[78-L] Xmas Music

[Taylor Bowie]

Thanks for the info,  David.  Of course I know that movie soundtracks were 
not issued to the public in the 40s,  but many of them are available to the 
public today and I have heard them on sound systems in public places.

I have to admit that I never played the record in the album set and had 
somehow always assumed that it was the same as the one we hear all the time 
on the radio every Christmas.

I met a woman here in Seattle some years ago named Margaret Lenhardt (sp?) 
who either dubbed for Reynolds in the movie,  or is on the Decca 
album...anyone have the right info on that?

It's early Christmas Day here in Seattle,  and so far no more snow...sorry, 
Bing!

Taylor B



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Xmas Music


>A Decca record, originally in the "Holiday Inn" album. Soundtracks weren't
> being issued at this time..if they had been, you'd have heard Marjorie 
> Reynolds
> (or was it Martha Mears dubbing?) singing harmony. I see Mike Biel has 
> just
> responded to this without explaining why it was rerecorded. This was one 
> of the
> last recordings Decca made before the AFM ban, and before they began 
> recording
> masters on 33RPM discs which could be dubbed to 78 masters for new 
> pressings.
> The original one was a huge hit and the parts just wore out!
>
> There have been a few reissues claiming to have the "original" but which 
> in
> fact used the remake (I think the "Bing's Hollywood" series had this 
> problem).
>
> dl
>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> David,  Is the 1942 version from the movie soundtrack or was it also a 
>> Decca
>> record?
>>
>> I was told by his nephew that John Scott Trotter never received a dime of
>> royalties for the Crosby record or for his arrangement...but he and 
>> Crosby
>> still remained friends ever after!
>>
>> Taylor B
>>
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