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Centuries of Sound Presents – Deep Magic: Christmas Recordings 1902-1924

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This compilation of Christmas recordings spans an era which includes the entirety of WW1 and the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919, but of course you wouldn't guess it from the contents. The only reminder perhaps is the two different versions of "Silent Night", which was famously sung by opposing sides in the trenches at Christmas 1914.

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Here is the tracklist, the same for both versions.

00:00 Harry E. Humphrey - Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph

03:17 Choir Of The Royal Court Opera With Orchestra And Church Bells, Acc. Harmonium, Bells - Silent Night, Holy Night
06:07 Gilbert Girard - Santa Claus Tells of Mother Goose Land
07:43 Band - Christmas Memories
11:41 Nebe-Quartett - O Tannenbaum
13:31 Albert Whelan - Scrooge's Awakening
15:44 Edison Concert Band - Bells Of Christmas
19:55 Thomas Edison - Mr. Edison's Christmas Greetings
24:05 George Hamilton Green Novelty Orchestra - Moonlight Waltz
27:36 George Islon - Christmas Eve In The Old Homestead
30:06 Edison Mixed Quartet - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
33:07 Metropolitan Quartet - Christmas, Christmas, Blessed, Blessed Day
36:34 Bransby Williams - The Street Watchman's Christmas
40:29 Edison Concert Band And The Edison Mixed Quartet - Ring Out The Bells For Christmas
44:40 Carol Singers - Joy To The World
47:06 Yolande Noble And Percy Clifton - Buying The Christmas Dinner
49:20 Robert Gayler - Christmas Eve- a Fantasie On Old German Christmas Carols
52:17 Manuel Romain - Christmas Time Seems Years And Years Away
54:14 Harry E. Humphrey - The Night Before Christmas
57:35 Elizabeth Spencer, Harry Anthony And James F. Harrison - Silent Night

Merry Christmas!

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