MY 10 TEN CHRISTMAS MUSIC RECORDINGS

HERE'S A LIST OF THE TOP 10 CHRISTMAS RECORDINGS THAT I LISTENED TO AS A KID GROWING UP IN THE 1960'S AND 1970S. MY DAD OR I HAD ALL OF THESE LPS, AND I PRETTY MUCH WORE THEM ALL OUT BY THE LATE 1980'S:

1) JACK JONES "THE JACK JONES CHRISTMAS ALBUM"
2) "W. T. GRANT'S VOLUME IV"
3) "W. T. GRANT'S VOLUME V"
4) TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD "A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL" DOUBLE LP
5) THE BLACKWOOD BROTHERS & THE STATESMEN QUARTET "O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL"
6) J. C. PENNEY "SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS"
7) THE CARPENTERS "CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT"
8) THE KING FAMILY "CHRISTMAS WITH THE KING FAMILY"
9) ROGER WHITTAKER "THE ROGER WHITTAKER CHRISTMAS ALBUM"
10) BIG N "THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS"

OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE GREAT CHRISTMAS LPS THAT I GREW UP WITH, BUT THESE ARE THE TOP 10

LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR TOP 10 FAVORITE'S ARE!!!

"CHRISTMAS WITH BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS" ((PETER PAN RECORDS 8207)

I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO FIND A DECENT COPY OF THIS LP TO SHARE:





"CHRISTMAS WITH BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS" ZIP FILE

W.T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS' VOLUMES 1 - 8

THIS NOW MAKES THE SHARES FOR ALL 8 VOLUMES COMPLETE THANKS TO A FEW OF MY BLOG READERS. THANKS ALL!!!

A BLOG READER OF MINE NAMED SALLY SENT ME SEVERAL OF HER CHRISTMAS LPS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU HERE. FOLLOWING ARE THE 4 W. T. GRANT'S LPS SHE SENT ME (Volumes 1 -3 & Volume 6):

VOLUME 1:

W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 1" ZIP FILE


VOLUME 2:

W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 2" ZIP FILE

VOLUME 3:

W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 3" ZIP FILE


I ALSO HAVE ALREADY SHARED MY DAD'S COPIES OF W.T. GRANT'S VOLUMES 4 & 5:
W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 4":

W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 4" ZIP FILENOW WITH PROPER GARY PUCKETT TRACK & PROPER PETER NERO MEDLEY 12/8/08


W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 5":



W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 5" ZIP FILE


W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 6":



W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 6" ZIP FILE


W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 7" (THANKS TO ERICK AT MONSTERAMA FOR SELLING ME HIS COPY OF VOLUME 7 & THANKS TO BROOKLYN MOUSE FOR SENDING ME SOUND AND IMAGE LINKS FOR BOTH VOLUMES 7 & 8):



W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 7 ZIP FILE


W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 8":



W. T. GRANT'S "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS VOLUME 8
GREAT NEWS!! I FINALLY FOUND A COPY OF VOLUME 8!!! THE ACTIVE DL FILE IS NOW POSTED HERE!!!



SALLY ALSO SENT ME "THE SINATRA CHRISTMAS ALBUM", AND "THE KINGSTON TRIO" SELF-TITLED NON-CHRISTMAS LP. THANKS SALLY!!!

GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS COMPLETE 17 RECORD SERIES

VOLUMES 1-9 & #14 ARE NOT MY ALBUM RIPS, SO ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS I FOUND THEM ALL. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE ALL I COULD FIND IN ONE LOCATION FOR YOU ALL TO DOWNLOAD. I'M WORKING ON A COUPLE OTHER VOLUMES, BUT SO FAR THE LINKS ARE DEAD. VOLUMES 1-3 CAME FROM SALLIE AND VOLUMES 5 & 7 CAME TO ME FROM JON. VOLUME 14 CAME FROM JOHNNYDOLLAR. THANKS TO THE ORIGINAL SHARERS OF THE OTHERS!!
BTW - http://www.geocities.com/goodyearchristmas/CONTAINS A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THESE GOODYEAR RELEASES.
VOLUMES 10-13, 15, 16 & 17 ARE NOW ALL READY FOR DOWNLOAD!!! THAT MEANS I NOW HAVE ALL 17 VOLUMES OF GOODYEAR CHRISTMAS LPS HERE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD!!!

GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 1:



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 1 ZIP FILE



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 2:



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 2 ZIP FILE



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 3:



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 3 ZIP FILE



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 4:



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 4 ZIP FILE


GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 5:



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 5 ZIP FILE



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 6



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 6 ZIP FILE


GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 7:



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 7 ZIP FILE


GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 8



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 8 ZIP FILE



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 9



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 9 ZIP FILE


GOODYEAR BEST OF THE GREAT SONGS OF CHRISTMAS ALBUM TEN (1970). "Although the GSC series often repeated performances from album to album, this was the only edition marketed as such."



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 10 "THE BEST OF" ZIP FILE


"THE JOYOUS SONGS OF CHRISTMAS"(1971) AKA GOODYEAR VOLUME 11. Since this was the first album in the series to not bear the name 'The Great Songs of Christmas', it was thought that 'Joyous' would be the new name for the series in the Seventies. Instead, this was the only release with the 'Joyous' name:



"THE JOYOUS SONGS OF CHRISTMAS" GOODYEAR VOLUME 11 ZIP FILE


"CHRISTMAS IS..." (1972) AKA GOODYEAR VOLUME 12:



"CHRISTMAS IS..." ZIP FILE


"THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS" (1973) AKA GOODYEAR VOLUME 13:



"THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS" ZIP FILE


GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 14:



GOODYEAR TIRE CHRISTMAS RECORD SERIES VOLUME 14 ZIP FILE


"HENRY MANCINI SELECTS GREAT SONGS OF CHRISTMAS" (1975) AKA GOODYEAR VOLUME 15. The first Christmas LP released on RCA instead of Columbia. May also have been available in tape form as well as LP



"HENRY MANCINI SELECTS GREAT SONGS OF CHRISTMAS" GOODYEAR VOLUME 15 ZIP FILE


AS A READER OF MY BLOG HERE, PDMAN, JUST POINTED OUT TO ME THERE WAS ACTUALLY 17 OF THESE GOODYEAR LPS. VOLUME #16 WAS ACTUALLY AN LP THAT WAS A REMAKE OF MANCINI'S 1966 CHRISTMAS LP. IT WAS TITLED GOODYEAR - "MANCINI MOODS AT CHRISTMASTIME". I NOW HAVE THIS LP EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T REMEMBER I ALREADY HAD MANCINI 1966 LP WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THIS GOODYEAR LP. I'VE EVEN INCLUDED SCANS OF THE TWO VERSIONS OF MANCINI'S 1966 CHRISTMAS LP:











GOODYEAR VOLUME 16 - "MANCINI MOODS AT CHRISTMASTIME" ZIP FILE


"GREAT SONGS OF CHRISTMAS" PERRY COMO & EUGENE ORMANDY (1977) AKA GOODYEAR VOLUME 17. "This may have been a very limited release as it is not commonly found and was not marketed in all areas." I was able to finally find a copy of this one at an online LP seller. As usual since then several copies have shown up on ebay. oh well...lol."
THIS ONE I GOT STILL SEALED SO IT OUGHT TO SOUND PRETTY GOOD:



GOODYEAR VOLUME 17 - "GREAT SONGS OF CHRISTMAS" PERRY COMO & EUGENE ORMANDY ZIP FILE

LISTENER'S CHOICE VOLUME 4 "HERE WE COME A-CAROLING" (METACOM 1992)

LISTENER'S CHOICE VOLUME 4 "HERE WE COME A-CAROLING" ZIP FILE