[78-L] First take of White Christmas

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

I don't know about the 1941 version, but I have  Bing's 1943 version of 
White Christmas from the "Screen Guild Th - Holiday Inn" (January 11, 
1943).
  On LP: Spokane 15.

BC
Le 26 déc. 08, à 07:39, <kil at roadrunner.com> a écrit :

>
>
>> ---- David Weiner wrote:
>>> The Decca/MCA 2-CD set, "BING CROSBY The Voice of Christmas: The 
>>> Complete
>>> Decca Christmas Songbook" has EVERY version of "White Christmas" by 
>>> Bing -
>>> the issued and unissued 1942 takes, the 1947 take and the version 
>>> from the
>>> WHITE CHRISTMAS movie album.
>>>
>> But missing is the soundtrack duet version from "Holiday Inn", right?
>> RayK
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Of course - that wasn't recorded for Decca, but for Paramount Studios 
>> - the
>> soundtrack version, from an original studio 78 disc, is on a CD I 
>> worked on,
>> "Holiday Inn/Blue Skies" on Vintage Jazz Classics.  We had a nearly 
>> complete
>> set of Paramount discs for both Crosby/Astaire films that were newly
>> transferred for this 1993 CD. It's out of print, but copies are 
>> available at
>> Amazon starting at $3.40.  Well worthwhile.
>>
>> Dave W.
>>
> Great.  Thanks David.
> Now for originality sake, does anyone out there have or know of a 
> source for the 1941 version of WHITE CHRISTMAS from Kraft Music Hall 
> radio show, as cited by Bertrand earlier?
>
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