Sing Christmas Music/The Little Drummer Boy

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RCA s wildly profitable Dwelling Stereo sequence spawned quite a few ensembles with Dwelling of their titles; the 2 that folk keep in mind as of late are The Dwelling Strings and The Dwelling Voices. Each teams have been the brainchild of RCA s trailblazing feminine producer Ethel Gabriel, who assembled a number of the best studio musicians, arrangers and vocalists for lush, fantastically recorded albums aimed toward a center America keen to offer their newly acquired stereo techniques a spin. Specifically, the 2 vacation albums featured on this twofer that she launched with The Dwelling Voices stay treasured amongst Christmas music aficionados for his or her ornate orchestration, progressive preparations, and, most of all, sweeping stereo sound. The primary, 1962 s Sing Christmas Music, had really come out on the Dwelling Stereo imprint in 1959 as Christmas Surprises from The Ralph Hunter Choir; choir director Hunter garnered two Grammy nominations that 12 months for his album The Wild Wild West. Among the many surprises was the introduction of orchestra of toys together with the Hunter household s electrical prepare and transformer to Parade of the Wood Troopers, and an intriguing rendition of The Indian Christmas Carol, which is credited as being the primary North American Christmas music relationship again to 1643! The second album, 1965 s The Little Drummer Boy, featured the legendary Anita Kerr Singers and manufacturing by Anita Kerr herself; this system varies from latest Broadway fare ( Be a Santa from Subways Are for Sleeping; Pine Cones and Holly Berries from Right here s Love) to warhorses like Jingle Bells and We Want You a Merry Christmas to trendy classics like Blue Christmas and the title tune. The Little Drummer Boy makes its first home CD look on this Actual Gone reissue, whereas Sing Christmas Music has by no means been on CD anyplace; Joe Marchese pens the liner notes. A pair of straightforward listening Christmas classics!