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Label:    Primary Wave Music – 792755857366
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:    US
Released:    Oct 27, 2023
Genre:    Jazz, Pop
Style:    Holiday, Vocal, Swing

1        Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Orchestra – John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra
2:14
2        Just What I Wanted For Christmas
Orchestra – Frank De Vol And His Orchestra
2:19
3        O, Little Town Of Bethlehem
Chorus – Norman Luboff Choir
Orchestra – Paul Weston And His Orchestra
1:28
4        How Lovely Is Christmas
Chorus – The Arthur Norman Singers
Orchestra – Arthur Norman Orchestra
2:42
5        Away In A Manger
Orchestra – Paul Weston And His Orchestra
Vocals – Kathryn Crosby
1:25
6        Good King Wenceslas
Chorus – Norman Luboff Choir
Orchestra – Paul Weston And His Orchestra
2:43
7        The Night Before Christmas    3:23
8        Christmas Island
Vocals – Kathryn Crosby
1:44
9        Joy To The World
Chorus – Norman Luboff Choir
Orchestra – Paul Weston And His Orchestra
1:48
10        The Secret Of Christmas
Orchestra – Frank De Vol And His Orchestra
2:53
11        White World Of Winter
Orchestra – Sonny Burke And His Orchestra
2:10
12        (It's A) Marshmallow World
Orchestra – John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra
Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald
2:48
13        Christmas Star
Choir – Old St. Mary's Choir, San Francisco
Organ – Robert Emmett Moonan
2:33
14        Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Orchestrated By – Ian Fraser
Vocals – David Bowie
2:35
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imary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP
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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3, LP
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A&R, Creative Director, Liner Notes, Mastered By – Robert S. Bader
Art Direction – Donna Grecco, Lazaro Alvarado
Legal – Alexandria Todd, Katherine Ives
Project Manager – Emmie Chambers, Jack LeVine (3)
Special Thanks: Kathryn Crosby, Harry Crosby, Mary Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby

Track 1 is from a Kraft Music Hall rehearsal presumably from February 28, 1946.
Tracks 2 and 10 are from a Columbia single, recorded March 25, 1959.
Tracks 3, 6, and 9 were recorded December 19, 1955 for Crosby's first annual "A Christmas Sing With Bing Around The World" radio show airing on December 24, 1955.
Track 4 is the single version of the song recorded April 24, 1957 with the Arthur Norman Orchestra and Choir - Arthur Norman likely being a stage name for Norman Luboff.
Track 5 was recorded sometime in 1958 for Bing's 4th annual "Christmas Sing With Bing" which was broadcast December 24, 1958.
Track 7 was done sometime in 1968 for a "Voice Of America" broadcast.
Track 8 is from Bing's 1971 "Sounds Of Christmas" TV special, with this track likely being pre-recorded on September 24, 1971.
Track 11 was recorded on September 28, 1965 for a Reprise Records single.
Track 12 was from a "The Bing Crosby Show For Chesterfield" broadcast of November 29, 1950, likely being pre-recorded on November 9th of that year.
Track 13 was recorded on December 28, 1972 for a benefit LP for San Francisco's Old St. Mary's Church.
Track 14 was likely recorded on September 11, 1977 for the "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas" TV special.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: HOLIDAY
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/27/2023