[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[Taylor Bowie]

Funny thing about that Whiteman Christmas medley on Columbia.  With all that 
time and the nice studio and the expensive orchestra etc.  the record isn't 
as good as the Art Payne Gennett of Jingle Bells which was most likely a 
one- or two-take deal.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs


> Yes....and Bix is in the ork on it too!  I seem to remember reading in the
> Sudhalter book about what a tedious affair its recording was.  One 
> anecdote
> (IIRC) was where someone in the brass section simulated a horse whinny 
> when
> one of the numerous takes broke down.
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Steven C. Barr 
> <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:
>
>> I have an extremely unusual Christmas record...! It is a 12" Columbia,
>> "potato-head"
>> label, Paul Whiteman record...one side of which is a medley of Christmas
>> somgs...!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>>
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