Sold Date:
December 6, 2015
Start Date:
November 29, 2015
Final Price:
$15.50
(USD)
Bid Count:
3
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108
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Classic children's Christmas musical characters, songs, sounds, & stories on these 5 record albums & 2 cassette tapes include "Frosty the Snowman," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Charlie Brown & Snoopy, "Dominick The [Italian Christmas] Donkey," "Pepino, The Italian Mouse," the moving story of why & how "Silent Night" came to be written, &, of course, the story of the Christmas child's birth itself bringing joy to the weary world. In addition, 1 of 2 Disneyland records, "The Sounds of Christmas," brings you "A Story with Songs & (over 100 Christmas) Sound Effects" to use in telling your own holiday stories.
"Frosty's Winter Wonderland" is the other Disneyland record with the complete story & original soundtrack, narrated by Andy Griffith, from the Christmas TV special. The sounds album, No. 1348, is from 1973 & the Frosty album, No. 1368, is from 1976.
The "Christmas Is For Children" Rudolph album includes the original Gene Autry hit version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." It's from Mr. Pickwick, a product of Pickwick International, Inc., Pickwick Records Division, Woodbury, N.Y., & is (c) 1973 & 1977. Autry does all, or nearly all, of the songs on the album, not just Rudolph. The other Rudolph album is from Rocking Horse Records, Peter Pan Records Industries, Newark, N.J., features The Caroleers, isn't dated, but also is probably from the 1970s, & includes some different songs not on any of the other albums, such as "Christmas Cookies and Holiday Hearts."
The 5th album, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with music & story from the original soundtrack by Charles M. Schulz, includes 12-pages with full-color illustrations to read along with the record & is (c) 1977 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. As you can see from my Photographs 5 to 10, the pages are all there but in a well-read-&-not-treated-very-well condition, including loose, torn, & written-on, but still readable, pages. Of course, the story is highlighted by Charlie Brown's poor little Christmas tree, which I also have listed on eBay.
Because some of the sleeves on these more than 35 year old albums are in such poor condition, I set up my old turntable & spent an afternoon listening to every song, story, & sound & found them all okay. Only a couple of tracks have repeating pops for about a minute or so; but, of course, on the sound effects record, the pops are from popping corn & Christmas lights.
The 2 cassette tapes are from Holiday Records, a division of Phoenix Entertainment & Talent, New York. "A Golden Hour Of The Children's Chorus The Mistletoe Children's Chorus," (c) 1980, features holy & pop favorites, with piano accompaniment, such as "I Saw Three Ships," "Jingle Bells," "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Little Drummer Boy," "Away in A Manger," "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," & "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth." "The Wonderful World Of Children's Christmas Various Artists," (c) 1981, includes the Autry Rudolph, Lou Monte's "Dominick The Donkey" & "Pepino, The Italian Mouse" with some Italian lyrics, plus "The Story Of Snoopy's [WWI] Christmas."
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