Bing Crosby "Merry Christmas" RE CD (1961/1998)

Details: Bing Crosby, Merry Christmas, previously owned copy in fantastic condition. Classic reissue and holiday album release. Promo copy, drill in back UPC. Description: "Decca issued a second edition in this format in 1947, catalog Decca A-550, consisting of four 78s, omitting recordings of "Danny Boy" and "Let's Start the New Year Right" from the previous release, and including new recordings of "White Christmas" and "Silent Night" from March 19, 1947. This recording of "White Christmas", heard on every subsequent pressing, is actually a re-recording of the song as, in an unprecedented occurrence, the 1942 master had actually worn out and was no longer usable. Decca and Crosby undertook the remake with the same orchestra and chorus, in an attempt to re-create the original May 1942 recording as closely as possible. The original recording of "White Christmas" to this date, has never been stamped on LP records or 45 rpm singles but has appeared in a few holiday compilation albums on C