Merry Christmas Bing Crosby Decca Records 1945 - 4x 78 rpm Records -1 not in Set
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Bing Crosby's original 1945 Christmas album titled Merry Christmas, containing the classic 1942 recordings was repackaged as a 10" vinyl record and a 45RPM box set at the dawn of the LP age, but by 1955 the set got replaced by the LP release Merry Christmas, which itself was frequently reissued across numerous audio formats, sometimes with different artwork and various titles, including White Christmas.
Several tracks from the 1945 album were omitted or re-recorded for the 1955 version, including 'White Christmas', whose 1942 master recording was worn out by the end of World War II, so the 1947 re-recording was used instead. This database entry is specifically for the 1945 release and its subsequent reissues, which can be told apart from the 1955 album by its format (as noted above), its packaging, and the inclusion of only eight Christmas songs. The first pressing did, however, include the songs 'Let's Start The New Year Right' and 'Danny Boy', but they were left off all subsequent pressings.
*NOTE: This copy is missing one of the Decca Records (Adeste Fideles/White Christmas) and instead has "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by the great Jimmy Boyd on Columbia in its place. Hence the price difference (roughly $20 less).
Also a great #ChristmasDecor item.
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