The Great Songs of Christmas
Columbia Record Productions / Columbia Special Products
1961

This album - perhaps because it was the first release - has some unusual variations to pique a collector's interest.

Version 1: Font and back covers say 'Created exclusively for Goodyear by Columbia Record Productions'; record label is 'Columbia Record Productions', but no mention of Goodyear.

Version 2: Front cover shows Columbia Special Products logo only; back cover says 'Created exclusively for Goodyear by Columbia Special Products'; record label is 'Columbia Special Products' and states 'Created Exclusively for Goodyear'.

Version 3: Front cover shows Columbia Special Products logo only; back cover says 'Created Exclusively by Columbia Special Products'; record label is 'Columbia Special Products'. No mention of Goodyear on either side of cover nor on label. This is the first style I have categorized as "unsponsored" (see the main page for more on this).






Silent Night - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Eileen Farrell
O Come All Ye Faithful - Percy Faith
Gesu Bambino - Percy Faith
What Child Is This? - Mitch Miller
O Holy Night - Earl Wrightson
For Unto Us a Child Is Born (from Handel's 'Messiah') - New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein
Ring Christmas Bells/The First Noel/We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Frank DeVol
The Twelve Days of Christmas - Burl Ives
Carol of the Bells - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings / Deck the Halls - Norman Luboff Choir
Sleigh Ride - Andre Kostelanetz




'Unsponsored' editions




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