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SYNOPSIS

The Yule Log is a World Wide Web tribute to an annual televised celebration of the Christmas spirit. The concept of the televised Yule Log is a tradition that originally began in 1966 by New York City's own WPIX-TV.

That famous and glorious 7-minute film loop of that roaring, happy, mesmerizing fire inside that festively decorated mantel piece complimented by the majesty of some of the greatest classic Christmas music ever recorded is indeed the one and only WPIX Yule Log. It has often been imitated, but never duplicated.

Television station WPIX in New York had a thoughtful and insightful General Manager at the time who was quite noble in his own recollections of Christmas. He reflected on all those residents of the city who had never been exposed to the alluring crackle of a Christmas Eve fireplace.

Fred Thrower may not have realized it at that time, but he had just given birth to a Christmastime tradition that touched a generation.

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Here it is, the complete WPIX Yule Log (unofficial) Sountrack.
So just break out the champagne, sit back and enjoy this 4 hour audio special.

Thanks to Chip Arcuri (and the WPIX Yule Log Web Site) for this info and complete track list.

See below.

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TRACK LIST

01 Percy Faith - Joy To The World (instr.)
02 Fred Waring - A Musical Christmas Card
03 Ray Conniff Singers - Sleigh Ride
04 Frank Sinatra - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
05 Andre Kostelanetz - White Christmas (instr.)
06 Mantovani Orchestra - O Holy Night (Instr)
07 Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
08 Nat King Cole - The First Noel
09 Frank DeVol - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Toyland
10 Henry Mancini - Winter Wonderland, Silver Bells
11 Ed Ames - Away In A Manger
12 Living Strings - We Wish You a Merry Christmas, We Three Kings, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, O Holy Night, Silent Night
13 Montovani - O Tannenbaum
14 Hollywood Bowl Orchestra - Carol of the Bells (instr.)
15 Pete King Chorale - Mary's Little Boy Child
16 Frank DeVol - Silent Night, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town of Bethlehem
17 Frank Sinatra - I'll be Home For Christmas
18 Andre Kostelanetz - Sleigh Ride (instr.)
19 Percy Faith - O Come, All Ye Faithful (instr.)
20 Robert Shaw Chorale - O Come All Ye Faithful
21 Paul Mauriat - Jingle Bells (instr.)
22 Singing Angels - Christmas Is Christmas All Over The World
23 Robert Shaw Chorale - Angels We Have Heard on High
24 Ray Charles Singers - Here We Come A Caroling
25 Percy Faith - Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus)
26 Eugene Ormandy & Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
27 Pete King Chorale - My Favorite Things
28 The Living Strings - Deck The Halls - It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
29 Ray Charles Singers - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
30 Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians - The Twelve Days Of Christmas
31 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - I Saw Three Ships
32 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
33 Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra - Winter Wonderland
34 Robert Shaw Singers - Away in a Manger
35 Eugene Ormandy & Philadelphia Orchestra - Silent Night
36 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Deck the Hall with Boughs of H
37 David Rose - The Christmas Waltz (instr.)
38 Ray Conniff Singers- Santa Claus Is Comining To Town
39 Norman Luboff Choir - Deck The Halls
40 Eugene Ormandy & Philadelphia Orchestra - Good King Wenceslas (instr.)
41 Henry Mancini - Frosty The Snowman, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
42 Al Hirt - What Child Is This, Oh Little Town of Bethelehem, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (instr.)
43 Ray Conniff Singers - Jingle Bells
44 Percy Faith - Do You Hear What I Hear (instr.)
45 Ed Ames - Do You Hear What I Hear
46 Henry Mancini - White Christmas
47 Percy Faith - Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella (instr.)
48 David Rose - The Christmas Tree
49 The Living Strings - Medley.. O Come All Ye Faithful, Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem, Coventry Carol, Away In A Manger
50 Percy Faith - Have Yourself A Merry Little C
51 Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
52 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming-O
53 The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra - O Tannenbaum
54 Ray Conniff Singers - Greensleeves (What Child Is This_)
55 Mantovani - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Instr)
56 Roger Williams - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
57 Roger Williams - Silent Night
58 Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (instr.)
59 Norman Luboff Choir - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
60 Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (instr.)
61 Andre Kostelanetz - We Three Kings
62 Montovani - Christmas Bells (instr.)
63 Lena Horne - Silent Night
64 Eugene Ormandy & Philadelphia Orchestra - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
65 David Rose - Medley.. Deck The Halls, The First Noel, Joy To The World
66 George Melachrino Strings - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (instr.)
67 Nat King Cole - Oh Holy Night
68 Eddie Dunstedter - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (instr.)
69 Henry Mancini - Carol For Another Christmas (instr.)
70 Percy Faith - Joy To The World (instr.)
71 Mantovani Orchestra - Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
72 Ray Conniff Singers - Deck the Hall With Boughs of Holly
73 Bert Kaempfert - Holiday For Bells
74 Mitch Miller - Must Be Santa
75 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Good King Wenceslas
76 New Christy Minstrels - Sleigh Ride
77 Harry Simeone Chorale - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
78 Bing Crosby - A Time To Be Jolly
79 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Away in a Manger
80 Sammy Kaye - Santa, Santa, Santa Claus
81 Vic Damone - Deck The Halls
82 Bert Kaempfert - Children's Christmas Dream
83 Ray Conniff Singers - Medley Jolly Old St. Nicholas; The Little Drummer Boy
84 New Christy Minstrels - Here We Come a-Caroling
85 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Angels We Have Heard on High
86 Living Voices - Be A Santa
87 Ray Conniff Singers - Joy To The World
88 Johnny Mathis - O Holy Night
89 Sammy Kaye - All Around the Christmas Tree
90 Mike Douglas - Touch Hands On Christmas Morning
91 Harry Simeone Choral - Christmas Is
92 Bert Kaempfert - Jingo Jango
93 Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Thanks for this! A nice collection indeed!

Amazing! 4 hours of classic easy listening Christmas delight! Thank you very much!

Is this download available anywhere?

Here's a new link.
Merry Christmas!

see below

Thanks, but that link says file does not exist as well.

Thanks, but that link says file does not exist as well.

Same here.

I updated the link.
Try it now.
see below

New links, just in time for the Christmas season. You'll need to download all 3 parts.
see below

thank you so much for this spetragl!

I'm in UK. Is anyone able to record the WPIX Yule Log broadcast for me (pref in HD?)
I'll pay costs. Please PM me.

Thanks

See if you can receive "The Antenna TV" channel on Cable.
National television coverage for the Original WPIX YULE LOG on Cable TV:

THE ANTENNA TV NETWORK

DECEMBER 25, 2013

5AM-9AM (EST) ~ 4AM-8AM (CST) ~ 3AM-7AM (MST) ~ 2AM-6AM (PST)

Thanks for your response. I live in Britain so we don't get Antenna TV.

I did some further checking. "Antenna TV" is on Satellite; can you pick it up that way?

Also, these affiliates maybe available to you (all in Local Time USA):
New York/WPIX ~ 9am-1pm
Philadelphia/WPHL ~ 8am-12pm
Washington, D.C./WDCW ~ 9am-11am
Seattle/KCPQ ~ 4am-10am
Seattle/KZJO ~ 9am-11am
Miami/WSFL ~ 6am-10am
Sacramento/KTXL ~ 4:30am-9am
St. Louis/KPLR ~ 5am-9am
Indianapolis/WXIN ~ 6am-10am
Grand Rapids/WXMI ~ 5am-9am
Harrisburg/WPMT ~ 5am-10am
New Orleans/WGNO ~ 5am-9am
Chicago/WGN ~ 2am-6am
Portland/KRCW 6am-10am
Denver/KWGN ~ 5am-10am

(As a special bonus, KWGN in Denver will also air the Yule Log on Christmas Eve 9am-10am!)

Growing up, it wasn't really Christmas, until The Yule Log was on!!! Many thanks!!

New links for the Holiday Season.
see below

Thank You.
Anyone have the theme for :The Late Late Late show" from the New York area that used to play back in the late 70s.

Thank You.
Anyone have the theme for :The Late Late Late show" from the New York area that used to play back in the late 70s.
The only copy I have is a remake (in stereo) from Television's Greatest Hits VOl. 1 => Zippyshare.com - 65 - The Late Late Show (Syncopated Clock) (remake).mp3 (http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/85527476/file.html)

Hey Spertagl, thanks for the upload. However that wasn't the late night show opening i was thinking of. The one i was trying to think of has an all animated sequence with different characters silhouetted, Charles Chaplin walking away from the camera, some western horsemen riding and shooting, a couple that kiss all with dots flashing around a theater marque. Any ideas? Been looking for it on Youtube, no luck so far.

I've re-upped the soundtrack and updated the links above in #17,
in case you want to follow the "Log" live.

Also,
I want to thank Chip Acuri for providing a new digitzed (and cleaned up) version of the Singing Angels: "Christmas Is Christmas All Over The World"; it's perfect.

Merry Christmas to all my friends out there.
And a glorious and prosperous New Year!


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Where to Watch the Original Yule Log on TV 2014 (all times listed, except Antenna TV, are local times for the given area):

All airings are on Dec. 25, 2014, in local time zones unless otherwise specified.

WPIX/New York – 9am-1pm
WGN/Chicago – 1:30am-6am
KPLR/St. Louis – 4am-8am
WXIN/Indianapolis – 5am-9am
WCCT/Hartford – 5am-9am
WHNT.2/Huntsville — 4am-8am
WGNT/Virginia — 3am-7am
WTVR.2/Richmond — 5am-9am
KXNW/Arkansas — 4am-6am
WNEP.2/Scranton — 5am-9am
WPHL/Philadelphia – 8am-11am
WDCW/Washington, DC – 9am-11am
KCPQ/Seattle – 4am-10am
KZJO/Seattle – 9am-11am
WSFL/Miami – 6am-10am
KWGN/Denver – 5am-9am
KTXL/Sacramento – 1am-6am, 6:30am-9am
KRCW/Portland – 6am-10am
KSTU/Salt Lake City – 4:30am-7am
WXMI/Grand Rapids – 5am-6am, 9am-10am
Antenna TV — 5am-9am ET

The WPIX Yule Log will also be live-streamed on PIX11.com Dec. 24 from 6pm-10pm ET, and Dec. 25 from 9am-1pm and 6pm-10pm ET.

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*UPDATE* Here's a belated Christmas present.
I've upgraded the "WPIX Yule Log"; Now all tracks are 320 kbps quality.
Happy New Year!

Thanks for taking the time to make this, spetragl!

I know someone who will really appreciate this next year.

Thank you! Music to listen to during the Christmas season!

Thank You!!!! Brings back a lot of memories

Nice work!
Thanks a lot Spetragl!

Just in time for the holiday season, all songs have been upgraded to 320 kbps MP3.
Please download all of these links.
see below

Here's new links; please download all 3.
see below

see below

Thank you, thank you spetragl! This collection will keep me in good stead over the next few weeks. I don't have cable anymore, but a couple of my own WPIX staples were Star Trek original series reruns and the Fourth of July Twilight Zone marathon.

I also recall that when video games were coming to prominence, the station would give a prize to the lucky caller who could score high enough at playing a game on the air. To take an action in the game, the caller had to say, "PIX!"

Do you remember Jerry Carroll from WPIX-FM ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BWMK-t1O84

Somehow the Crazy Eddie commercials only barely ring a bell, maybe because I didn't get cable at home until 1988. Years before that I'd watch at my grandma's house.

I do recall the animation mentioned by ArcadiaSSX999, though, and plan to keep an eye peeled for that.


the late night show opening i was thinking of [...] has an all animated sequence with different characters silhouetted, Charles Chaplin walking away from the camera, some western horsemen riding and shooting, a couple that kiss all with dots flashing around a theater marque.

Thanks for the great share!

Re-upped:
https://www103.zippyshare.com/v/Vf3Rr2Zv/file.html
https://www103.zippyshare.com/v/BmFnsSvX/file.html

Thank you! What wonderful memories this will evoke!;)