Post by teridaxxd001 on Dec 26, 2023 6:55:53 GMT
Lite FM frequently plays "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" from the 1964 Rankin/Bass special, but it's not presented as it's heard on the soundtrack. See, in the special, Sam does the intro ("You know Dasher and Dancer...") near the beginning, with the last line of it ("...the most famous reindeer of all") just before the opening credits play out, accompanied by an instrumental medley of the show's songs. The official soundtrack presents this as a single track. He never actually sings the rest of the song until the very end, over the ending credits. He says "Well, folks, as for the rest of the story..." with the studio chorus singing "...he went down in history!," followed by Sam singing the body of the song starting with "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer/had a very shiny nose." The song plays out as expected from there. The soundtrack likewise has all this from "Well, folks" as one track. Basically, the entire song, intro and body together, is never actually performed in the special.
Well, this isn't good enough for radio broadcasts, apparently. The version played on Lite has the "You know Dasher and Dancer..." to "...the most famous reindeer of all," plays the brief transition to the opening credits, then it badly cuts to "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer/had a very shiny nose" from the latter track, and continues to the end. It plays several times a day, I'm sure (and it's now December 26th and as of right this moment, they're still playing Christmas), but I apparently lack the hardware to properly record it. I just discovered my computer doesn't have a microphone jack, just a single headset jack that can only record if you're using a headset that has a microphone attached. My only option is to use iHeart Radio on my phone and do a screen recording, which would have subpar audio. I've been skimming through the Internet Archive for off-the-air recordings/airchecks, but haven't run into the Rankin/Bass version of this song so far. Anyone got any ideas?
