| Surprisingly, it's not generally known that the original recordings for Perry's first Christmas album date back to 1946 when it was released as a 4 record 78-rpm disc Musical Smart Set. All of these songs were recorded in August, 1946, but one song, "O Little Town of Bethlehem", was later dropped from the set and replaced by "White Christmas" recorded in 1947. In 1956, the revised collection was combined with another collection, "Around the Christmas Tree", recorded in 1953, under the original 1946 album title, to form Perry's first full RCA Victor 12" LP Christmas album. This album was reissued under the budget RCA Camden label in 1961 less one additional song, "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town", and for reasons unexplained it was this version chosen for remastering to compact disc. The compact disc could easily have contained all of the original songs within it's format length. |
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August 1st,1946
Winter Wonderland PD6VB - 2569 Take 1 - 1A
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town PD6VB - 2570 Take 1 - 1A
I'll Be Home For Christmas D6VB - 2620 Take 1 - 1A
That Christmas Feeling D6VB - 2621 Take 1 - 1A
Silent Night PD6VB - 2678 Take 1 - 1A & 2 - 2A
O Come All Ye Faithful ( Adeste Fidelis ) PD6VB - 2679 Take 1 - 1A
O Little Town of Bethlehem PD6VB - 2680 Take 1 - 1A
Jingle Bells D6VB - 2689 Take 1 - 1A
White Christmas D7VB - 1272 Take 1 - 1A
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