HOLIDAY INN -- BING CROSBY & Fred Astaire Album Set, Six 78's - WHITE CHRISTMAS

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Decca record album set No. A-306 is "Holiday Inn" featuring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. It contains six 10-inch 78 RPM records, but only five of them are original to the set, so let's list those first:

Decca # 18425 -- "Abraham" and "Easter Parade" by Bing Crosby

Decca # 18426 -- "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful for" and "Song of Freedom" by Bing Crosby

Decca # 18427 -- "I'll Capture Your Heart" by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire; and "Lazy" by Bing Crosby

Decca # 18428 -- "I Can't Tell a Lie" and "You're Easy to Dance with" by Fred Astaire

Decca # 18429 -- "White Christmas" and "Let's Start the New Year Right" by Bing Crosby

Through a process of elimination, the missing record (Decca # 18424) would have contained sides 1 and 2 of the set, namely "Happy Holiday" and "Be Careful It's My Heart" by Bing Crosby. Instead, the sixth record in the album is:

Decca # 621 -- "Silent Night" and "Adeste Fideles" by Bing Crosby

In terms of condition, all six records are still nice and shiny, but with condition issues that I'll take one by one. Let's start with "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful for", which has a needle dig toward the end, which causes a single forward jump. Second, "Silent Night" has a diagonal series of needle digs that cause a repeat after only a few revolutions from the start. After re-setting the needle, the rest of it plays through without any more repeats, but with a couple of forward skips and a few passages of loud ticking. On the other ten sides there were no skips or jumps, and mostly just typical light background noise, but some scattered pops and clicks and passages of ticking or swishing. Because of variations in tracking ability, filtering devices and needle weights, I can offer no guarantees as to how well they will play on your equipment. 

The album itself is in solid and functional condition, with the pocket seams intact, and just typical surface soiling and edge wear.

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