Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 1967 Stevie Wonder Christmas cheer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I would say this is the most played and most popular version of The Little Drummer Boy heard each and every Christmas. A bit of history . . . the song was written in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis and it was originally titled, "Carol Of The Drum." It was first recorded by the well known Austrian Trapp Family Singers in 1951 using the original song title. It was again recorded with a slightly different arrangement by the Jack Halloran Singers in 1957 and retitle "The Little Drummer Boy.". In 1958 Harry Simeone was contracted by Fox Records to produce a Christmas album. Simeone gathered a group called "The Harry Simeone Chorale" for the album, entiltled "The Little Drummer Boy," and it is on this album that the most popular version of The Little Drummer Boy comes from. And now a bit of personal history . . . my mom had bought that album in 1962. The album consists entirely of medleys which mostly blend one into another. It is by far my most favorite Christmas album ever. For those who appreciate traditional Christmas music, or traditional Christmas carols, this album is perfecto mundo. Therefore, I've included the album in it's entirety as well. Give a listen . . . it's beautiful! They just don't make music like that anymore. I'm a big boy so I ain't ashamed to admit it but the album finale, "A Christmas Greeting," always brings a tear to my eye. Fuuuck, if only the world was as beautiful as this album. And X-Mas cheers, all. FYI, this playlist contains, at the very end, another Harry Simeone Chorale hit but from a 1962 album, "Do You Hear What I Hear." BTW, a bit more Little Drummer Boy trivia. The well known 1967 psychedelic Chambers Brothers classic "Time Has Come Today" contains The Little Drummer Boy riff during the long jam in the middle of the long version. I won't say exactly at what time so take a listen and see if you can hear it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Tippaporn said: I would say this is the most played and most popular version of The Little Drummer Boy heard each and every Christmas. A bit of history . . . the song was written in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis and it was originally titled, "Carol Of The Drum." It was first recorded by the well known Austrian Trapp Family Singers in 1951 using the original song title. It was again recorded with a slightly different arrangement by the Jack Halloran Singers in 1957 and retitle "The Little Drummer Boy.". In 1958 Harry Simeone was contracted by Fox Records to produce a Christmas album. Simeone gathered a group called "The Harry Simeone Chorale" for the album, entiltled "The Little Drummer Boy," and it is on this album that the most popular version of The Little Drummer Boy comes from. And now a bit of personal history . . . my mom had bought that album in 1962. The album consists entirely of medleys which mostly blend one into another. It is by far my most favorite Christmas album ever. For those who appreciate traditional Christmas music, or traditional Christmas carols, this album is perfecto mundo. Therefore, I've included the album in it's entirety as well. Give a listen . . . it's beautiful! They just don't make music like that anymore. I'm a big boy so I ain't ashamed to admit it but the album finale, "A Christmas Greeting," always brings a tear to my eye. Fuuuck, if only the world was as beautiful as this album. And X-Mas cheers, all. FYI, this playlist contains, at the very end, another Harry Simeone Chorale hit but from a 1962 album, "Do You Hear What I Hear." BTW, a bit more Little Drummer Boy trivia. The well known 1967 psychedelic Chambers Brothers classic "Time Has Come Today" contains The Little Drummer Boy riff during the long jam in the middle of the long version. I won't say exactly at what time so take a listen and see if you can hear it. I still love the David Bowie, Bing Crosby version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Bluespunk said: I still love the David Bowie, Bing Crosby version No doubt there are many quality versions of the song over the years, Bluespunk. I love many of them. This one has a special place in my heart only because I've been listening to the entire album since '62. I can't listen to that version without having the rest of the album medleys start running through my head. BTW, nice selection, "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night." Great song. Edited December 8, 2017 by Tippaporn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) Giving Christmas a break so I can post some Steeleye Span. Saucy Sailor from 1972. Edited December 8, 2017 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Which song reminds me of another beautiful sailor song from Fairport Convention's 1969 Unhalfbricking LP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Ah, Fairport Convention. What beautiful music they've made. From the Full House LP, the first without Sandy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I posted the 35th anniversary liver performance of this song but here's the 1972 original from the Below The Salt LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 From the 1970 Hark! The Village Wait LP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 From 1975's All Around My Hat LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) I'm going to cheat . . . just this once . . . scout's honour . . . really . . . cross my heart and hope to die . . . jing jing . . . This was released in 1996 but it's one of my favourite Steeleye Span songs. What am I supposed to do??? Edited December 8, 2017 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 A more dated version of this 16th century classic folk song from 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Also from the Hark! The Village Wait LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 The 1967 version of Who Knows Where The Time Goes when Sandy Denny was with the Strawbs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Traditional Scots/Gaelic song recorded on Dec. 2, 1966 for the BBC's "Folk Song Cellar" programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) Recorded in 1969 as part of the Liege and Lief sessions. Loved this song as the Byrds popularized it on their 1969 Ballad OF Easy Rider LP and further popularized by the 1969 movie, Easy Rider. Was kind of a theme song for me. Seems that's how my life turned out. The Byrds version is a slightly different, and a bit longer, take than what appeared on their LP. The river flows, it flows to the sea Wherever that river goes that's where I want to be Flow river flow, let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town All he wanted was to be free And that's the way it turned out to be Flow river flow, let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town Flow river flow, past the shady trees Go river go, go to the sea Flow to the sea The river flows, it flows to the sea Wherever it goes that's where I want to be Flow river flow, let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town Edited December 8, 2017 by Tippaporn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) LOL, another one of my theme songs. No I'd rather go and journey Where the diamond crescent's glowing And run across the valley Beneath the sacred mountain And wander through the forest Where the trees have leaves of prisms And break the light in colors That no one know the names of And when it's time I'll go and lay Beside the legendary fountain 'Till I see her form reflected In its clear and jewelled waters And if you think I'm ready You may lead me to the chasm Where the rivers of our visions Flow into one another I will want to dive beneath the white cascading waters She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic And mention all the things I'll lose That really have no value in the end she will surely know I wasn't born to follow Edited December 8, 2017 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 From 1968's Sweetheart Of The Rodeo LP. Another all-around fantastic LP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Must play on more from that LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 The Byrds always bring Buffalo Springfield to mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 On 12/5/2017 at 1:15 PM, Tippaporn said: From one of the greatest rock n' roll bands ever. For sure , I would dare say the greatest. And they have done alot of great blues/motown covers. But this ^ pop cover aint one of them. Good video. Can someone engineer the above video with : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Lots and lots of versions done by many great artists. Asleep At The Wheel is right up at the top with me. This one's from their 1975 LP, Wheelin' and Dealin'. My favorites are any of the numerous live versions by them. There's the down tempo live version . . . and the uptempo version . . . all good. I've probably told the story before but I just missed a chance to see Asleep At The Wheel live in 1999 down in Gruene, Texas, playing at the oldest dance hall in Texas, Gruene Hall. Was working 2nd shift on a job down there and I would take my liquid lunches at Gruene Hall (sometimes not returning to work). Very small, rustic venue. Couldn't handle more than a few hundred people max. Would have been ideal to see them there. I had to go back north a few weeks before they played. Edited December 9, 2017 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) A few cuts from their 1979 Served Live LP. Great live band! One of the best Texas, or western swing bands out there. Edited December 9, 2017 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Of course, there's Commander Cody, too . . . These from 1977. Edited December 9, 2017 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Then there's Dan Hicks (RIP) and His Hot Licks. This from his 1972 LP. From 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Not the exact same genre but . . . Jerry Jeff Walker from 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 A beautiful live number recorded in 1971 from Linda Ronstadt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Luckenbach, Texas from 1977. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippaporn Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) Can't forget the Flying Burrito Brothers. From 1971. And with Gram Parsons from 1970's Burrito Express doing up Wild Horses. Interesting that the song writing is attributed to the Stone's but their version was not released on Sticky Fingers until 1971. Although this is definitely a Stone's song. Nice version. Edited December 9, 2017 by Tippaporn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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