03 Tennessee Ernie Ford
I have a soft spot for ol' Tennessee. I've owned a 45 of 16 Tons for as long as I can remember (I think that it originally belonged to my Mom), and I have coal miners on all branches of my family tree. Even so, a double-record set of him doing Christmas songs is a bit much (but the 16 Tons of Boogie CD is highly recommended).
This set has been reissued in various forms through the years, but AFAIK none of them exactly match this version.
A Tennessee Ernie Ford Christmas Special Capitol Records STBB-485
Sing We Now of Christmas
O Christmas Tree! (O Tannenbaum)
The Little Drummer Boy
Angels We Have Heard on High
Caroling, Caroling
Good King Wenceslas
The Virgin's Slumber Song
The Twelve Days of Christmas
What Child Is This
Away in a Manger
O Come All Ye Faithful
Lottle Boy King
Slumber Song of the Infant Jesus
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Good Christian Men Rejoice
The Wassail Song
The Friendly Beasts
He Is Born, the Holy Child
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
White Christmas
posted by senormedia at 10:47 AM
4 Comments:
I've downloaded Firestone volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6, and the RCA Presents Music for the 12 Days - Great sound for coming from vinyl. The Tennessee Ernie Ford album skips, however, on Good King Wenceslas.
I grew up with the RCA album and Firestone 2 and 4. And if you ever get Goodyear "Great Songs of Christmas" albums 3 and 4, let me know.
BMP
yeah, unfortunately I couldn't a terrible scratch to stop skipping.
When I was a child, my family had Tennessee Ernie Ford's A Star Carol and the Bing Crosby Christmas Album. Nowadays, you simply cannot find an entire album of "Christ-mas" hymns and songs like this Ford's Christmas Special. Political correctness is destroying Christmas.
Thank you for posting. We had this exact album when I was kid many years ago.
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