Easter favorite
An Easter gift for my Christian friends.
Mother worked for John Charles Thomas during the war, at the same time this recording was made, on Easter Sunday, 1945. She loved the performance of this hymn so much that JCT had an acetate copy of the radio show made just for her. That record became a favorite of mine, as well. I must have played it hundreds of times when I was growing up.
I recently digitized the old 78-rpm acetate and put it up on SoundCloud. From what I've been able to determine, it's the only complete performance of this particular episode of the John Charles Thomas Show still in existence.
Happy Easter!
PS: Here is the entirety of the program for Easter Sunday, 1945. It's a light-hearted yet appropriately inspirational adaptation of the life story of American pioneer and nurseryman, Johnny Appleseed.
https://soundcloud.com/user-553167216/john-charles-thomas-a-man-named-johnny