The Snap-On Male Chorus - Carols Of Christmas
This album wins the trophy for "Most Ambiguously Named Artist Of Any Album Downloaded At Ernie (not Bert)'s Blog in 2005" and gives us an idea of what company bands were like. The concept of the company band was to bring together employees together to foster a spirit of brotherhood and harmony through music. This same spirit would be passed to other co-workers proud of their own company band. Many Fortune 500 companies used to have their own company bands or choruses back in the day. AT&T, General Motors, the United States Postal Service, Prudential Life, etc., etc.. When Snap-On Tools was formed back in 1920, they too latched onto the concept. I've posted the back cover of this album partially because you can read about some of the history of this chorus and partially because you're not going to read about it anywhere else. As for the music, it's quite good! There are some nice vocals and arrangements on this singing album of mechanics! The fir...