I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - 1952 - MVI

At 13 Jimmy boyd recorded this song at the urging of Columbia records. Little did they know how popular ir would become in the comming years until it blossomed into the Chirstmas classic we know today. Jimmy boyd passed away this year at the age of 70. Born dirt poor in the south his singing ablity kept him fed until he signed onto columbia. After hearing this song from the original 78 RPM you can tell how modern reissues fai to capture the original recording. I can;t tell the last time i could hear Jimmy Beathing between his pharses. I did minimum sound flitering i supect that modern reissues use the wrong EQ and is heavily compresses :(. But here it is in its original glory.

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[wb5oxq]

Neat recording and good quality from a later 78 pressing. I see it says unbreakable. Is it vinyl?

[Zefrenm]

@wb5oxq i'm not sure, it's a compostie made out of plastic but it's not as fragile as vinyl on the recording layer and a cheap pourous plastic core. Not flexible. It's as heavy and thick as late 40's columbia records. my other 50's comlubia record is full vinyl and thin.

[gvsher]

My parents had this too on 78 rpm. The flip side was "Thumbelina." We played it so much we wore out the center hole badly.

[kmacs101]

it's ok i guess

[PYROLORD6]

I miss the old days when there were record players. The old days where good

[MYBIGKINDHEART]

@Zefrenm all records are terribly fragile, i accidently droped a 45rpm once and it broke the edge of the record and so it was fucked, i so wish we had back then wht we have now

[sibman77]

This was absolutely fabulous! What a wonderful holiday treat! I had completely forgotten about this original. Great sound too! Thanks!

[thelex001]

Awesome. We had this very disc, flip side "Thumbelina." Played it to death...

[geezersinc]

My aunt had this record and would play it on her wind-up record machine. Thanks for posting this and bringing back great memories.

[hillbilly2bill]

This is the recording that was used in the August 1,2010 -- Mad Man Series

I had not thought about Jimmy Boyd in a long time.. the show brings

back a lot of memories of the 50s and now 60s...younger people were

probably hearing him for the first time.. us older people remembering

as a kid in 1951..thanks for posting..

[cricketrecords]

It probably is pretty cheap plastic as this particular recording is on Columbia's children's label. Plastic so children couldn't break it as easily but not top quality vinyl, to make the record cheaper to sell, and also because sound quality is not quite so important to a child audience.

[stebearleeds]

this 78 may be one of many to be press for the juke box that had light tracking arm

I have juke box that plays 78's and u could get 60's 78's that was made in Vinyl  for 78 juke box