If you haven’t read any of the other The Big Sound blogs, let me begin by telling you that this was a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3/ RPM records issued to participating radio stations in the early 1960’s. Each disc featured short spots delivered by film, TV, music and sports celebrities, which the station could…
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V.I.P. Radio – Shopping Days Till Christmas
Like The Big Sound series which came later, this was a series of 12-inch 33 1/3/ RPM records which radio stations bought and used to promote themselves on the air. The promos were recorded by music, film, TV and sports celebrities. These records were most likely issued in the 1950’s. Notice that the label specifies…
Christmas 1955
This 90-minute NBC Radio special was broadcast on December 23, 1955. Unfortunately, it is not available. We mentioned it in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but will be updating that entry with scans from several newspapers. The article with the most useful information was published in the Pasadena Independent, Pasadena, CA, on the day of…
Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol
The Six Shooter planned a special Christmas show for its December 20, 1953, show, but the newspapers didn’t have much to say about it; most simply said “The Six Shooter” in their radio listings. When they did say more, it was like the one below from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA: Jimmy’s character, Britt Ponset,…
Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol on Cassette
If you’re searching for a copy of Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol for your collection, there are several sources available. The first is a four cassette set titled Radio’s All Time Greatest Christmas Shows (Dove Audio 81350). The second, and harder to find source, is a six cassette set titled Great Christmas Shows, Vol. 1 (Audio…
The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century Selected by Walter Cronkite
This special 20-cassette/CD boxed set was issued by Radio Spirits in 1999 (4412). Two Jimmy Stewart shows were included on the set. The first was the December 20, 1953, Six Shooter broadcast of Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol. The second show was We Hold These Truths, which had originally been broadcast on December 15, 1941. …
The 6 Shooter – “The Stampede” Collection
This was the third and final offering from Metacom (9133223/AB223) and was issued in 1997. This time there were fifteen different programs included on the six cassettes. J270 – Jenny/The Coward J271 – The Stampede/Silver Annie J272 – Rink Larkin/Red Lawson’s Revenge J273 – Ben Scofield/The Capture of Stacy Gault/Escape from Smoke Falls J274 –…
Four Wonderful Winnie the Pooh Stories
When the three Winnie the Pooh blogs were posted (October 26-27-28, 2015) we thought that we had covered all of the available variations of the recordings. There were Upside-Down books in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm formats, 78 rpm singles, 45 rpm singles and various albums released through the years. But, as it turns…
Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Sung by Jimmy Stewart and Bing Crosby
The CD, The Christmas Collection, was released in 1988 (Déjà Vu 5080-2). It was also issued as a cassette (Deja Vu 5080-4): It features a very short (40-second) rendition of Baby, It’s Cold Outside sung by Bing Crosby and Jimmy Stewart. While probably not a song you would think of as a Christmas melody, it…
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas – Soundtrack Music
For Christmas of 1977, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir released the album White Christmas (Columbia Masterworks M 34546). The album was recorded with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Songs included on the album were: White Christmas (in film) Silver Bells I’ll Be Home for Christmas Winter Wonderland (in film) Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy) The…
