolph Singers-Conducted By David Randolph-Joy To The World
29.
Carl Weinrich, Organ Of Vårfrukyrka In Skänninge, Sweden-
Unknown Praise God, O Christians, All Together (Found a rear cover scan!)
MEGA --New link 19 Dec 18 10: 41 AM EST, fixed track names and artists, included scans I stole from eBay.
Note that some of these tracks are taken from other Westminster records I've shared in the past. Not sure if the tracks on the other version I saw were also taken from other Westminster releases.
UPDATE-I found a scan of the back cover, my back cover, that I can read! I updated some tracks titles and artists above, but I need to update the actual download files. That'll happen tonight.
