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"B&D" <bromo@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> I picked up Chris Isaak's Christmase CD and it was a bit retro
> Elvis-meets-Johnny-Mathis but fun - what struck me was the recording
quality
> was pretty good, unlike a lot of Christmas recordings.
>
> Does anyone have any favorites recordings that sound good?
LP's only:
"Jingle Bell Jazz", compiled by Teo Maceo for Columbia Records in the early
sixties. Modern jazz versions of Christmas music by many different jazz
groups -- sounds hokey but didn't turn out that way -- he had each group he
recorded over a two year span do one or two Christmas songs...their choice.
Excellent sound, interestingly different music. Never have seen it on CD.
"Joy to the World" and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" by the Roger Wagner
Chorale, two Capital albums of the late 50's / early '60's that are the best
choral recordings of Christmas Music by far that I have heard...exceptional
sound and exceptional singing. Later the latter was issued as a
now-out-of-print CD that lacked the holographic quality of the LP.
And if you were a child of the 50's, don't diss Johnny Mathis himself...his
classic Merry Christmas album sounds great, and has recently been remastered
on CD and some selections made available on SACD. The sound quality is
great, and many of these songs are "owned" by Mathis, at least in my
nostalgic memory.
/www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006RHPV/026-7064716-8962833
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