Christmas music CD, christmas compilation cd,Christmas classics cd,xmas cds,best Christmas cds, An American buying Christmas Radio Show - 6 CD set

An American Christmas is a delightful collection of Americana that was originally a radio show and first aired in 1984. It was created on 33 rpm LP records to be used by the radio station. This set consisted of 12 LP records and would have aired over 12 or more hours. The last track of the series, containing the signoff and credits, was aired only once during the Christmas season and that was at 2:40 pm on Christmas day, according to a large hand-written note attached to the record set I own.

The writer of this huge project, Bob Shannon, wrote that he had to put this entire program together in four months and had difficulty deciding who he would interview for the personal recolletions. In the end, he picked the prefect subjects -- just plain folks that he found in malls, schools, even nursing homes.

“My goal was to capture voices of all ages. I met a woman who'd been in one of Bob Hope's overseas Christmas shows and a man from Australia, who told me about going to the beach on Christmas day. I heard the story of a soldier in the middle of the Mekong Delta whose most poignant memory was of a helicopter blaring "Jingle Bell Rock" through the fury of a Christmas Eve firefight. I collected memories.”

This set of 6 CDs contains almost 8 hours of music, personal interviews taken from the Saturday Evening Post archives, and other memorabilia such as presidential speeches and history of Christmas songs and traditions. It is narrated by Alex Burton.
Some of the artists include….

•The Beatles
•Elvis Presley
•John Denver
•Bing Crosby
•Frank Sinatra
•Dean Martin
•Wayne Newton
•Perry Como
•Andy Williams
•Johnny Mathis
•Robert Goulet
•Engelbert Humperdinck
•Will Greer (Grandpa Walton)
•Bill Cosby
•Lou Rawls
•The Carpenters
•Kenny Rogers
•Willie Nelson
•Glen Campbell
•The Beach Boys
•The Lettermen
•The Temptations
•Nat King Cole
•Barbra Streisand
•Roger Miller
•Bobby Vinton
•Merle Haggard
•Roger Whittaker
•Emmy Lou Harris
•Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
•Gladys Knight
•Nancy Wilson
•John Schneider
•Brenda Lee
•Henry Hadaway
•Ben E. King
•The Ronettes
•The Oak Ridge Boys
•The Glenn Miller Singers
•Bob B. Soxx and the Bluejeans
•The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
•The Do-Re-Mi Childrens Chorus
•Lorne Greene
•The Muppets
•Michael Jackson
•Jackson Five
•Burl Ives
•Elmo and Patsy
•The Eagles


Each track has been carefully processed to remove noise — including pops, clicks, hiss, and machine noise, while striving to keep the recording true to its original sound. THIS MEANS THAT SOME NOISE MAY BE HEARD, EVEN AFTER THE PROCESSING, TO PRESERVE THE buying SOUND QUALITY. The original recording was done for radio, so does not have the sound quality of a studio-mastered work. However, the quality of sound is still better than you would have heard on the noisy old radios of the time, and I feel that you will enjoy it for years to come.
If you would like to check the sound quality further, you can hear some clips of the tracks here:
http://www.vintagemusicroom.com/item.php?ID=11901

SHIPPING: I will ship the CD set in a padded envelope, 3 days shipping, unless otherwise requested. Most orders ship same day or next business day.

I will gladly refund if received damaged or not as advertised. Please contact me with any questions or problems.

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