Little Susie - Christmas Season

This 1956 "B" side the you tube post is also from a 78rpm copy of this record.

While this is the most expensive 45 I brought, I was given quite a few 45's some were quite scarce records, the cheapest records I ever brought were some LP's, it was an eBay listing of 100 comedy LP's starting at 99p and pick up only, the seller was in Guildford not too far away, so I put in a bid, there was only one other bid, another record dealer, and I picked up the lot for £10.07, the size of the lot had also grown from 100 LP's to 700 LP's, It was a good job I took the car rather than 2 cases for 50 LP's each, on getting the LP's home I started to give then a cursory sort out, there being multiple copies of some LP's, I think Tony Handcock's the Blood Doner was the most common one, there was a Monty Python LP that had water damage to the cover, on checking the record it had never been played, so I cleaned the record and put it back in the cover, as I was putting the record away a water stained envelope fell out, I was just about to throw it away when I noticed it was un opened, on the front it said "To John, with love from Mum and Uncle Jack" in side was a Florence Nightingale £10 note, John had never opened or played the record so never discovered his present inside, so cashing in the £10 I got 700LP's for 7p.

                                                 Little Susie-Christmas Season

Little Susie - Who Put The Gum In Santa's Wiskers

This 1956 record has the distinction of being the record in my collection that I paid the most for, I was bidding on eBay for this and another record both from the same seller, I put my original bid in then not too long before the end of the auction I noticed that there were other bidders, so I upped my bid to the maximum I was willing to pay (£30),the record was for sale by a seller in the USA so it was dollars, in those days I needed glasses for reading I now wear them all the time, I did not have my glasses, the other record (I can not recall what record it was) I got he bid right, however on this record I missed the full stop and bid $3,000 instead of $30, I did not realise until the next day when I checked the site, panicking that they may be another person who really wanted the record and would put in a bid of say $2,000 or so, I needn't have panicked I got the record for $36, I do not know why I chose £/$30 as my maximum but by coincident it is the amount that Customs Duty and VAT start. It was over 12 years before another copy of this record appeared for sale. 

The you tube recording is taken from a 78rpm copy of this record.

 Little Susie-Who Put The Gum In Santa's Wiskers

Thurl Ravenscroft & The Pixies - Kitty Kats On Parade

The "B" side of "Santa's too Fat for the Hula Hoop" in the days of the original blog, I would post a Christmas record each day until Christmas Day, in those days I used to get CD's of novelty/unknown Christmas tracks, I don't know if it was a coincident that half the tracks I had posted the year before would appear on these CD's, for some reason I always want to put an 'e' on the end of Santa Claus, I would normally edit it out, but on one occasion I missed one track, on one of the next years CD's there was the track complete with the spelling mistake, as it was embedded in the MP3 file it would be difficult for them to change without knowing the program I use. 

The Pixies With Thurl Ravenscroft - Kitty Kats On Parade (1958)

 

Kenny And Corky - Nuttin For Christmas

I found my copy of this 1959 release at Hook Road Boot Sale  a few years back, the seller said they were going to get a Juke Box they got all the records to put on it, but never brought the Juke Box, I have never come across another copy of this record, until I acquired the record I can not recall ever hearing this record, on 45Cat there are links to both sides of this record.

 Kenny and Corky Nuttin for Christmas

Thurl Ravenscroft & The Pixies - Santa's Too Fat For The Hula Hoop

A USA & Canada only 1958 release, when I first posted this record I was offered £250 to sell this record, I noticed that on 45Cat there was a link on the Canadian issue to a You Tube posting of this record but the account had been terminated.

 Thurl Ravenscroft Compendium in 4K

Becky Lamb - Little Becky's Christmas Wish

This 1968 release is the first of 2 records by Becky Lamb both records are on You Tube and look to be my recordings from my original blog.

 Becky Lamb - Little Becky's Christmas Wish

Bob Rivers - The Twelve Pains Of Christmas

I first came across Bob Rivers when I was in the HMV shop in London I had a Long Service Award and took it as vouchers for the HMV shop, I had spent most of the award and had a few pounds left, I was contemplating adding some cash and buying the complete Round The Horn series, then I saw the Bob Rivers and Twisted Radio - Twisted Christmas CD these were a £1 each so I brought one, the remainder went on a couple of other CD's who's titles I can not remember, later I did acquire the Round The Horn series. This 1987 release is probably the most prototypical version of the song. 

The Twelve Pains Of Christmas - Twisted Christmas