Parade Christmas Sampler

 

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Well, if I have to check online to see my comments, no problem.  Meanwhile, in addition to sending me that weird message (that I had somehow, in some neighboring multiverse, disabled comment moderation) and the accountably revised Comments Setting page, the post search feature isn't even working!  When Blogger goes belly up, it sets new standards.

By/on request, Parade's Christmas Sampler, a collection which ironically (and vividly) offers, more than anything else, a sampling of SPC's policy of ineptitude.  I mean, what can we say about a sampler that doesn't even identify the performers, beyond showing some album jackets on the front?  Is the goal to promote SPC's stable of artists by not naming them?  All told, this promo item is a splendid example of standard rack-jobber inattention to detail.  Worker #3: "This isn't ready for release."  SPC supervisor: "Don't worry about it.  Just get this to the racks."

I didn't go to the trouble of guessing the artists, save for Perry Como-soundalike Johnny Kay, who was re-re-re-re-released for something close to eternity across both SPC and other budget lines (in any word-association exercise, "Johnny Kay" would have to be answered with, "Shameless recycling."  If Johnny's contract called for a check every time his material was reused (and fake-stereo-ized, retitled, reattributed, etc.), he'd have been one wealthy person.  But, somehow, I doubt this...

So, cute concept.  With an artist listing, this might have more closely resembled an actual LP.  "Come, check out these tracks.  But we're not about to disclose the artists behind them.  Just buy anything with 'Parade' stamped on it."

Of course, I'm simply assuming that this post will actually post.  At the moment, I can't be certain of anything, Blogger-wise. As for Microbrain's Support person's suggestion (re my OneDrive cloud service), I don't see how I can possibly be utilizing "any company's main office network" (VPN?) by signing onto MY OneDrive account and linking to MY files.  I'm living in a 19th-century farmhouse in the middle of rural central Ohio.  It's not as if I'm anywhere close to downtown Columbus.

 

DOWNLOAD: Parade Christmas Sampler.zip

O Come All Ye Faithful
The Night Before Christmas
White Christmas
I Heard the Bells (Longfellow-Marks)
Jingle Bells
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Away in the Manger
When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter
Hallelujah
Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
As With Gladness
Joy to the World
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
The Twelve Days of Christmas

Parade Christmas Sampler (Parade XSP-419)

Lee