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| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 21/8/2018 12:43 pm |
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We are working on a digital download of this album. Please comment if you be interested in that as opposed to the high cost of shipping of the CD or Vinyl.
| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 12/5/2017 6:51 pm |
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We estimate that the Vinyl LP edition will be in our warehouse June 1. Pre-orders are being accepted and we do ship to all of Europe and Canada! Online ordering problems? just chat with our Customer Care staff. I will help if I can also.
| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 05/5/2017 4:33 pm |
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thank you so much! we are excited to release this official Bing Crosby release! enjoy!!
| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 05/5/2017 4:25 pm |
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I am so sorry, you can order online. I just spoke to them and they should have walked you through the process. They mean to make the shipping lower but they can do that by chat or email. Phone calls are not required. You're welcome!
| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 05/5/2017 4:12 pm |
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| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 05/5/2017 4:07 pm |
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Hello, you CAN order online at wlpmusic.com. We get orders from the UK and Europe every day. We also have the CD on Amazon. When Placing your order online, use the Chat feature on our website (lower right-hand corner) so the Customer Care representative can adjust your shipping cost. No need to call. You can also email them at wlpcs@jspaluch.com I want to make this as easy as possible. Let me know if you have any problems.
Larry VanMersbergen
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| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 05/5/2017 12:24 pm |
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We do ship to the Uk and all of Europe!
This might help when ordering, click on new customer and for country choose other and the screen should look like this.
| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 01/5/2017 11:09 pm |
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Hello. It is available on CD.
| New and Re-issued materials » "The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby" NEW! » 01/5/2017 3:00 pm |
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World Library Publications to re-issue “lost” Bing Crosby recording from 1957.
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Official Bing Crosby release!
Sometime in 1955, Omer Westendorf (founder of World Library of Sacred Music) wrote to several famous Catholics to find a narrator for a recording project. Among those names were Loretta Young, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Rocky Marciano, and Bing Crosby. Bishop Sheen replied that he was too busy, and there were no replies from Ms. Young and Mr. Marciano. Bing Crosby made inquiries about World Library of Sacred Music through the Los Angeles Chancery Office. He made no formal reply and just sent a tape of the narration. Bing made the recording on August 6, 1956, and sent it to Omer Westendorf in Cincinnati. Where the narration was recorded is unknown. The organ background was provided by Betty Zins Reiber, a longtime editor at WLP. According to Bing Enterprises/HLC Properties LLC, Bing donated his services and did not accept any payment. The music on the album was arranged by Han Van Koert (1913–1976). The complete score of the album was published by WLP in 1958.
The recording of Bing Crosby reading the Gospel of Luke 2:4 has not been used in any other project and is exclusive to World Library Publications.
[size=100]“It’s truly a wonderful thing to have an American icon in your vault, and after all this time we get to share it with the world. Bing Crosby and Christmas have always been synonymous.”
—Ron Rendek, Senior Music Editor, World Library Publications
“At the time the recording of the carols was taking place, Omer, the choir, and all involved in the project were honored that Bing Crosby had accepted Omer's invitation to narrate the Christmas gospel between the carols. I am deligh
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