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'Twas the Night Before Christmas--The Mistletoe Singers

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Kind of a nice cover for such a cheap LP.  The "Mistletoe Singers" is a fake name for whoever and whatever the label (Tinkerbell) could dig up for this effort, and, to my genuine surprise, the album's a pretty fun mix of frequently-released old stuff (a number of Perry Como sound-alike Johnny Cole/Kay sides from the Johnny Cole Wishing You a Merry Christmas LP on Crown CST-165, 1959), and newly-recorded stuff.  From the sound of the newer stuff, I'd deem this LP a 1970s relic.  No date at Discogs.

"A Favor for the Little Christmas Tree" may be my favorite track: "Now there's something I'd like you to do that will make it all worthwhile: When the holidays come to an end, don't toss me any-old-where.  Instead please plant me once again, 'cause burning me pollutes the air."  It's different.

The usual cobbled-together holiday cheapie, but somehow cooler than most of its type.  Oh, and despite the presence of old Crown material, the company is SPC (Synthetic Plastics Co.).  The give-away?  A barely legible "Ambassador Record Corp." credit on the back cover.

Oh, and the jacket lists the tracks in the correct order.  This is getting to be a pattern.

Click here to hear: The Mistletoe Singers (Tinkerbell SX 1732)

SLEIGHLIST

'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Every Little Snowflake
Good King Wenceslas (typo on zipfile--"Wesceslas")
Go Tell It On the Mountain
Gather Around the Christmas Tree
The Mostest, Bestest, Merriest Christmas Time
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Shepherd's Carol
I Wonder as I Wander
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
A Favor for the Little Christmas Tree
Cantique de Noel

Lee

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