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"Hodie" (A Christmas Cantata)
A.a	I. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell!
A.b	II. Narration: Now The Birth Of Jesus Christ
A.c	III. Song: It Was The Winter Wild Lyrics By [From Hymn On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity] – Milton*
A.d	IV. Narration: And It Came To Pass In Those Days
A.e	V. Choral: The Blessed Son Of God Lyrics By – Miles CoverdaleLyrics By [After] – Martin Luther
A.f	VI. Narration: And There Were In The Same Country
A.g	VII. Song (The Oxen): Christmas Eve And Twelve Of The Clock Lyrics By – Thomas Hardy
A.h	VIII. Narration: And The Shepherds Returned
B.a	IX. Pastoral: The Shepherds Sing Lyrics By – George Herbert
B.b	X. Narration: But Mary Kept All These Things
B.c	XI. Lullaby: Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sang Lyrics By – W. Ballet*
B.d	XII. Hymn: Bright Portals Of The Sky Lyrics By – William Drummond
B.e	XIII. Narration: Now When Jesus Was Born
B.f	XIV. The March Of The Three Kings: From Kingdoms Of Wisdom Lyrics By – Ursula Vaughan Williams
B.g	XV. Choral: No Sad Thought His Soul Affright Lyrics By [Verse 1] – Anon.*Lyrics By [Verse 2] – Ursula Vaughan Williams
B.h	XVI. Epilogue: In The Beginning Was The Word Lyrics By [From Hymn On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity] – John Milton

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
• Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
• Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Michael Kennedy
• Record Company – EMI

Credits

• Baritone Vocals – John Shirley-Quirk
• Choir – The Bach Choir, The Choristers Of Westminster Abbey*
• Chorus Master [Master Of The Choristers] – Douglas Guest
• Composed By – Vaughan Williams*
• Conductor – David Willcocks
• Engineer [Uncredited] – Neville Boyling
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Janet Baker
• Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
• Organ – Philip Ledger
• Producer [Uncredited] – Ronald Kinloch Anderson
• Sleeve Notes – Michael Kennedy
• Tenor Vocals – Richard Lewis

Notes

Repress from ca. 1970 - 1972 with a boxed Columbia logo and two EMI logos on the labels.
For a similar version with only one EMI logo on the labels see Hodie (This Day) - A Christmas Cantata.
Originally released in 1965 with a blue 'unboxed' Columbia logo on the labels.

LABELS:
- Black labels with silver text
- Rim text starts with "The Gramophone Co Ltd"
- "Made in Gt. Britain" at bottom
- "℗ 1965"
- "Recorded under the auspices of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust"

SLEEVE:
- Laminated on front
- Small stereo caption on front top right
- No catalog number printed on spine
- Three-way flipbacks
- Sleeve notes in English only (© 1965) and lyrics on back
- Lyrics are "Reprinted by kind permission of the Oxford University Press"
- "℗ 1965"
- "Made and Printed in Great Britain"
- "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending" on bottom flipback

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Labelography code: ED2
- Recorded 22 January - 3 February 1965
- Sub tracks are not banded on vinyl

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 1, stamped): YAX 1260-3G A 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 2, stamped): YAX 1261-2 M 2
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label, side 1): YAX.1260
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label, side 2): YAX.1261
• Rights Society: Mecolico
• Other (Printing company's date code, on bottom flipback): 6512 PL
• Other (Corresponding mono Category, on bottom flipback): 33SX1782

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S 36297	Vaughan Williams* / Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, The Choristers Of Westminster Abbey*, The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By David Willocks	Vaughan Williams* / Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, The Choristers Of Westminster Abbey*, The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By David Willocks - Hodie (This Day): A Christmas Cantata For Soprano, Tenor, And Baritone Soloists, With Chorus, Boys' Voices, Organ And Orchestra ‎(LP)	Angel Records	S 36297	US	1966
S 36297	Vaughan Williams*, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, Bach Choir*, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey*, London Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By David Willcocks	Vaughan Williams*, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, Bach Choir*, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey*, London Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By David Willcocks - Hodie (A Christmas Cantata "This Day") ‎(LP, RP)	Angel Records	S 36297	US	Unknown
S/T4304, ST-4304	Vaughan Williams*, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, Bach Choir*, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey*, London Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By David Willcocks	Vaughan Williams*, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, Bach Choir*, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey*, London Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By David Willcocks - Hodie- "This Day" (A Christmas Cantata) ‎(LP, Album, Club)	World Record Club, World Record Club	S/T4304, ST-4304	Australia	1967
33SX 1782	Ralph Vaughan Williams, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks	Ralph Vaughan Williams, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks - Hodie (This Day) - A Christmas Cantata ‎(LP, Mono)	Columbia	33SX 1782	UK	1965
SCX 3570	Ralph Vaughan Williams, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks	Ralph Vaughan Williams, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis , John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks - Hodie (This Day) - A Christmas Cantata ‎(LP)	Columbia	SCX 3570	UK	Unknown