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Jingle Bells 02:42
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Christmas 1946 14:28
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Christmas 1945 11:41
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Christmas records that my grandfather made for his own use.

Christmas 1945 is a record my grandpa made for his own use. It includes “All Around the Christmas Tree,” by Warnow and Todd; an instrumental medley of “Skip to my Lou,” “Polly Wolly Doodle,” “Baby Bumblebee,” and “Jingle Bells” (performer unknown); “White Christmas,” by Bing Crosby (from the White Christmas album); and the hippest, coolest big band arrangement of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” that I’ve ever heard. I wish I knew who it was by!

Today we move ahead a year to the disc my grandpa made for Christmas 1946. The songs on this disc include Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Silent Night, Jingle Bells, O Come All Ye Faithful, and White Christmas. Winter Wonderland is by Perry Como, O Come All Ye Faithful is by Frank Sinatra and Silent Night is by Bing Crosby. This recording is very noisy, despite having been run through my noise reduction program. I think it must have gotten a lot of play over the years.

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released December 22, 2010

A rollicking game of Bingo at a WJR Christmas party. Year unknown.

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I think I have all the tracks reset to free. If you find one I missed, let me know.

My grandfather was an engineer at Detroit's WJR beginning in 1943. He kept what was considered trash at the time: on-air transcription discs for shows he liked. He also cut a lot of discs for his own use. I've inherited his collection of over 250 discs. ... more

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