Christmas Carols (1948)

Album Cover
Columbia Masterworks
Christmas Carols by
Mount Holyoke College Glee Club
Ruth Douglass, Conductor

Sing We Nöel (French)
Yuletide is Here (Swedish)
In Dulci Jubilo (German)
Holy Day Holly (English)
Wake, Nightingale (Franconian)
Touro-Louro-Louro (French)
O'er Her Child (French)
Jacques, Come Here (French)
Carol of the Birds (French)
Carol of the Nuns of St. Mary (English)
Patapan (French)
Patapan (a cleaner version) (French)

This album was recorded on 78rpm vinyl. The album is actually three albums, and each side holds about five minutes of recorded music. The three sleeves are bound to a hinge in the spine, and the decorative cover opens like a book. The first album holds sides 1 and 6; the second album holds sides 2 and 5; and the third album holds sides 3 and 4. If you are paging through it like a book, you'll see the sides in order: 1, 2, 3; and then you close the album, flip it upside down toward you, and open it up again to see the remaining sides in order: 4, 5, 6.

The album that contains side 6 has a significant crease forming in it, which has caused a very audible heartbeat click throughout both songs on that side. I have made an attempt to take the clicks out of one of the songs, and it is somewhat improved, but they are still audible. I will continue to work on that!