July 9th, 1968
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas WPA1-5612 Take 10
( The ) Little Drummer Boy WPA1-5613 Take 17
July 12th, 1968 ( Engineer: Ed Begley )
Do You Hear What I Hear? WPA1-5614 Take 6
O Holy Night WPA1-5615 Take 8
Silver Bells WPA1-5616 Take 6
July 17th, 1968
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas WPA1-5612 Take 17
( The ) Little Drummer Boy WPA1-5613 Take 25
Ave Maria ( Franz Schubert ) WPA1-5617 Take 5
July 23rd, 1968 ( Engineer: Ray Hall )
There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas WPA1-5618 Take 8
Carol Medley WPA1-5619 Take 20
(a) Caroling, Caroling
(b) The First Noël
(c) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(d) Silent Night
August 1st, 1968 ( Engineer: Bob Simpson )
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas WPA1-5612 Take 24 ( REMAKE )
Silver Bells WPA1-5616 Take 7 ( REMAKE )
Ave Maria ( Franz Schubert ) WPA1-5617 Take 8 ( REMAKE )
Carol Medley WPA1-5619 Take 25 ( REMAKE )
(a) Caroling, Caroling
(b) The First Noël
(c) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(d) Silent Night
August 3rd, 1968 ( Engineer: Bob Simpson )
( The ) Little Drummer Boy WPA1-5613 Take 31 ( REMAKE )
Do You Hear What I Hear? WPA1-5614 Take 10 ( REMAKE )
O Holy Night WPA1-5615 Take 16 ( REMAKE )
There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas WPA1-5618 Take 11 ( REMAKE )
August 6th, 1968 ( Engineer: Bob Simpson )
Some Children See Him WPA1-5620 Take 8
Christmas Eve WPA1-5621 Take 11
Toyland WPA1-5622 Take 8
Christ is Born WPA1-5623 Take 17
| It would be easy to say that this was Perry's finest Christmas album but that would be over simplified. His first collection of Christmas songs was recorded in 1946 and to compare them with the technology available years later is unfair. His first full stereo Christmas album was recorded in 1959 and it was so good that to follow it up would be a challenge. However, this 1968 production by Andy Wiswell with Nick Perito conducting and the Ray Charles Singers does just that and they do it superbly. The RCA label has never released a comprehensive collection of Perry's Christmas songs but should they ever do so the comparisons will be remarkable and to the discredit of none ~ whether it be Perry's earliest recording of "There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas" or the one included within these sessions many years later. |
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Recorded July 9th ~ August 6th, 1968
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not released
on vinyl
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