78 RPM - Bing Crosby - Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) / Silent Night, Holy Night - Brunswick - UK

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Bing Crosby
Label:	Brunswick
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	03929
Date:	Jul 1948
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	37 Own, 1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Bing Crosby	Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)	Traditional	Rate
B	Bing Crosby	Silent Night, Holy Night	Gruber	Rate

Notes

with The Max Terr Choir and John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra.
A: Sung in Latin and English.

A mx: DLA 3025, recorded Los Angeles, CA, 8 June 1942.
B mx: DLA 3026, recorded Los Angeles, CA, 8 June 1942.

Later reissues replace the recording on the B side:
B mx: L 4375, recorded Los Angeles, CA, 19 March 1947,
with The Ken Darby Singers and orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter.

First released on US Decca 23777, with "Silent Night" as the A side.

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Comments and Reviews


Redpunk ● 26th Dec 2022		Added later side A label scan with changed layout.



Redpunk ● 18th Jun 2020		Added N label scans.



Redpunk ● 26th Mar 2020		Added later 50's label scans.



Redpunk ● 13th Dec 2018		Added CT label scans without A/B.



mister_tmg 17th May 2017		Further to my previous comment, I've only just noticed that the matrix number was changed on another pressing, as indicated in the label images. There's a downloadable discography of the Bing Crosby UK 45s and 78s, courtesy of the International Club Crosby, which alerted me to the following: All re-issued copies of 03929 show matrix L 4375 of "Silent night". So the original pressing of "Silent Night" used master DLA 3026, recorded 8 June 1942. It was subsequently replaced with master L 4375, recorded 19 March 1947, the same session at which he re-cut "White Christmas". It would therefore seem to be the case that the version of "Silent Night" which made the NME chart in 1952 was the 1947 recording, especially judging by the tax codes. There are also black and silver label pressings of this disc, dating from 1953-57. The second recording features the Ken Darby Singers on the backing vocals, whilst the first used the Max Terr Choir. The orchestra on both is led by John Scott Trotter. The 1947 version is also the one used on the “Merry Christmas” LP.



mister_tmg 28th Apr 2017		Given that most charting records since November 1952 were new releases, this must be one of the oldest to be a hit, as it was over four years old by December 1952, when it charted. The earliest chart hits would be issues from some time in 1952, but could this be the only charting release from as early as 1948? It would surely be one of the oldest recordings to appear in the chart (from 19 March 1947) although White Christmas (which didn't become a hit until 1977) dates from a few years earlier (29 May 1942). George Van Dusen probably holds that record with "It's Party Time Again" from 1937, which charted in 1988 as a re-issue.



DreamMachine 13th Sep 2016		According to the Label Descriptions: A Side = Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) B Side = Silent Night, Holy Night NOT as Shown on above Listing [Fixed track order. Thanks for also filing a correction's report! Mod.]



mister_tmg 27th Jun 2016		It seems Bing recorded this song eight times in the studio, all before 1955. The earliest is indeed back in 1928. But this disc, which made the UK charts, was the recording made on 8 June 1942. Hmmm, wonder if I have the right version! When there's a later stereo remake of a song, it's obvious that wouldn't be the mono original, but all the recordings of this would have been mono. Bing Crosby Decca Years sessions



Appletree1 SUBS 9th Dec 2015		The Missing Charts book shows that this record was sent out to the shops in November 1948. It seems highly unlikely that the record, which is a Christmas record, would be issued in July! Who would buy a Christmas record in the summer months!! [Interestingly, if you look at the nearby cat. numbers, they were all issued in July 1948. Mod.]



W.B.lbl ● 16th Nov 2013		The recordings on this issue, however, were from 1942.



Meon Valley Records 16th Nov 2013		According to Wikipedia, this record was first published in 1928 with orchestra by Paul Whiteman and the first re-issued in 1935. Follow link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby_discography



Klepsie 12th Oct 2013		The chart hit must have been a belated one; the CT tax code means this copy is 1950 at the latest. It was probably one of those records that sold by the cartload every Christmas, like Slade some decades later... (Of course the only charts prior to '52 were sheet music, not recordings)



Alan Warby 30th Jun 2013		Reached Number 5 in the NME charts, 19 Dec 1952. Was also awarded a Gold Disc.



grumpa 12th Jan 2013		Catalogue number would suggest 1948 as date of issue.