[78-L] Christmas Music

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> My favourite Christmas records from the 78 era are Cote's set "Carols of 
> the English Yuletide" and "Jingle Bells Fantasy" by, (I think), Rosario 
> Bourdon. I don't say this based on any artistic merit, although I don't 
> have any problem with them from that perspective, it's just that these 
> were the records which were around when I was a child and many of the 
> carols in the set are rarely if ever performed today and the Jingle Bells 
> Fantasy is also unique. Now that I'm thinking about Christmas records I 
> had as a child, the only version of "Cradle Song of the Virgin" I've ever 
> heard is the one by Dick Haymes, although it was written by Frank Luther 
> so perhaps he also recorded it.
>
Back when I was but a children, we used to play a Decca 78 album
each Christmas Eve...
IIRC, it was Ronald Colman and MAY have been the Scrooge saga! Wotever it
was/is, I still own the album, though I no longer play it annually...!

...stevenc