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12-05-2015, 08:42 AM
Warner Bros Stars & Radio City Music Hall Christmas Cast Recordings (2011 Vinyl Restorations MP3 256 kbps)
Warner Bros Stars "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" came out in 1959, and features the stars from then-current TV shows
produced by Warner Brothers, including Dorothy Provine. It was transferred (unfortunately not by me) from a fairly decent Stereo LP onto reel tape
which I have then cleaned up further using Sony's DSD process. WB stereo pressings from this period often suffered from crackling new right out of
the sleeve and the large amounts of reverberation used also caused some sibilance issues. These have been minimised as much as possible.
A year earlier one of the first RCA "Living Stereo" releases was a cast recording from that year's Radio City Musical Hall Christmas Show.
Curiously the only non Christmas song incorporated into the score is then new "Chances Are". This LP was in very good condition for a 50+ year old LP
and the glorious analog early stereo is a wonder to hear even today.
Both of these recordings have been out of print for nearly 50 years and to my knowledge have never been released on CD.
Happy listening and Happy Holidays to all.
WARNER BROS STARS: WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
https://www.sendspace.com/file/08urzw
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL CHRISTMAS SHOW
https://www.sendspace.com/file/znpbc6
The two albums are in separate download files but are programmed to fit on a single CD if desired.
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
1. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. - Adeste Fideles
2. Warner Bros. Stars - Deck The Halls
3. Connie Stevens - Away In A Manger
4. Edward Byrnes - Yulesville
5. Peter Brown - Winter Wonderland
6. Ray Danton - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
7. Poncie Ponce - Mele Kalikimaka
8. Eddie Cole - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
9. Bob Conrad - White Christmas
10. Dorothy Provine - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
11. Clint Walker - Silver Bells ~
12. Roger Moore - Once In Royal David's City
13. Warner Bros. Male Chorus - Star Carol
14. Ty Hardin - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
15. Warner Bros. Stars - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
16. THE NATIVITY: Silent Night, Cantique de Noel, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Adeste Fideles
17. INTERLUDE: Joy to the World, Sleigh Ride, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
18. CINDERELLA BALLET composed by Eric Coates
19. CHRISTMAS ORGAN MEDLEY: Deck the Halls, Good King Wenceslas,
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Under Christmas Mistletoe, The First Noel
20. COMMERCIAL CAROLEERS: Chances Are
21. RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL ROCKETTES:
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Merry Christmas Waltz, Picnic for Strings
22. FINALE: Chances Are (reprise)
Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra and Choral Ensemble
Richard Leibert at the Grand Organ
Warner Bros Stars "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" came out in 1959, and features the stars from then-current TV shows
produced by Warner Brothers, including Dorothy Provine. It was transferred (unfortunately not by me) from a fairly decent Stereo LP onto reel tape
which I have then cleaned up further using Sony's DSD process. WB stereo pressings from this period often suffered from crackling new right out of
the sleeve and the large amounts of reverberation used also caused some sibilance issues. These have been minimised as much as possible.
A year earlier one of the first RCA "Living Stereo" releases was a cast recording from that year's Radio City Musical Hall Christmas Show.
Curiously the only non Christmas song incorporated into the score is then new "Chances Are". This LP was in very good condition for a 50+ year old LP
and the glorious analog early stereo is a wonder to hear even today.
Both of these recordings have been out of print for nearly 50 years and to my knowledge have never been released on CD.
Happy listening and Happy Holidays to all.
WARNER BROS STARS: WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
https://www.sendspace.com/file/08urzw
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL CHRISTMAS SHOW
https://www.sendspace.com/file/znpbc6
The two albums are in separate download files but are programmed to fit on a single CD if desired.
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
1. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. - Adeste Fideles
2. Warner Bros. Stars - Deck The Halls
3. Connie Stevens - Away In A Manger
4. Edward Byrnes - Yulesville
5. Peter Brown - Winter Wonderland
6. Ray Danton - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
7. Poncie Ponce - Mele Kalikimaka
8. Eddie Cole - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
9. Bob Conrad - White Christmas
10. Dorothy Provine - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
11. Clint Walker - Silver Bells ~
12. Roger Moore - Once In Royal David's City
13. Warner Bros. Male Chorus - Star Carol
14. Ty Hardin - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
15. Warner Bros. Stars - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
16. THE NATIVITY: Silent Night, Cantique de Noel, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Adeste Fideles
17. INTERLUDE: Joy to the World, Sleigh Ride, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
18. CINDERELLA BALLET composed by Eric Coates
19. CHRISTMAS ORGAN MEDLEY: Deck the Halls, Good King Wenceslas,
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Under Christmas Mistletoe, The First Noel
20. COMMERCIAL CAROLEERS: Chances Are
21. RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL ROCKETTES:
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Merry Christmas Waltz, Picnic for Strings
22. FINALE: Chances Are (reprise)
Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra and Choral Ensemble
Richard Leibert at the Grand Organ