The good Captain is a generous fellow, and has sent me any number of 10-inch LPs over the years, just because he thought I might like them. So today I want to present my transfer of one of those albums with my thanks to him.
This is a unpretentious LP of familiar tunes played by organist Elmer Ihrke, who recorded three albums for Chicago's Rondo Records in the early 1950s. Ihrke was the music director of a Milwaukee radio station when these records were made. He was active as a musician as early as 1926 and as late as 1973.
In contrast to the mighty Aeolian-Skinner organ that Virgil Fox had at his command in my last Christmas share, Ihrke appears to be performing on a relatively modest Hammond B-3 electric organ - at least that is what he is playing on the cover.
As you can see at left, Rondo issued the Ihrke LP on red vinyl with a green label. This is just the thing for Christmas - although the label actually issued all its albums with that color scheme.
Merry Christmas, Captain!