[Vintage-Audio] Joy To The World?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hey Sheldon,

Thank you very much for the additional effort and additional info!

Now Sheldon, and 'all', have any of you ever heard the original song sung by 
the author Hoyt Axton? I was standing in a store called Teletronics in the 
Summer of 1974 buying my pair of James B. Lansing Century L-100 speakers. I 
paid $300 each, by the way.

There was a song in the background that I had not heard before, nor did i 
recognize the vocalist. I inquired of the oung man who and what it was? Hoyt 
allowed TDN to record is song and we all know the rest of that story!

Hey! Lights in neuron trace path light up full tilt! I wonder if my idea to 
create Frogzilla originated with the infamous frog in "Joy To The World"? 
Hmmm.

I have never heard Hoy sing that song since. The version I heard was just 
Hoyt on guitar, probably done in his home studio in ... was it Utah or 
Idaho? I have looked through all sorts of record stores and inquired about 
to every musical expert I encounter. Most did not even know he wrote it!

I did find a copy on a CD, which I instantly plundered the piggy bank and 
purchased, but woe to me, it was a live performance and some female did a 
duet with him. Personally, I did not care for it. I want the Hoyt ONLY 
version.

I also bought a vinyl album of Hoyt singin as a young guy in his twenties. 
Wow! He was a second tenor guys, not that harsh bass baritone he ended up 
as. If I had not known who it was by the name on the album, I would have 
never ever guessed who the singer was. Any of you ever hear him when he was 
younger?


Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
http://hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sdaitch at mor.ibb.gov>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Joy To The World?


>
>   More information on the single.
>
>   First  hit  the  Billboard  Top 40 on March 27, 1971, spent 6 weeks at
>   number  one  and  was  in  the  top  forty  for  15  weeks.  Issued on
>   Dunhill4272.
>
>   Courtesy  of  Joel  Whitburn's  "The  Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, "
>   which was at home and not with me earlier today at work.
>
>   73
>
>   Sheldon
>
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>
>   From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
>
>   Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:54 pm
>
>   Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Joy To The World?
>
>   > Thank you Sheldon.
>   >
>   > Duane Fischer, W8DBF
>   > dfischer at usol.com
>   > HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
>   > http://www.w9wze.net
>   > HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
>   > http://hhrp.w9wze.net
>   >
>   > ----- Original Message -----
>   > From: "Sheldon Daitch" <sdaitch at mor.ibb.gov>
>   > To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back"
>   > <vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
>   > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:45 AM
>   > Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Joy To The World?
>   >
>   >
>   > >A web search indicates 1971, most probably the summer.
>   > >
>   > > 73
>   > > Sheldon
>   > >
>   > > Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>   > >
>   > >>
>   > >>
>   > >> OK you music buffs, what year did the original Hoyt Axeton song
>   > "Joy To
>   > >> The World" become a hit for those three dogs that wandered in
>   > the night?
>   > >>
>   > >> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
>   > >> dfischer at usol.com
>   > >> HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
>   > >> http://www.w9wze.net
>   > >> HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
>   > >> http://hhrp.w9wze.net
>   > >>
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