Don Janse - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and similar items

Catalog Number: SDLPX-25 Condition Details: Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing (front/back). Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine has no-text and mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners; text across bottom-edge is easy-to-read. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Release date is approximately 1963. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: O Come All Ye Faithful O Tannenbaum Go Tell It On The Mountain O Little Town Of Bethlehem Deck The Halls O Holy Night Silent Night I Saw Three Ships While Shepherds Watched Angels We Have Heard On High We Wish You A Merry Christmas It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Hark The Herald Angels Sing The First Noel Away In A Manger What Child Is This Unto Us Is Born A Son Joy To The World About The Record: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, by The 40 Voices of the Don Janse Chorale, is a budget Christmas release from Design Records, a subsidiary of Pickwick International known for low-cost compilations and reissues in the late 1950s and 1960s. It features traditional carols performed by various choral groups, organists, and ensembles, with the title track serving as the opening number in several related issues, such as those emphasizing organ and chimes renditions by artists like Jesse Crawford. Typical tracklists include classics like O Come All Ye Faithful, Silent Night, Joy to the World, and The First Noel, often arranged for choir or instrumental accompaniment to evoke a festive, family-oriented atmosphere. Historically significant as part of Design's dedicated Christmas series (DLP-X/SDLP-X), these albums were mass-produced for affordable holiday playback during the vinyl era's boom in seasonal music, reflecting the label's strategy of repurposing older recordings for bargain-bin appeal. No hit singles emerged from the album, as Design Releases were compilations without promotional pushes for chart success.