perry como no place like home for holiday
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Topic: perry como no place like home for holiday
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: perry como no place like home for holiday
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 7:24pm
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does anyone know which christmas cd contains the 45 version
of perry como's hit '(there's no place like) home for the hoildays?....the vinyl 45 version has no listed run time, but actually runs 2:49...i have a cdr version that runs 2:41 that is in stereo and is NOT the same version as the vinyl 45 issued as rca victor 5950....any direction would be welcomed... ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 8:52pm
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The file I have, from Now That's What They Call
Christmas! is mono and runs 2:49. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 March 2013 at 8:54pm
| That should say, "Now That's What I Call Christmas." |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 16 March 2013 at 6:48am
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thanks to john, he provided me with the proper file that
matches my vinyl 45 perfectly....thanks john... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 November 2023 at 1:52pm
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10 years later, and I have a question since I don't
remember which version was on Ed's 45. Was the 1954 version considered the hit version or the version Perry recorded in 1959? ------------- John Gallagher https://www.johngallagher.com - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment https://www.johngallagher.com/photobooth - Snapblast Photo Booth Erie, PA |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 14 November 2023 at 5:53pm
I think it is the one in 1959. ------------- "I'm a pop archivist, not a chart philosopher, I seek to listen, observe and document the chart position of music." |
eriejwg wrote:Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 14 November 2023 at 6:41pm
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This seems to be kind of like a "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby situation. There's a 1942 version and a 1947 version and I believe
it's the '47 version that's played and commonly released on CD. Also Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song". I think the original version was recorded/released in 1946 and then re-recorded in 1961, with the latter version being the more commonly heard and released version. Harry Simeone Chorale's "The Little Drummer Boy" I believe also had the same thing happen, original from 1958 and then re-recorded in 1965 (I think?). Never heard the 1954 version by Perry and the 1958 version of The Harry Simeone song. Does anyone know if they're available on CD anywhere? ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 14 November 2023 at 7:00pm
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Both the 1954 version of "Home For The Holidays" and the 1958 version of "The Little Drummer Boy" are on this Hit Parade CD:
https://www.ericrecords.com/AmazingStereoXmas.html - https://www.ericrecords.com/AmazingStereoXmas.html ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 14 November 2023 at 7:11pm
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Thanks for the info Santi! ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 14 November 2023 at 11:40pm
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The 1954 version of "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" is the hit version, because it's the only version that charted. It's easy to recognize as it's all up-tempo and starts with a big brass flourish. The 1959 version
starts out as a slow ballad. The hit version of "The Little Drummer Boy" is the 1959 version. It's on the "Little Drummer Boy" album from Casablanca/Polygram. I also have it on North Star/Sony "Crooner's Christmas." The hit original hit version of "The Christmas Song" is the 1946 version and it hasn't been on very many CDs. It sounds pretty good on the 1999 Capitol remaster of his "The Christmas Song" CD (it's a bonus track there). I think that uses the same master as the version on "The Classic Singles" box. The 1953 re-recording is seldom heard these days, but it's all that was heard on jukeboxes for many, many years, as from 1953 on it was the only version available on 45. The 1961 stereo re-recording, done for "The Nat King Cole Story" box set, which featured stereo re-recordings of all his hits, has now become the classic version. The original hit version of Gene Autry's "Frosty the Snowman" is rare on CD. It's a different take than what is usually reissued. I've been aware of its existence for years, but I always thought that the common version was the hit and this "different" version was an alternate take. Nope! It's the other way around. It's available on CD on Time-Life's "Your Hit Parade - Christmas Memories" and GSC-Sony's 4-disc "Christmas Songs to Remember." Instantly recognizable by the lyrical difference: the 45 version has "and his eyes made out of coal." The now-standard alternate take has "and TWO eyes made out of coal." I actually think the common take is better, but I checked a vintage 78 on Archive.org as well as a 45 dub from the 78Prof on YouTube, and the "his eyes" take appears to be the original hit version. I don't think it's ever been issued on any Gene Autry CD, only on a handful of V/A compilations. |
Posted By: Archives Guy
Date Posted: 15 November 2023 at 8:27am
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Several years ago Real Gone Music released a 3-CD set:
Complete RCA Christmas Collection. This contains all of his Christmas songs, including some unreleased. The sound quality is amazing! Taking the earliest recording from 1946 and cleaning them up made this set the best Christmas package I ever purchased! |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 15 November 2023 at 12:29pm
Thank you for the detailed background on these classics! This helps me ensure I have the hit versions in my library. ------------- John Gallagher https://www.johngallagher.com - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment https://www.johngallagher.com/photobooth - Snapblast Photo Booth Erie, PA |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 29 November 2023 at 9:53am
Thank you very much for all this information, Brian. Do you know if the 1953 re-recording of "The Christmas Song" has ever been on CD? ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 29 November 2023 at 9:58am
I have it on the CD "Cole, Christmas and Kids," but the database here is showing it's available on at least 10 different CDs. |