great interview with Van Dyke Parks (right, working on "Smile" with Brian Wilson)

Just something satisfying where every line ended up on its feet. Every cat got turned up and down on its feet again, up and down the tree...

A Polar Bear's (Christmas) Tale

Anthony Stewart Culley
Dec 31st 1925-Dec 19th 1992

out & about

Collection: Christmas and Toy Catalogs

Christmas department store music music from Seeburg

The Christmas holiday season required a special set of records. A box of 25 Christmas records was issued to be played during the month of December. This set consisted of Christmas music interspersed with non-holiday music.

It was the job of the machine operators to replace all Christmas music with the standard fare on December 26. This job was a large undertaking - in New York, "the entire service and installation force, and even the office help, are pressed into service to still the sound of Christmas past for another 11 months...

listen here---

The Seeburg Music Library - Christmas 1960