Retro Hound » Christmas http://www.retrohound.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:52:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.retrohound.com http://www.retrohound.com/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/favicon.ico Retro Hound Robert Rheims Christmas Single that’s Red http://www.retrohound.com/robert-rheims-christmas-single-thats-red/ http://www.retrohound.com/robert-rheims-christmas-single-thats-red/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:53:16 +0000 Robert Lindsey http://www.retrohound.com/?p=2343 Robert Rheims “Merry Christmas Carols,” Organ and Chimes, no. 200 E. P. Made from red vinylite. Find a rip here. I’ve got a much later »»]]> RhiemsChristmas(1)
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Robert Rheims “Merry Christmas Carols,” Organ and Chimes, no. 200 E. P. Made from red vinylite. Find a rip here. I’ve got a much later album posted also.

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Two more RCA singles with paper sleeves. Both are from the band Alabama.

Christmas in Dixie, RCA 5051-7-R, 1982 original release date, but I think this one is 1985. RCA Gold Standard Series cover, BMG.

The Cheap Seats b/w We Can’t Love Like This Anymore. RCA 62897-7, 1994. RCA Records Label, Nashville, BMG.

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]]> http://www.retrohound.com/alabama-45s-with-rca-sleeves/feed/ 0 The Story of Snoopy’s Christmas http://www.retrohound.com/the-story-of-snoopys-christmas/ http://www.retrohound.com/the-story-of-snoopys-christmas/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:37:49 +0000 Robert Lindsey http://www.retrohound.com/?p=2152 Oops, a little late with this one. The Story of Snoopy’s Christmas, and Other Favourite Children’s Songs., Arc, AC 21. 1968. Did they misspell »»]]> Snoopy Christmas Record (1)
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Oops, a little late with this one. The Story of Snoopy’s Christmas, and Other Favourite Children’s Songs., Arc, AC 21. 1968. Did they misspell favorite? As beat up as the cover is, the vinyl still looks great.


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Robert Rheims, Christmas Organ and Chimes, United Artists, UA-LA351-E2, Don’t know what year, but I’m guessing 1980s from the label, UA logo, and such. “A Holiday Season Two-Record Set”

I love the Victorian Christmas card/postcard look of the cover. There is a zip of some of Rheims’ music (not this exact album) over at Christmas Forever.

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Bing Crosby, Merry Christmas, MCA-15024 (formerly MCA-167). Originally, 1945, this version is late enough to have a bar code on it, but old enough to have gunk in the bottom corner. It was also released on Decca, probably that was the original label. I can’t imagine that holly bow tie is very comfortable. Don’t look down.

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Read and Hear Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. A Little Golden Book and a special Golden Record. 00178. 1958. Richard Scarry illustrations.

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]]> http://www.retrohound.com/read-and-hear-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-little-golden-book/feed/ 3 The Small One – Disneyland Book and Record http://www.retrohound.com/the-small-one-disneyland-book-and-record/ http://www.retrohound.com/the-small-one-disneyland-book-and-record/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:49:39 +0000 Robert Lindsey http://www.retrohound.com/?p=1905 The Small One, Disneyland Records, Storyteller 3820. 1978. Songs and dialog from the original motion picture. I’ve never heard of this Disney movie.

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The Small One, Disneyland Records, Storyteller 3820. 1978. Songs and dialog from the original motion picture. I’ve never heard of this Disney movie.

The story is about this little donkey that his owner’s son loves. He is too small to do the work, so they have to sell him. The boy tries to find someone special to sell the donkey too. He can do great things even though he is small, you know. So, guess what he does? This small donkey carries a pregnant girl named Mary to Bethlehem. That’s right, Jesus’ mother.

Now, do you think Disney would have ANYTHING to do with the real Christmas story today? No way. Just touchy-feely, New-Agey, we-are-one-with-the-animals stuff. This album and book (12 pages!) is a look back at a different time, just 30 years ago.

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Ray Charles, The Spirit of Christmas. Columbia 1985. I mentioned this one in my last post, but I’m not as impressed as I’d hoped. It’s too much 80s synthesizer.

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]]> http://www.retrohound.com/ray-charles-the-spirit-of-christmas/feed/ 1 Top 10 Christmas Song Performances of All-Time (well, this year anyway) http://www.retrohound.com/top-10-christmas-song-performances-of-all-time-well-this-year-anyway/ http://www.retrohound.com/top-10-christmas-song-performances-of-all-time-well-this-year-anyway/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:43:09 +0000 Robert Lindsey http://www.retrohound.com/?p=1880 »»]]> J. C. Loophole over at The Shelf has invited me to a theme. Actually a meme, but I hate the word “meme.” I’m not fond of “blog” either, but I do like “blogosphere.” Anyway, Loophole liked my “wealth of music knowledge and collection,” and invited me to list my 10 favorite Christmas performances. I always have trouble with these lists because I want to add more than what’s called for. However, I’ll try to keep it down to 10 or 11 and mention some others that won’t fit on the list. (insert smiley face here) I also worry endlessly about what I’m forgetting.

A few that will be on my list next year I’m betting: Ray Charles, I just picked up a Ray Charles The Spirit of Christmas, but haven’t listened to it yet. And Brian Setzer, I don’t have this CD yet, but anything Brian Setzer does is excellent. Harry Connick Jr., which every time I hear his Christmas album I think “We need to get that,” but just haven’t done it yet.

1. Adam Again – Angels We Have Heard on High. If you like moody, mellow tunes, you’ve got to listen to this. It’s from a CD called The Broken Christmas from Broken Records, 1988. Adam Again is one of the best bands of the 1980s. Check them out. Here’s the MP3, but it’s 8.4 MB. I have no idea why it copied so large, I had it set to the smallest size my ripper will rip an MP3. Angels We Have Heard on High.

2. Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song. “Chestnuts roasting over an open fire…” when sung by the smooth Nat King Cole, it’s the perfect intro into the Christmas season. It’s the first song on the first album I play every year while putting up the tree.

3. Elvis – Santa Claus is Back in Town and Blue Christmas. If you haven’t seen Elvis’ ‘68 Comeback Special, you are missing out on what made Elvis such a huge presence in American Culture. And here he delivers two great Christmas tunes.

4. Burl Ives – not Rudolph, but Holly Jolly Christmas. Especially while he’s a snowman at the North Pole.

5. Pearl Bailey – Five Pound Box of Money. The mischievous joy in her voice makes this song one of my wife’s all time favorites. Here’s the MP3. Hipsters’ Holiday: Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics

6. U2 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). U2 can do no wrong. Well, they probably CAN, they just haven’t. This is from the Very Special Christmas album from 1987. Also on this album is Stevie Nicks singing Silent Night, but she leaves out the part about the Christ Child, which is the whole reason for Christmas, so that eliminated her from this list.

7. Chuck Berry – Run, Run Rudolph. This one has been a staple for as long as I can remember.

8. Louis Armstrong – Cool Yule. MP3 here. Hipsters’ Holiday: Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics

9. Billy Squier – Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You. Don’t like it? Make your own list. This vid is from when MTV was good. I bet you can google “when MTV was good” and get a zillion hits.

10. Thurl Ravenscroft – You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch. A classic.

Now I’m going to tag 5 people with the understanding that if they take up the challenge, they will do the standard meme courtesy and link back to the originator of the meme, The Shelf, and link back to me. Let’s see what Gilligan at Retrospace, Chris at Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches, Keith at Coolness is Timeless, Amy at I Love Retro Things, and Dad at Dads Dish Retro Blog do with this. Anyone else can do it too, just drop a note in the comments.

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