NAT KING COLE - The Christmas Song (merry Christmas To You) / The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot

Item Description

Vinyl, , Purple Label, 1st Issue
7" 45 RPM Single

Original 1956 issue, with label logo on top and "Vocal with Orchestra" designation at right, as on pressings made every holiday season through 1958; other differences from later pressings (as from [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1722511]1960[/url], [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1528980]1962[/url] and [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1524463]1973[/url]) include:
- A side publisher shown as 'E. H. Morris & & Co., Inc.'
1959 pressings used this same design and layout (and ditched the second & from the A side publisher credit), but eliminated the "F" from the catalogue number.

Lacquers with 'N' designation mastered in New York, and 'D' lacquers mastered in Hollywood (D5 lacquer on Side B cut around 1953 and metal part thereof reused for some pressings of this record)