Looking for a collection of Bach? Here is a set of the Brandenburgs along with the Harpichord Concertos 1-6 plus the Harpsichord Concertos for Two and more keyboards. The performances seem to be from the old Vox catalog possibly, or may be newer, but either way decent recordings. And right now you get over 4 hours of Bach for 69 cents. That is quite a bargain, and not a bad way to expand your Bach collection too.

The Ray Conniff Singers do not make an appearance in the Goodyear LP series until volume 6, but their sound is about as pop as you can get. They released 3 Christmas albums, but a great compilation was released in 1985 that gathered all of their best tracks together. "Christmas Caroling" is a fun trip thru some really happy holiday music that is guaranteed to put either a smile or groan on your face.

From 1961 but evoking the 50's sound, the Lennon Sisters have a charming holiday collection, with enough of the smooth Lawrence Welk sound to give the music an easy listening feel. Definitely on of the better girl group LPs from that era, and a great mix of pop and traditional songs.

Released in 1956, this LP is a great choral album with all of the standard holiday favorite tunes. Of course the album is not in stereo, but the sound is fine and the performances show why this was a Christmas favorite for years.

Hallmark Records has released Volume 2 of Goodyear's 'Great Songs of Christmas' on an MP3 album!

Andre Kostelanetz's 'Christmas in Wonderland' from 1963 is like Christmas Muzak on overdrive. Happy, corny and just fun, the music is as sweet as the album cover.
Unfortunately his 1960 album 'Wishing You A Merry Christmas' never has made it to CD. It is more traditional sounding, but still a great LP, so I decided to share it, you can download it HERE.

Another bargain collection set from Amazon, for only $2 each. You get over 6 1/2 hours of Classical Christmas tracks from each collection, from 'The Nutcracker' to 'Messiah' among others. One caveat, the Children's Choir tracks really do not go with the collection, and I wasn't crazy about most of them, but for the price, I just deleted the tracks I did not like. Both sets are a deal, with the Meditation set having more piano tracks, and there is probably some duplication, which at this price is a non-issue. Enjoy!

Now here is a bargain, a collection of 100 Christmas Songs for $5. Besides Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Nat King Cole and other great singers, there are dozens of other classic performances from the 1950's and 1960's. While the version of Bing's 'White Christmas' is not the classic one everyone knows, it is still fine, and the other tracks are all great. An essential MP3 download from Amazon.

I have always been a fan of the Goodyear ’Great Songs of Christmas’ LPs issued in the 1960’s and 70’s, ‘available exclusively’ at Goodyear Tire Stores. The first series was compiled by CBS in the 60’s and featured the best tracks from the CBS/Columbia catalogs, with artists like Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Doris Day and Percy Faith, to name a few. I am such a fan that I have an entire website dedicated to the music from these and other records from that era. Head on over to goodstonechristmas.com to get your Christmas Music into overdrive!