The program was primarily music, and as was the practice at that time, it was entirely choral - no instruments.
In this 10-inch record of Christmas hymns, we hear male, female and mixed ensembles. The familiar material generally comes off well, although the more difficult music makes the men in particular uncomfortable.
The music is directed by J. Mark Stauffer, who also was responsible for the music on my previous post of a Mennonite revival meeting. The sound is reasonably good.
You're on fire this year, Buster! I've got a couple of 12" Mennonite Hour Christmas records, but I don't think I've ever listened to them. Now I'll have to dig them out.
ReplyDeleteErnie - I have one of those myself. Seems to be from about 1970.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Christmas selections thus far, Buster!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post, it's nice listening.
ReplyDeleteMany of the Mennonite Hour records, and other recordings that were only part of radio shows, have been reissued on CD. The producer (a friend of mine) worked from the original tapes, and was in many of the performances himself 40+ years ago. Details: http://store.mennomedia.org/Mennonite-Hour-C1229.aspx
ReplyDeleteBeep - I find the Mennonite records fascinating, as may be apparent.
ReplyDeleteNew transfer (Apple lossless):
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Hello, Buster!
ReplyDeleteI downloaded this and thoroughly enjoyed it. But I forgot to even thank you for your efforts.
Sorry about that!
Belated thanks for this.
Also, thanks to Ernie (@ Ernie's Blog) for sharing the original release date info.
"Ernie On The Spot!"