Teejay -Rise Up Shepherds.mpg

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In (what I think was) 1958, Harry Simeone and his Harry Simeone Chorale released "The Little Drummer Boy, which was (in retrospect, by today's standards) a somewhat pompous and overbearing litany of Christmas. All of this predated my own birth by some years, but nevertheless, it is one of the first Christmas albums I ever recall in it's entirety. A part of this recollection was due to the cover / liner notes, which listed all the song lyrics, and thus taught me the words to many of the carols that remain my favorites today.

Of all the songs on the album, my two favorites were "Go Tell It On the Mountain", and "Rise Up Shepherds, and Follow". I don't know who the baritone vocalist was, but to this day, these remain two of my all-time favorites. I had not yet become acquainted with Howard Keel ("Bless Your Beautiful Hide"), but these songs were cool.

Later, I heard Belafonte's (also 1958) version of "Rise Up", and was equally enthralled. The Harry Simeone vocalist caught the rasp and growl of the stentorian baritone, but Belafonte's version caught the slave-spiritual yearning for the peace of Christmas. Both equally fantastic interpretations and I wanted to capture the best of both.

Some of my friends were involved in my quest to capture a complimentary vocal tone, trying no less than 9 microphones and 7 pre-amps. I never did get what I wanted... but in the Latin, "In me fuit."

"I did the best I could".

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[Dibubba]

My pleasure! And you can get my MP3 for free at teejnet.com.

Merry Christmas! :)

[Gretchenanna]

Thank you for helping me fing the Christmas album from my childhood! I am about to order it from Amazon. I knew it was the right one when I heard you sing it! I have been looking for years and didn't know where to start. Thank you Thank you!!