[78-L] Favorite out-of-print Xmas music?

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

The LP you're looking for (no CD re-issue) is "GREETINGS FROM 
HOLLYWOOD" A.E.I. 2121

Contents as follows (from the Web):


Side One: The Week Before Christmas
1-1  Greetings From Shirley Temple
1-2  Christmas Comes But Once A Year…Jimmy Durante
1-3  Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas…Judy Garland
1-4  Judy’s Wartime Message
1-5  Alone…Bebe Daniels
1-6  Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus…Margaret O’Brien
1-7  O Holy Night…Robert Merrill
1-8  Christmas Eve with Joan Crawford
1-9  Ave Maria…Deanna Durbin
1-10 Chanson De Noël…Edith Piaf
1-11 O Come All Ye Faithful…Judy Garland
1-12 Touch Hands…Tallulah Bankhead

Side Two: The Week Before New Year’s Eve
2-1  Limehouse Blues…Gertrude Lawrence
2-2  The Bold Fisherman…Humphrey Bogart
2-3  Florence Desmond’s Impressions Of Hollywood
2-4  Baby, It’s Cold Outside…Charles Laughton & Elsa Lanchester
2-5  Let’s Say Hello To The Ladies…Walter Huston
2-6  The Glow-Worm…Eileen Carlisle & Spike Jones
2-7  Those Wonderful People…Gloria Swanson
2-8  Three Little Fishes…Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce & C. Aubrey 
Smith
2-9  You’re The Top…Cole Porter
2-10/11  Auld Lang Syne and Greetings from Tallulah Bankhead

Le 12 déc. 08, à 18:40, Tom a écrit :

>
> Since it's the season, I was wondering if others on here have favorite 
> Xmas tunes that fall into the hard-to-find or out-of-print categories.
>  
> Much (probably most) of the really extraordinary recordings of Xmas 
> music have found their way to digital formats and are available on 
> CDs. However, there's one 33 rpm LP I have that's never been digitized 
> (as far as I can tell) which has some truly remarkable analog 
> recordings on it from the WW II era including "O Holy Night" by Robert 
> Merrill (an earlier and better recording of this carol than the 
> version you can now find on CD by Merrill); "Isn't It A Shame That 
> Christmas Comes But Once A Year" by Jimmy Durante; and "Il Est Ne, Le 
> Divin Enfant" by Edith Piaf.
>  
> I think the title to the LP is something like "Christmas Greetings 
> from Hollywood" for those interested in tracking it down elsewhere 
> (I'm moving now and it's packed somewhere or I'd have it handy).
>  
> Thanks for your feedback and Merry Christmas to All!
>  
> Tom
>  
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