Boris Karloff - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2015) [SEALED] GREEN Vinyl LP

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Grinch Green Colored Vinyl. Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. Made in the USA sticker near bottom-center on back. Mild-wear along spine. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
2. Welcome Christmas
3. Trim Up The Tree
4. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
5. Welcome Christmas (Reprise)

About The Record:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Boris Karloff, includes Welcome Christmas, Trim up the Tree and You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch. The last of these was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft; the other two were performed by a chorus representing the voices of the Whos. None of the vocalists were credited at the time. On December 18, 1966, MGM released a soundtrack LP in conjunction with the television special. In the recorded version, Boris Karloff does all voices including Cindy Lou Who. The song You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, which comically describes the level of the Grinch's despicable nature, includes all verses with their original rhyming lyrics and the isolated song tracks have different durations due to being re-recorded. Because Thurl Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the 1966 television special as singing the song You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, it is sometimes attributed to Boris Karloff. After becoming aware of this oversight, Seuss himself called Ravenscroft and apologized profusely and later wrote letters to columnists nationwide telling them that it was Ravenscroft who provided vocals for the musical number. Ravenscroft would become a staple in several of Seuss's later television specials, voicing one of the Wickersham Brothers in Horton Hears a Who and a factory worker in The Lorax. Karloff received a Grammy Award in the Spoken Word category—the only major performing award of his career—for the album.