Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and similar items

Catalog Number: WTM-39475 Condition Details: HYPE-STICKER on front. Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. Very mild-wear along spine. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Opening Trim Up The Tree Tomorrow Is Christmas, It's Practically Here Welcome Christmas I Must Stop Christmas You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Reprise) Welcome Christmas A Quarter Of Dawn Welcome Christmas Finale About The Record: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, by Dr. Seuss, is the soundtrack to the TV special of the same name. Three songs with lyrics were included in the special: Welcome Christmas, Trim up the Tree and You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch. The last of these was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft; the other two were performed by a chorus representing the voices of the Whos. None of the vocalists were credited at the time. On December 18, 1966, MGM released a soundtrack LP in conjunction with the television special. In the recorded version, Boris Karloff does all voices including Cindy Lou Who. The song You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, which comically describes the level of the Grinch's despicable nature, includes all verses with their original rhyming lyrics and the isolated song tracks have different durations due to being re-recorded. Because Thurl Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the 1966 television special as singing the song You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, it is sometimes attributed to Boris Karloff. After becoming aware of this oversight, Seuss himself called Ravenscroft and apologized profusely and later wrote letters to columnists nationwide telling them that it was Ravenscroft who provided vocals for the musical number. Ravenscroft would become a staple in several of Seuss's later television specials, voicing one of the Wickersham Brothers in Horton Hears a Who and a factory worker in The Lorax.