and featuring Pat Boone, the Lennon Sisters, and Lawrence Welk? That does not look like something any of those artists would approve.I recall that from one Christmas we had in Nashville, 56 or was it 57? My Mom got it as a gag gift for my Dad who loved the Mills Brothers. When she told the story as the years passed, "George looked at that cover all morning and never noticed once the Mills Brothers were featured singers!"
My Dad got my Mom a mink stole that Christmas and she wore it over her negligee while cooking breakfast--
My! You had a lively family with a great sense of humor! LOL.
I was serious about my question. Was this record put out by some off shoot company that picked up recordings from other sources and grouped them on an album with their own graphics? I really can’t imagine Lawrence Welk, Pat Boone, or the Lennon Sisters approving that picture on their work.
I don’t think artists had the same control in the 50s over the re-recording of their work as they have today. I remember Christmas albums being sold by the “4 Roses Society” (a whiskey company and sold in liquor stores) that were marketed for very little money (a couple of bucks apiece) that were consolidations of many artists singing Christmas songs. No naked ladies on the covers. But, they were sold cheap to get people into the liquor stores. I had several because they were only a couple of bucks apiece, whereas an LP album at a music store might cost $10.