Sold Date: September 19, 2024
Start Date: December 4, 2023
Final Price: $99.99 (USD)
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Beautiful copy of the rare 1947 4-disc version of Bing's Merry Christmas 78 album on Decca A-550. Features the original and by far the best version of White Christmas, as well as some wonderful songs with the Andrews Sisters. Most people have heard it, but when you hear the original 78s it is like hearing it for the first time. The sound is just wonderful on this original version of the record, and this copy really brings it out. All four discs are quite lovely and play just beautifully. I would call them all EX, with only a tiny bit of very light superficial scuffing. Of course the exception is the White Christmas / God Rest Ye disc, which got more play than the rest, and has more scuffs. But these scuffs are really only superficial as well, and the disc still plays near perfectly. Just a beautiful sounding set all around. The cover is also in exceptionally nice shape, with intact binding and an untorn spine. Some of the usual edge and corner wear but not too bad. This is a truly beautiful copy. Hard to beat.

The songs are:

Silent Night, Holy Night

Adeste Fideles

White Christmas

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Faith of Our Fathers

With the Andrews Sisters:

Jingle Bells

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Merry Christmas!