Wednesday, January 5, 2011

WE'RE BACK!!!

I'm going to start doing my sharing here again. I'm going to try and be a good boy and share only OOP stuff. So there won't be as many shares as in the past. I'm not going to go back and re-share anything that isn't OOP either. I liked the Forum setup a lot, but it just got too much to keep track of, and I'm not able to sit at my PC as much any more now that my DJD in my left knee has worsened. I hope I can share a lot of music that others don't have, and remember from their years gone by. Thanks!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

"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":

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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!!!

"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUMES 1 - 7"

I FINALLY HAVE ALL 7 VOLUMES OF THIS FIRESTONE CHRISTMAS LP SERIES:




"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 1":




"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 1"ZIP
FILE







"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 2":






"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 2" ZIP
FILE







"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 3":






"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 3" ZIP
FILE







"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 4":




"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 4" ZIP
FILE







"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 5":




"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 5" ZIP
FILE







"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 6":




"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 6" ZIP FILE






"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 7":





"FIRESTONE PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC VOLUME 7" ZIP
FILE

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

101 STRINGS THE GLORY OF CHRISTMAS (SF-7100 SOMERSET 1964)

THIS LP IS THE 12TH IN A SERIES OF STEREO FIDELITY ALBUMS THAT SOMERSET & MILLER INTERNATIONAL CO. RELEASED IN THE 1960'S. I'VE DISCOVERED WHILE CRUISING THE SEARCH ENGINES THAT THERE WERE 3 OR POSSIBLY 4 VERSIONS OF THIS LP RELEASED BY 101 STRINGS. HERE ARE SCANS OF THE LP I HAVE:





101 STRINGS THE GLORY OF CHRISTMAS ZIP FILE

THERE WERE 2 OR 3 OTHER COVERS THAT I FOUND AT A FEW DIFFERENT BLOGS SUCH AS BONGO BELLS 2, ERNIE (NOT BERT), AND ANOTHER ONE THAT I FOUND ON GOOGLE I CAN'T FIND AGAIN NOW. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BERT'S POST THERE WERE 2 OTHER LP COVERS WITH THE SAME NAME, AND ANOTHER WITH A DIFFERENT NAME BUT SAME LP CONTENT. GO FIGURE. NO MATTER WHAT THOUGH. IT'S A GREAT LP BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS FOR DOING RELAXING VERSIONS OF, WHAT MY DAD ALWAYS CALLED "DINNER MUSIC".

Monday, January 3, 2011

MITCH MILLER "CHRISTMAS SING-ALONG WITH MITCH" (COLUMBIA RECORDS CL 1205)

THIS LP RIP WAS SENT TO ME BY ONE OF MY BLOG READERS NAMED JUDAH. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE IT WITH OTHERS JUDAH:




MITCH MILLER "CHRISTMAS SING-ALONG WITH MITCH" ZIP FILE

Sunday, January 2, 2011

BASIL RATHBONE - "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" (COLUMBIA RECORDS SET M-521)

EARLIER THIS MONTH I MENTIONED HERE THAT THERE WAS AN LP OF BASIL RATHBONE DOING "THE CHRISTMAS CAROL". WELL KIDDIE RECORDS WEEKLY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO POST IT FOR US ALL TO SHARE. THE WEBSITE IS NOT SET UP SO I CAN LINK DIRECTLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL RECORD SHARE. YOU CAN GO TO THE 2007 PAGE HERE, AND SCROLL DOWN TO THE END OF THE LEFT HAND COLUMN TO WEEK 51 OF DECEMBER 2007. THERE YOU WILL SEE THE LINK TO GRAB THIS GREAT LP. THANKS KIDDIE RECORDS WEEKLY. HERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE LP FRONT COVER: