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More Christmas 78s--"Christmas Favorites" (Gilmar), Record Pak, "Santa Claus...
DOWNLOAD: More Christmas 78sChester W. Smith's 1901 cornet solo version of The Holy City (still a popular Christmas concert number) was a fun find (from way back), though the 1901 fidelity is very......
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Fran Alexandre--Christmas Everywhere; One Star (Emerald 2025; 1958)
I received a request for this apparently rare single, recorded in 1958 on the Ft. Wayne, Indiana label Emerald, which has four entire singles listed here. 45 RPM Records is a wonderful resource--one...
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Shell's Wonderful World of Christmas, Vol. II--The Longines Symphonette...
The Discogs entry for this set is unusually well detailed (the cover and labels are filled with errors), but... alas, no identification of the singers. (Unless my eyes skipped that data.) And I have...
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Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition--Kay Kyser and His Orch., 1942
I almost forgot what day this is. Good grief. So, here's a great song--one directly related to Dec. 7, 1941--in a brilliant, utterly perfect arrangement. Kay Kyser's band, as far as I know, leaned...
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Christmas organ chorales by Samuel Scheidt and J.S. Bach (Cantate T72 486...
After a little searching, I found the entry for this LP at Discogs, where the A and B sides are flipped. The entry uses "T 72 468 K" as the catalog number, though in every place except the back...
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Christmas Songs (In Chinese)
I previously featured this in 2017--in a Zippyfile upload that long ago expired. This is a much more careful rip, and I think it's a fun listen, even if the selections are the usual holiday...
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Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (You Come Down From the Stars)
DOWNLOAD: Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (Recorded in Italy)(Please see Roberto's comment, in which he provides much background on this record.)Another repost of track that expired long ago at Zippyfile....
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More Christmas singles on the way. No, wait--they're already here.
You know it's going to be great Christmas playlist when the first track is called Memoirs of a Christmas Tree. This narrated number is literally that--an account of the Christmas experience from the...
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A gift from the King of Jingaling--The Shawnee Choir: Tidings of Joy (1975)
For once, I didn't have to do the rips! Brad, the King of Jingaling, donated three ripped-and-scanned LPs to my blog, all by the outstanding Shawnee Choir (of the Shawnee Press, Inc.). He asked if I...
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The One Horse Open Sleigh, 1872-style
This is a 2011 post which I thought I'd re-up. Years back, when I was getting download counts at Box.com, I checked in one day and was stunned to see that more than 1400 downloads had happened! I'm...
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The Union Central Chimes--The Sound of Christmas (1961)
It was inevitable--a chimes LP, here at MY(P)WHAE. Every Christmas blogger ends up in this spot. It is fate. It is preordained, I think the word is. But this thrift gift from Diane has an awesome...
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The Macy Singers: Songs of Christmas (1954)
A cool and unusual cover, and I submit that it's impossible to admire the cool Santa sextet (as it rotates the oblong title section, tooting away) AND notice the song-title typos at the same time....
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Japanese children's choir sings Christmas carols
Eight tracks by a Japanese children's choir. I can't read Kanji, so I have no idea what they're called. I bought this while stationed in Japan from (let's see) 1982-1985. 600 yen--about the price of...
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Bark! The herald canines sing...
Read all about Carl Weismann's Singing Dogs here. The Danish Weismann was an ornithologist who made field recordings of birds--recordings that were often ruined by the sounds of barking dogs. It's...
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Picture sleeve Christmas 78s!
On the way, a longer post of Christmas 78s. But first, here are three cool 78 rpm picture sleeves--and their records! The record labels and sleeves, I scanned--the grooves, I ripped and uploaded....
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2018's Sackfuls (sacks full?) of Christmas--links thereto
Almost-Christmas greetings! While I try to get my main 78 post finished (all the while, hoping that I'm not duplicating anything I've already posted this season), here are links to my two 2018...
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Yet more Christmas 78s! Shep Fields, William Jennings Bryan, Bob Grabeau,...
This post was a slightly long time in preparation, since these are all fresh rips, and because photo fixing-up takes a while. And I seem to be moving more slowly this year. Maybe I've become more...
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Yet more Christmas 78s, Part 2!--David Rose, Art Mooney, Gennett Sound...
I'm still here. I think, anyway. (I think, therefore I'm here.) Three days away from the internet--a situation I handled with unusual maturity (to my surprise), then back home, and with my allergies...
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Happy New Year From Pickwick Sales Corp.!--"Tinker Town Santa Claus,""The...
I thrifted this during my three day internet-withdrawal period, and I apparently got a great deal at 99 cents--it's at Discogs in Poor condition for $56.00 (Can the dealer be serious?), and it doesn't...
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I Don't Believe in Santa Claus/Teddy Bear--The Staffords, Featuring Mark
When I spotted I Don't Believein Santa Claus on eBay, I knew it had to be one of two things: a cute-kid-singing-loudly-and-off-key number or a piece of garage band punk, circa-1967. I was leaning...
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