Holiday Albums I recommend for this year.
This blog is mostly about the television/movie medium at Christmas time, but I wanted to share a few musical treasures that you should look into getting this year.
First on the list:
The Many Moods of Christmas featuring The Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra. This is a great classical take on Christmas. Recorded in 1963 for RCA/Victor records.
Merry Christmas Johnny Mathis
This is a great album. Johnny's voice is incredible and romantic and the arrangements lend themselves to Christmas in a truly magical way. From his rendition of A Christmas Song to Oh Holy Night, this is a must for any Christmas Music collection.
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer featuring Burl Ives
Now, aside from a great cartoon special, this show features some great music featuring the great Burl Ives. All of the songs are featured in this album and there are some great instrumental pieces that were featured as well along with some
new ones. This is nostalgia at it's best.
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Christmas Album
This is a great album. The boys at A&M records didn't try to make a junk album. This record captures the magic of Christmas with the funky late sixties jazz stylings of Herb and his band. If you don't have this one, get to Amazon or find a thrift store now.
Thanks for the recommendations - I'll try to track these down to play along with Andy Williams this year!
Andy Williams is a must!
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Robby, but had you heard this:
http://enchantedworldofrankinbass.blogspot.com/2010/09/billie-mae-richards-voice-of-rankinbass.html