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Holiday Songs, Stories and Carols
Have Clear Hi-Fi Ring This Year
>. By HUGH A. MULLIGAN
AP Newsfeature Writer
U sound of sleigh bells
echoes clearer and louder over the
snow-thatched rooftops this Christ
mas E*re, it’s due no doubt to the
fact that Santa and his reindeer
will come crashing through the
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sound barrier via the medium oi
high fidelity recordings.
Ever since Gene Autry deserted
his faithful horse “Champion” anc
took a lucrative ride on “Rudolpl
the Red-flosed Reindeer,” recon
companies have come to realist*
that Christmas songs, stories
carols and gift albums are a multi
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; million dollar business. This year
the industry expects to ring up 150
1 million dollars in Christmas sales
i: of records alone, and an even
i larger volume in the sales of hi-fi
i rigs, components and factory
5 made medium-fi sets. Christmas is
, to the record industry what
* Easter is to the clothing field, a
time for introducing the latest
styles and models in their fanciest
trimmings.
Something for Everybody
In the best tradition of Christ
mas giving, there's something in
Santa’s record collection for every
. tasteandage. ,
Children, of course, come high
est on the list. Eugene Ormandy,
the Philadelphia Orchestra and
narrator Cyril Ritchard give an
enchanting performance of l^roko
I fiev’s “Peter and the Wolf"
| (Columbia), Antal Dorati anu the
j Minneapolis Orchestra joyously
romp through Tchaikovsky's “The
j Nutcracker Ballet” on a Mercury
label and Arthur Fiedler and the
Boston Pops Orchestra do likewise
in. an RCA Victor album. Both are
musically superb and technically
exciting. To woo children away
from television toward the hi-fi
rnt in easy doses. Decea offers
“The Music from Disneyland” and
Columbia recommends Rosemary
Clooney singing favorite children's
songs in an album called “Clooney
Tunes.” Conductor Leopold Sto
kowski gives a musical dissertation
on how a symphony orchetra works
(Capital).
The Christmas carolers this
year include such veteran knights
of the turntable as Bing Crosby,
Perry Como, Mario Lanza, Fred
Waring, Mantovani, the Norman
Luboff and Robert Wagner Choirs,
Father Sydney MacEwan, counter
tenor Alfred Deller and various
church and boys choirs from many
lands. Even the marching bands,
always a hi-fi favorite, have caught
the Christmas tempo, as evidenced
by the Westminster album of the
Deutschmeister band playing
carols.
No Christmas would be complete
without a trip to New York’s
Radio City Music Hall. Roulette
Records provides the means with
an album of Raymond Paige and
the Radio City symphony orches
tra performing the" music for a
complete stage show.
Classic’s Available
In the field of serious Christmas
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mm»ic. Leonard Bernstein, the $ew
f dif Philharmonic and the West
minster Choir are heard in a new
ajnd excellent retordtng of Han
del's “Messiah” (Columbia). Angel
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