78 RPM - Bing Crosby - Silent Night (Christmas Hymn) / Adeste Fideles (O, Come All Ye Faithful) - Decca - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Bing Crosby
Label:	Decca
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	23777
Date:	Jan 1947
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	13 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$15
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PRICE GUIDE

$15

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Bing Crosby	Silent Night (Christmas Hymn)	Franz Gruber	Rate
B	Bing Crosby	Adeste Fideles (O, Come All Ye Faithful)		Rate

Notes

Also used, with appropriate markings, as part of a four-record album No A-550 Merry Christmas.

Billboard Jan 11 1947

On original issues, both sides recorded June 8, 1942 in Los Angeles, California
After 1947 holiday season, "Silent Night" recording used was mx. DLA 4375, recorded March 19, 1947 in Los Angeles, California

Also issued on 45 RPM in 1950 as 9-23777, initially in Box Set 9-65, then as a stand-alone single

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Comments and Reviews


mister_tmg 7th Jan 2018		Perhaps there’s another pressing of this with the 1947 recording of “Silent Night”, which had already been recorded in time for the festive season that year - so why did they use the 1942 recording again? Either way, presumably later pressings did use the 1947 recording, in the same way the UK Brunswick 78 did. I assume it’s okay to link all these releases of the same coupling, even though they aren’t actually the same recordings, since Bing cut three commercially released versions of “Silent Night”, coupled with one of two different commercial recordings of “Adeste Fideles”. A bit odd that he didn’t remake the latter a third time in 1947, which means the latter day 78 releases have a 1947 recording of “Silent Night” coupled with a 1942 recording of “Adeste Fideles”. The 1935 and 1942 discs are the same coupling with different recordings on each. I suppose artists doing this kind of thing is unusual anyway, and back then you’d have only been able to buy the one Decca currently had available - the earlier ones were presumably deleted. Bing’s first commercial recording of “Silent Night” was actually for a private charity issue only.



jscaptura 25th Mar 2017		Added clearer A Side label fmc.