Some holiday shellac, plus Grofe's "Christmas Eve," The Four Voices, Stan Freberg, "The Christmas Tree That Ran Away"

 

A nice 1935 Hallelujah Chorus, the not-listed-at-Discogs Christmas Lights, the flip side of the Four Voices' 1959 Wang Wang Blues (the listed flip is The Little White Cloud That Cried), and Novena di Natale (Christmas Novena) are my favorites from the list, though I have a tacky love for the tacky-even-for-SPC The Christmas Tree That Ran Away--priceless, in that so-chintzy-it's-good budget-label way.  Meanwhile, I'm guessing that the Tops Music Hall and Drama Group's The Night Before Christmas is a reissue of the version released in 1948 on The Record Guild of America, Inc. label.

And, in Novena di Natale, I hear the melody for the Italian Christmas song, Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (You Come Down From the Stars).  DAHR reveals that the recording date was between 1910 and 1916...

Grofe's charming Christmas Eve was written in 1934, and this recording dates from 1956-1957.

DOWNLOAD: Hallelujah Chorus, Christmas Lights--V.A.zip

                     

SLEIGHLIST

The Messiah--Hallelujah Chorus--Royal Choral Society and London Philharmonic, c. Malcolm Sargent, 1935

Christmas Eve (Ferde Grofe)--Barron Smith on the Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia

The Holy City (Michael Maybrick)--Richard Crooks, Tenor, Orch. Dir. by John Barbirolli, 1934

The Messiah--And the Glory of the Lord--Royal Choral Society and London Philharmonic, c. Malcolm Sargent, 1935

Christmas Lights--The Four Voice, 1959

Sleigh Ride--Sammy Kaye and His Orch., 1960

Caroling, Caroling (Burt)--16 Singing Men

The Star of Bethlehem (Michael Maybrick)--Richard Crooks, Tenor, Orch. Dir. by John Barbirolli, 1934

Yule-Tide--A Christmas Fantasia--Arthur Pryor's Band, 1912

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer--Johnny Cole (Crown 5132)

March of the Toys (Herbert)--Lew White, Organ, Harry Bruerer, Drums, 1941

Green Chri$tma$ (Freberg)--Stan Freberg, 1958

Jingle Bells--Domenico Savino and the Rome Festival Orch., 1956

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town--Domenico Savino and the Rome Festival Orch., 1956

Novena di Natale (Christmas Novena)--Banda Municipale di Milano (1910-1916)

The Christmas Tree That Ran Away--The Caroleers (Peter Pan X-57, 45 rpm EP)

Ding-a-Long Song, The Sleigh Bell Song--The Cricketones, 1953

Winter Wonderland--Fontanna His Orch. and Chorus (Palace XM 903)

The Night Before Christmas--The Music Hall Drama Group and Orch. (Tops 309, 78 rpm)

Santa Claus Polka--Eddie Wojcik, V: Syl Wojcik

Lee