The music take since we last spoke ...
Please Come Home For Christmas by Charles Brown, a classic R&B collection.
What's It Gonna Be, Santa? by Chicago, a retooled version of their Christmas release Chicago 25.
A Christmas Together by John Denver and the Muppets. Suprisingly good stuff. Except for the John Denver songs.
Let There Be Peace On Earth by Vince Gill. He has a great voice, but it can get to you after awhile, it's so high.
Christmas To Christmas by Toby Keith. Before he became big. Not too bad, better than your routine Country Christmas project.
The Christmas Album by Gladys Knight and the Pips. Not as good as I would have hoped. Sounds like some if it was drawn from a TV special.
Christmas with the Looney Toons by the Looney Toons. Not Mel Blanc. He is missed.
Christmas Is ... by Johnny Mathis. Very good late-era Mathis.
Sharing the Holidays with Frank Sinatra by Sinatra. Sinatra before he started doing Sinatra. Very good for a budget knockoff. I really enjoy this album.
Touched By An Angel: The Christmas Album by Various. I got it for one track: One Silent Night by Jaci Velasquez. The rest is OK, but what's up with Della Reese's expression on the cover?!
Austin Rhythm And Blues Christmas by Various. Some great songs, (including 2 by the Fabulous Thunderbirds), but not all the tracks are strictly speaking R&B.
Humble King: Christmas Around the World by Various. Nicely done, acoustic and low-key tracks.
Merry Axemas Vol. 2 by Various. To go along with my Merry Axemas Vol. 1, of course!
Rhythm & Blues Christmas Volume 2. Very, very good. I have to hunt down Volume 1 now.
Ultimate R&B Christmas Vols. 1 and 2. If you have James Brown's Funky Christmas (like I do), Volume 1 will complete your collection of JB Christmas songs with "It's Christmastime Part 1".
There. That wasn't so much, was it?
-Zube.
P.S. To whomever reads this board (that means you, Steff!), have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and I hope you find peace and love and joy and salvation, as I have.
Isaiah 9:6
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Merry Christmas to you too, Ralph!
In high school, my best friend's car got broken into & his stereo stolen. The worst part? The thieves unknowingly took our John Denver & The Muppets Christmas cd!! We were devastated, but amused at what the thieves would think once they found it... hee. :)
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