Parrot Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Does anyone here play anything special during the Xmas holidays? Ringo's CD, which was out of print and now is back under some different title, has a terrific arrangement of "Little Drummer Boy" (get it?) complete with five electric guitars and bagpipes. This Dufay "Mass to the Queen of Heaven" written in the 15th century is the best recording of unaccompanied singing I've ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dodger Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 In no particular order these Christmas albums or CDs: Bob Seger The Beach Boys Crystal Gayle Bing Crosby Johnny Mathis Nat "King" Cole a cd version and cassette with numerous other people or Organ music with the last song always being the one by Paul Revere and the Raiders that ends with "who took the Christ out of Christmas." Happy Holidays and Peace to All dodger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Had a all blues christmas cd that had various singers on it and was wonderful, but can't find it and so I can't give you the name. Just picked up Handel's Messiah and I will probably play that a couple of time during the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 One of my all-time favorites (and I'm listening to it as I write this): "A Virgil Fox Christmas": Virgil Fox at the Aeolian-Skinner organ of Riverside Church, New York City. Selections compiled and ADD remastered 1996 EMI Classics, CDM 7243 5 66088 2 5 from recordings made on 1960 thru 1962. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Liz Story - "The Gift" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theryugobuddy Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I've gotten Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (2004)and Brian Setzer's Boogie Woogie Christmas this year--great horn arrangements on both, and great fidelity. This is very fun music, a great alternative to all the Celine Dion/Kenny G scmaltz that you're not going to be able to avoid at Christmas parties! My above all favorite is Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts Christmas album--it still sounds fresh and a little somber-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Chris Isaak Windham Hill samplers (Winter Solstice) Frank Burl Ives I must have 50 plus betwen LP and CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotbuck Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Seasons Greetings, I always enjoy the following LPs at Christmas-time: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" - Vince Guraldi Trio "I Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Bing Crosby "Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite" - Arturo Toscanini "The Christmas Song" - Nat King Cole "To Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Harry Belafonte "The Spirit of Christmas" - Ray Charles "The Sinarta Christmas Album" - Frank Sinatra "A Christmas Offering" - Leontyne Price / Herbert von Karajan "Kenton's Christmas" - Stan Kenton Of course, for New Year's Day, I like to listen to Willi Boskovsky conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in their annual Strauss-inspired New Year's concerts. Take care (and Merry Christmas), Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 all the "kids" are listening to the Jessica Simpson Xmas album ever wonder what yer missing..ha.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 I am not sure she is a singer but she may bark like my dog when he is chasing a squirell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnBob Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Roger Wagner Chorale - Joy to the World Robert Shaw; Atlanta S.O. and Chorus - Many Moods of Christmas George Wright - Merry Christmas Singing Dogs - Jingle Bells What can I say? When these albums hit the "Magnificent Magnavox" we knew Christmas was on its way. Whenever I hear them, I can close my eyes and be back in the old house on Annalee Ave., wondering what electric train or Marx set was in those boxes under the tree... I was just looking at some old photos of Christmas past. Is it just my imagination, or have Christmas trees gotten a whole lot better looking in the last forty years or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipinski Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Harry Connick, Jr.'s christmas albumn is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 23, 2004 Author Share Posted December 23, 2004 I thought I'd bump this thread up, since Christmas time is fast approaching. Any other favorite Christmas records? I've noticed at the thrift stores that a huge percentage of the old LPs are specifically Christmas records and it indicates that in the 1950s and 60s a lot of adults didn't listen to music very often, more just on holidays than anytime else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 The Persuasions and 'You're All I Want For Christmas". A beautiful Christmas album. It was released around 1997. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonecj Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 My whole family likes the Mannheim Steamroller series. It's a nice classical-rock twist on all the classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodog Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Hey Paul, If you are a fan of unaccompanied choral singing, Christmas eve at 10a.m. central (just under 10 hours from now) the annual broadcast of Kings College Choir nine lessons and carols. Always superb. 10am EST / 9am CST. NPR.. Also tomorrow afternoon at around 2 pm on NPR (check your local stations) Chanticleer will be singing. Good Gawd Awmighty! Talk about mind-bending! Right now I'm listening to Duke Pearson's Xmas cuts. Good stuff. forrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Christmas At Ground Zero Lyrics By Weird Al Yankovic It's Christmas at ground zero There's music in the air The sleigh bells are ringing and the carolers are singing While the air raid sirens blare It's Christmas at ground zero The button has been pressed The radio just let us know That this is not a test Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping It's the end of all humanity No more time for last-minute shopping It's time to face your final destiny It's Christmas at ground zero There's panic in the crowd We can dodge debris while we trim the tree Underneath the mushroom cloud You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop Or Jack Frost on your windowsill But if someone's climbing down your chimney You better load your gun and shoot to kill It's Christmas at ground zero And if the radiation level's okay I'll go out with you and see all the new Mutations on New Year's Day It's Christmas at ground zero Just seconds left to go I'll duck and cover with my Yuletide lover Underneath the mistletoe It's Christmas at ground zero Now the missiles are on their way What a crazy fluke, we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Robinson Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Seti, I heard that on XM Radio yesterday. It was just a little too wierd, and I flipped the channel. My favorite is David Foster's "Christmas Album" ... Great guest artists. Superbly recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandi Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I have a Reggea (SP) Christmas in the CD changer and it is very good, except it is a long medly so it only has one track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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