Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Vintage Christmas Wax Pt. 2

Here are some additional vintage holiday recordings, this time courtesy of Canada's Virtual Gramaphone. These were all sourced from 78's, and most are clearer than the Edison Wax Cylinder recordings featured earlier. I'll be playing these out of my vintage-reproduction Emerson radio while I set up the tree this year. Special thanks to Library & Archives Canada for preserving these vintage recordings and making them available to the public. I highly recommend browsing thier archives if you are a fan of early recordings.

The Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Song (Henry Burr) (1908)
Holy Night (Florence Easton & Chorus) (1928)
Silent Night (Florence Easton) (1924)
Bethlehem - The Shepherd's Nativity Hymn (Westminster Glee Singers) (1929)
Holy Night, Peaceful Night (Jeanne Gordon) (1920)
Christmas Morn (Miro's Band) (1918) - Full track listing
Christmas Eve (Miro's Band) (1918) - Full tracklisting
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Henry Burr) (1908)
Christ The New Born King (Robert Price) (1904)
Will You Love Me In December, As You Do In May? (Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet) (1905)
Winter (Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet) (1905)
Ave Maria (Kathleen Parlow) (1923)

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks Paul. Fantastic.