Name your favorite Christmas Albums
jeremymarcinko
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My favorite time of year, and I love my dusting off my holiday vinyl collection. So I'm curios what are your all time favorites?
For me it's Ella & Louis, Brenda Lee, Conway Twitty...
For me it's Ella & Louis, Brenda Lee, Conway Twitty...
Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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The Beatles flexi-discs for fans
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Ba humbugThe best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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Bruce Cockburn Christmas.
No "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" but imaginative and gorgeous/gorgeously played arrangements of a bevy of Christian Christmas music, some a bit out of the ordinary.
Even if one is a confirmed atheist and/or just generally hates "Christmas Music", I'd encourage one to take a chance on a little listen to this album.
It sounds great, too!
Here's a taste, YT-style:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLMYGjt9wjCqIfkkaznDyJLAp30BqWDen7
We have a nigh-on obscene amount of "Holiday Music" at the Hardy household; we love it all.
I have some other big favorite albums, they tend towards the obscure.
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I like it!Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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Christopher Lee "A Heavy Metal Christmas" Yeah, the guy that played Sauron in Lord of the Rings. Very cool to see metal fans of all ages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVzOve8T39w afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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three other faves:
pretty much the whole history of Christmas music on one disc (the vinyl kind); simple but very nice arrangements and performances. Everyone needs some chant for Christmas; this album has a couple of 'em, and semi-obscure Christmas carols such as The Boar's Head Carol.:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-2477984-1286233892.jpeg.jpg)
A promotional record from my father's radio days (ca.1957); a bunch of tracks from a group of holiday recordings from Capitol Records with short spoken introductions by Fred Waring.
Waring was a well-known chorus conductor and arranger; he is also the "Waring" of the "Waring blendor"
And finally (for this triumvirate), Canadian Gisele Mackenzie; oh-so-fifties.
It' ain't Christmas 'til you hear Too Fat for the Chimney, yes-siree-bob!
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Grew up with this album, and still my favorite:
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That is a good one.
FWIW, I found an earlier Perry Como Christmas album with a more antique arrangement of "Home for the Holidays" some years back.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
Simon Rattle..Berlin Philharmonic -
Ozawa in front of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.......
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heh, we used to go see the Boston Ballet perform Nutcracker every December at the Wang Theatre when the kids were young. Not with the BSO, though
The first act is much fun; the full-on ballet part gets a little sleepy for a cultural Philistine like me.
Pretty good tuneage, though.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »heh, we used to go see the Boston Ballet perform Nutcracker every December at the Wang Theatre when the kids were young. Not with the BSO, though
The first act is much fun; the full-on ballet part gets a little sleepy for a cultural Philistine like me.
Pretty good tuneage, though.
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yeah, I know. what're you gonna do, though, you know?
Time to break out the Tiny Tim Christmas album -- or something along those lines.
Did Tiny Tim ever make a Christmas album? I'll bet he did.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
Simon Rattle..Berlin Philharmonic
what Russ said and I've heard some Andre Previn too, which brings up some Arthur Fiedler Christmas music.. not a big classical fan except for some Christmas music or movie soundtracks
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mhardy6647 wrote: »yeah, I know. what're you gonna do, though, you know?
Time to break out the Tiny Tim Christmas album -- or something along those lines.
Did Tiny Tim ever make a Christmas album? I'll bet he did.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »
Simon Rattle..Berlin Philharmonic
what Russ said and I've heard some Andre Previn too, which brings up some Arthur Fiedler Christmas music.. not a big classical fan except for some Christmas music or movie soundtracks
Good call Darryl. Previn wore out the second and third movements. Tchaikovsky head banging! 19th century metal! -
One of my many Christmas faves! Also like several blues and jazz Christmas albums.
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I just realized, although I have that album, the one I grew up with is "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music".mhardy6647 wrote: »That is a good one.
FWIW, I found an earlier Perry Como Christmas album with a more antique arrangement of "Home for the Holidays" some years back.
I could tell by the track list. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, was spoken word.
Track List:
'Twas The Night Before Christmas
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s
Joy To The World
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty The Snowman
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
That Christmas Feeling
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Silent Night
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
Jingle Bells
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
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As a kid I couldn't wait till the Christmas season to listen to this album. I have been given my parents copy but it's quite beat up.
I purchased what I thought was the same album a couple of years ago
But this one had been remastered with Conway's granddaughter do the twitty birds voice. Sorry to say this little change just ruined the album. It's not that she did a bad job just not how I remembered it.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant -
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Dean Martin Christmas
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Another great Christmas album. Although it's on CD.
Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant -
A CD can be an album.
It's when the "album's" only existence is in the form of bit values floating around in some semiconductor cloud somewhere in the wastes of southwestern America that I find the use of the term a stretch.
-- and, of course (needless to say), it is my opinion in such matters that counts the most; it is the 21st Century.
-- but I digress.
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Aimee Mann "One More Drifter in the Snow"
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Not pure Christmas music, perhaps, but it is definitely Christmas season music.Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
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A close second to the above:
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