Time for another installment of Christmas In July, the extra late in the month edition. Took me a while to get started this month, but I hope you think it's worth the wait. Here's another good batch of Songs for your Christmas Enjoyment.
1. Oh Come All Ye Faithful by The Adult Choir Of The Congregational Church Of Manhasset, New York, Ministry Of Music-Robley And Jean Lawson from Sacred Music (No Label, G8-OP-8168/8169, Mono, 1956). This was the sorta homemade record that I tried to avoid this year, but I still wound up with a few of them. Interesting enough as an artifact, but not the most exciting track I'll share this month. Now, if someone from this church were to show up here, then it gets interesting.
2. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers by The New York Percussion Trio-Murry Solomon, Guest Bass-Ray Wright, Conductor & Arranger from Holidays For Percussion (Vox ST-VX 25.740, Stereo, 1958). Now this is more like what I wanted to showcase this year. This is the stuff!
3. Sledd Ridin' by Mike Auldridge & 'Old Dog' from Mike Auldridge & 'Old Dog' (Flying Fish FF 054, Stereo, 1978). Turns out one of the composer's names is Sledd, so it's not as seasonal as I thought it might be, but it's still good.
4. Snowfall by George Barnes & Carl Kress from Town Hall Concert (United Artists UAL 3335, Mono, 1963). A live version from a couple of guitar virtuosos.
5. Winter Wonderland by Pete King, His Orchestra & Chorus from Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies Of 1967-31st Edition (Dot SLP 25757, Stereo, 1967). This is the stereo version of a rare LP by Pete King that I first shared with you many years ago. Discogs is a great resource sometimes. Pretty sure I took this out out of the shrink wrap.
6. Hawaii Five-0/Greensleeves by The Yokohama Knights from Yokohama Knights (Eye/GRT GRT-10002, Stereo, 1969). How can you go wrong with this? Christmas music meets Hawaii 5-0!!
7. A Seasonal Sonatina-Winter (Excerpt) by Ceil Cabot With Stan Keen And Gordon Connell At The Plural Pianos from Demi-Dozen (Offbeat Records O-4015 "Upstair At The Downstairs, Julius Monk", Mono, 1959). A bit of a rarity from a series of soundtracks to the off-Broadway shows put on by Julius Monk for a while in NYC. I've come across quite a few of these now.
And that's it for now. Stay tuned, I promise there's more.
