Does anyone have this song, and the capacity to post it for a while? It's a favorite of mine, and despite listening to the all-Christmas music stations in these days, I never hear it. It's uniquely Bacharachian and I like it a lot. Thanks in advance if anyone can oblige. steve
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:01 pm
by BachtoBacharach
Here are two YouTube links, one version by Herb Alpert and the other Burt Bacharach but the quality is poor.
Bacharach
Alpert
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:57 am
by Steve Schenck
Thanks for posting these! Love that tune! The voices at the start of the Herb Alpert recording remind me of the voices on South American Getaway, from the Butch Cassidy soundtrack.
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:54 pm
by Bacharach Land
Here are seven different versions of The Bell That Couldn't Jingle.
Hi Noah,
Absolutely fantastic !!!
Thanks very much for sharing !!!
"blue"
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:02 pm
by BachtoBacharach
Wow Noah!
Thanks! The tune has become one of my favorite Christmas songs!
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:11 pm
by Steve Schenck
Thanks so much for a great sampling by so many artists of a great tune! Merry Christmas! Steve
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:27 am
by An Enormous BB Fan
I'm new to this song also... and it's now become my favorite Christmas song!
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:57 am
by Bacharach Land
Hello!
I'm glad you are all enjoying the many renditions of "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle." Most thanks is due to Lee at http://musicyouwont.blogspot.com -- he has posted many hard-to-find Bacharach recordings. In fact, there is another version of "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" in a recent (12/15/2008) post, but I haven't been able to download it from http://www.savefile.com/files/1931786.
The version in that .zip file is by Paul Evans (1962). If anyone can successfully download it, I would be very grateful if you could post the link here!
A friend of mine asked me to locate the Paul Evans version of this song. If someone could repost a link to that Paul Evans version, I'd be most greatful. Thanks and merry Christmas!
Re: Looking for The Bell that Couldn't Jingle
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:06 am
by An Enormous BB Fan
audioaccess1 wrote:A friend of mine asked me to locate the Paul Evans version of this song. If someone could repost a link to that Paul Evans version, I'd be most greatful. Thanks and merry Christmas!
Ron and I (among others) note every year how criminally neglected this song is given the glut of tired crap we`re subjected to. I just listened to Herb Alpert`s version trying to decode what is muttered by someone just before the fade. Turns out to be, "This is terrific." And it was...in `68 and today.
And I don`t even like Christmas.
