From my 12" 78 rpm copy. Cool sound effects. Unlike later recordings of this type, these Gilbert Girard-narrated sides don't feature a traditional narration; instead, they're made to sound like real-time audio documents. An odd but charming approach. Now, in case you want these two files to sound more like the Internet norm, simply load them into audio software and max the noise filter until you've got the proper metallic, gurgly, sonar-return effect. I'm always thrilled when someone swipes my shellac rips and destroys them in that manner, and I'm perfectly okay with the lack of credit, since I wouldn't want my name anyplace near the results. Merry Christmas!
To the descriptive specialties with imitations:
Santa Claus Talks About His Toy Shop (Girard)--Gilbert Girard (Victor 35679; 1918)
Santa Claus Gives Away His Toys (Girard)--Same.
Lee
4 comments:
Lee, on behalf of all your appreciative readers, and all the sincere enjoyers of the your music, allow me to apologize for those uncreative lowlifes who snatch and grab those fine, all-but-unheard songs and tunes, and mangle them and claim them as their own. They do your labor and love no credit... so it is indeed fortunate that they give you no credit, either.
The best of summer days will have the occasional mosquito, and the sweetest winter evening will still give us Jack Frost nipping at our noses. But we forget the mosquitos and occasional frostbite, and enjoy the richness they fail to mar.
Peace on Earth (and beyond), and goodwill to you, kind sir!
Seasonally,
Michael / Maryland USA
I'd love it best if they didn't destroy the sound! Anyway, exact same wishes back to you. Hope you had a great Christmas!
I don't know much about this Gilbert Girard, but I know he made a boatload of these types of records in the early decades of last century. If I had just all of the Christmas ones he released, I think it would be a full albums worth of tracks!
I noticed that when I Googled him!
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