Report from the war zone

Here's a wounded veteran of the hi-fi format wars - the 7" 45 RPM "album" set.
This set is on beautiful translucent red vinyl.

Robert Shaw Conducts Christmas Hymns And Carols Volume II 45 RPM Album

Robert Shaw conducts Christmas hymns and carols, vol. 2

The Robert Shaw Chorale – Robert Shaw, dir.
RCA Victor « Red Seal Records » WDM 1711 [45rpm x 4, mono, 17cm]
RCA Victor « Red Seal Records » LM 1711 [LP, mono]
RCA « Victrola » VIC 1509

Contents:

1. Band 1
   Trad., English
   
   1. I saw three ships
   
   Trad., German
   
   2. O Tannenbaum (in German & English)
   
   Guillaume Costeley
   
   3. Allons, gay, gay bergeres
   
   Trad., English
   
   4. The holly and the ivy
2. Band 2
   Trad., Spanish
   
   1. Fum, fum, fum (in English)
   2. Hacia belé va un borrilo
   3. Ya viene la vieja
   4. La virgen lava pañales
3. Band 3
   Kentucky mountain ballad
   
   1. The cherry tree carol
   
   Negro spiritual
   
   2. Mary had a baby
   
   Trad., Lullaby, English, 16th c.
   
   3. So Blest a Sight
4. Band 4
   Anon., adapt. from italian carol
   
   1. How unto Bethlehem
   
   William Billings (edited by Oliver Daniel)
   
   2. A virgin unspotted
   
   Trad., English
   
   3. The twelve days of Christmas
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5. Band 5
   Anon., arr. J.M. Neale
   
   1. Good King Wenceslas
   
   English secular carol
   
   2. The boar's head carol
   
   Trad,. German
   
   3. Christ was born on Christmas day
   
   Trad. English / Francis Chesterton
   
   4. How far is it to Bethlehem
6. Band 6
   Trad., French
   
   1. March of the kings
   
   Anon.
   
   2. Here, mid the ass and the oxen mild
   
   Provencal carol / Nicolas Saboly
   
   3. Touro-louro-louro
7. Band 7
   Trad., Spanish
   
   1. Carol of the birds
   
   Tomás Luis de Vittoria
   
   2. O magnum mysterium
8. Band 8
   English tune "Greensleeves" / W.C. Dix
   
   1. What child is this
   
   Trad., French / William Morris
   
   2. Masters in this hall
   
   Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio
   
   3. Break forth, o beauteous, heavenly light
   
   

   Performers:
   The Robert Shaw Chorale
   Evelyn Aring (soprano), Yvonne Ciannella (soprano), Marjean Moore (soprano), Louise Marale (soprano), Lois Winter (soprano), Florence Kopleff (contralto), Russell Hammer (tenor). Clayton Krehbiel (tenor), Russell Oberlin (tenor), Farrold Stephens (tenor), Walrer Galjour (baritone), Calvin Marsh (baritone), Thonas Pyle (baritone), Peter Maravell (bass)
   Robert Shaw, cond.

   Recording site and date:
   Unknown (Manhattan Center, New York City, USA ?) [ca 1952];
   Rel.: 1952 (RCA), 1970 (Victrola)

   
   

   The 45rpm release includes four discs: Nos 49-3947, 49-3948, 49-3949, 49-3950.
   Also called "Merry Christmas from Robert Shaw", "Christmas Greetings from Robert Shaw" and in 1970, "Now We Go A-Caroling: A Christmas Sing-In". A subset of this recording, with some additional tracks, was released as "Songs for Christmas Time". This recording is included in the Musical Heritage Society/BMG 1994 re-issue called "Christmas with the Robert Shaw Chorale". (from Robert Shaw Discography: www.rainwaterreptileranch.org/scr/rs.html)