[78-L] White Christmas

[David Lennick]

I wasn't aware of that set. Presume it includes the disc that was sold only as 
a premium to raise money for the St. Columban Missionary Society (Silent 
Night/Adeste Fidelis + Lift Up your Hearts + Stabat Mater)? Interestingly, one 
of those sides has a MacGregor matrix number (B-2078) while the other has a 
Decca (DLA 97-A).

I knew there were two takes of White Christmas done in 1942 but didn't know (or 
forgot) why the A- take hadn't been used. Bing had a habit of dropping his 
voice almost to inaudibility on occasion as far back as 1928 ("so lock the 
doors and call me ---- 'cause you took advantage of me").

Does it have the "Jingle Bells" breakup version? That's on another 2-C D set, 
the compleat Bing/Andrews Sisters sides.

dl

On 1/1/2011 8:31 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I assume most posters are aware of the 2CD set put out a couple of years ago
> which contains every Bing Crosby Christmas single. There are several recordings
> of Silent Night and Adeste Fideles, including an excellent remastering of the
> first coupling of these two from the '30s, (the first release of these since
> they were first on the market).  It has, I think, 4 recordings of White
> Christmas and the 1942 recording is in very poor shape - I'm sure anyone could
> get a better copy of it just by copying a 78 in good shape.  This set also
> includes the alternate take from the 1942 session and the only glaring problem
> is in the last line:  "and may all  ----- (word not audible)  Christmases be
> white".
>
> db
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