Some Tracks Of Me Singing!

This is a bunch of love songs that I recorded for an audtition tape about 16 years ago when I was trying out for the very first Wal-Mart Associates Choir in 1995, and I made it. I just came across the file the other day so I thought I'd share them with you all:

Dave's Love Songs

My Christmas 1958

I was recently scanning a bunch of our family slides that I inherited from my Dad. I came across this photo of the Christmas tree at his parent's house on Christmas Eve 1958. I was barely 2 years old that Christmas. I don't recall them ever having a Putz Style Village like you can see under the tree. The two handsome babies in the photo to the right of the tree are my Older Brother and I. Jim sadly just passed away last month. I rememeber in later years playing with that orange road grader you can see at the bottom of the photo. I also rememeber that little drum and the teddy bear. I don't recall that fire engine though. All of these toys stayed there at my Grandparent's house so we would have them to play with when we came to visit later on.

The furthest back I can remember is around the time I was 5 years old which would have been December 1961. They didn't have the Village then so they must have gotten rid of it. One thing I do always remember being on their trees are the Spinner Ornaments you can see on this tree. I was fortunate enough to have been given those ornaments by my Grandmother around 1996. They can be found for sale quite often on ebay, but usually go for as much as $30.00 per ornament.

Here's a close up of the same tree that shows the spinner ornaments better. i think why my grandparents might have gotten rid of the village was as long as i can remember their christmas tree was always a short one that they had on a table in their dining room. so perhaps there was no longer room for the village. my grandparents and both of my parents are gone now so i have no one to ask about where the village went to. my older brother didn't know either. i also remember in later years that they always had a string of bubble lights on their tree every year. great memories that i wish my dad had taken more photos of. i hope the photo brings back some fond nostalgic memories for you:

Here's a photo of how my Grandparent's table top Christmas tree would look in the corner of the dining room. Not sure what year they got the bubble lights, but they aren't on the tree in this photo. My Dad had it dated as 1960 which was the first year they moved their tree to this corner:

The Glory Of Christmas (Columbia Musical Treasury D2T 5358)

THIS RECORDING IS OOP AND PUBLIC DOMAIN, AND NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO FILE A DMCA CLAIM FOR IT!!!

I recently discovered factory released Reel To Reel tapes, and that's what this recording comes from. It was still sealed as well. It only contained 36 of the original 3 LP set of 48 songs. However thanks to Der Bingle from the FaLaLaLaLa.com Forum I was able to include his mp3 files for the 12 missing songs. It's amazing how crystal clear reel to reel recordings are. Every bit as good as CD sound I feel.




Here's a list of the song that are missing from the reel to reel version I have:

• I SAW THREE SHIPS
• HERE WE COME A-CAROLING
• WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
• PATAPAN
• PETER AND THE WOLF (EXCERPT)
• IN DULCI JUBLIO
• GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
• GESU BAMBINO
• PRAYER FROM "HANSEL & GRETEL"
• JOSEPH DEAREST, JOSEPH MINE
• THE HOLY CITY
• O COME, O COME EMMANUEL

You may come across an mp3 file now and then. That is because those 12 songs are missing from the R2R copy of this recording.  So I spliced in Der Bingle's mp3 files (from the FaLaLaLaLa.com Forum) for those 12 songs.  I hope that is ok Der Bingle?

Here is the link for the Zip Files of all 48 Songs:

LINK TEMPORARILY REMOVED UNTIL COUNTER CLAIM IS FILED The Glory Of Christmas Mostly Reel To Reel Rip 1411 Wav Files

Ok. All of the zip files for this recording are now uploaded to the MediaFire link that I provided earlier. Enjoy!

Next I will be working on the "Merry Christmas" Columbia Musical Treasuries Set. My R2R is short 6 songs, but I've found someone with the Cassette copy of the original recording which contains 36 songs. They are going to rip the missing 6 songs from their tape for me. It will be coming soon!!! Here's some scans of the LP that I found online:

"LORETTA YOUNG - THE LITTLEST ANGEL & GREGORY PECK - "LULLABY FOR CHRISTMAS" (DECCA RECORDS DL-8009 1950)

HERES ANOTHER LP SHARE FROM BROOKLYN MOUSE:





"LORETTA YOUNG - THE LITTLEST ANGEL" MP3
"GREGORY PECK - "LULLABY FOR CHRISTMAS" MP3

HERE'S THE 1949 BOX SET FRONT COVER IMAGE:

JACK JONES "THE JACK JONES CHRISTMAS ALBUM" (KAPP RECORDS 1964 KL 1399)

This recording is oop and public domain, and no one has a right to file a dmca claim for it!!!

this was the album that introduced me to christmas music. my dad got this lp somewhere in 1964 when i was 8 years old. i used to listen to it a couple of times every week for the whole month of december back then. even now 44 years later i listen to it on many occassions at christmas time. i'd have to say that it remains my all-time favorite christmas lp if for no other reason than the memory rush i get of those childhood christmas' every time the first notes of "sleigh ride" come through my speakers. time moves on way too quickly. just for a moment though when this lp starts to play it is 1964 all over again.

Link temporarily removed until counter claim is filed jack jones "the jack jones christmas album" reel to reel version zip file

update: it's been pointed out to me that this was not the 1964 lp cover of this recording. i'm going to be at my dad's on the 20th, and i'll have to check. i'm hoping he'll let me bring home all of his christmas lps because i'm missing scans of about 95% of them. here is the 1964 lp cover of this same recording. now that i see it i am almost certain this was the cover on my dad's lp. however, i'm not 100% positive. i know his lp is mono, and this one says stereo:

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!!!