VOL. V, NO. 6
By Karl Raack '65
RCA Victor has come out with a totally new idea in Christmas sound dimension. For $12.76 you can buy the album, Communist Christmas Carols. In this new, fabulous album are 24 of America's favorite carols as sung by your favorite Russian, Cuban, and Red Chinese artists.
Mao and the Delegations sing "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful." This is a one‑time best seller which was popular in China from 1946‑1950.
Nikita and the Castro Sisters give a new twist to their rendition of "Joy To The World." Henry Mancinovich wrote this song about the Russian Revolution.
"While Shepherds Watched Their Tractors by Night," by Fidel and the Rebels is a lively new version of an old Beethoven favorite. Also by Fidel and the Rebels is "We Three Dictators of Orient Are."
"I'm Dreaming of a Red Christmas" and "U.S. Wheat n Our Mangers" are two authentic tunes by an exotic new singing group, Peter, Paul, and Ivan. They also sing Stanley Xomptin's "Deck The Square with Boughs of Holly."
This album also has carols by the Marxtones. Nikolai and the Bolsheviks, Rasputin, and many, many more.