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The Goon Show: I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas, Vol. 3

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
from: BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Release Date March 04, 1996
Since the last Goon has passed away, I have been playing a couple of my favourite cds. And Lo! this is one of them.It has 4 classic shows and includes previously unreleased material. I will pick on three highlights; "I'm walking backwards for christmas" the first time
Spike unleashed this comic song to the unsuspecting public. Enter Bluebottle through the pipe. A master of a thousand voices was Peter Sellers. The third one was the John Snagge meeting Eccles, applying for the announcers job. Snagge could not beleive Eccles "was at Cambridge". When he asked Eccles what he was doing at Cambridge;
"Buying a tie" came the classic answer. Out of four shows it is not easy picking your favourite bits. Buy this ... Read More:

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One More Drifter in the Snow

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
by: Aimee Mann

Release Date September 25, 2006
Aimee Mann, loved and lauded for her sharp, original songwriting, doing cover versions? Surely not?! Well, it works, thanks to Aimee's superbly understated vocal and some truly innovative, yet retro, arrangements. Highlights are the poignant original composition "Calling On Mary" which sees the individual heartache under the seasonal tinsel, "Have Yourself..." which refreshes a tired classic using a simple but highly effective keyboard riff, and "White Christmas" which is nicely de-Binged by a mournful bass drum throughout. Mann's aim was to recreate the magic of vintage Christmas LPs by Sinatra, Matt Monro etc. but she's actually made this all her own.

One star docked only for the very short running time (33 mins) and possibility that ... Read More:

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December: Anniversary Edition

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
by: George Winston

Release Date December 03, 2001
It's already been 25 years since the analogue LP record of this album was first released. This was one of the earliest albums released by Windham Hill Records. I was only a teenager at that time, but since then I don't know how many times I've listened to this AMAZING piano solo collection.

For those who are not familiar with Winston's works, his piano style is not classical or jazz, and it's not like popular 'mood' piano and certainly not like a 'hotel lounge' kind of piano either. The sound of Winston's piano is clear, atmospheric and has a certain 'calming effect'. I'd recommend this CD to anybody who wants to spend the Christmas time and the whole winter quietly. It'd be a perfect Christmas present. If you've enjoyed his piano, his other ... Read More:

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Lost Christmas Eve [Us Import]

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
by: Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Release Date October 12, 2004
This album is close to perfection...

Remember when you were a child and you woke up on christmas morning??
They joy of the presents!!! Snow outside!!
This cd takes you back to that time!!
The pure joy of the music, the melody, the interplay of the voices.

You really feel cleaner after hearing this!

For one fleeting moment, you become what you used to be, perhaps even what you wished you could be.

I love xmas.

I love this album.. and if you give it a chance, so will you!

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Ave Maria - Sacred Arias and Choruses

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
from: Naxos

Release Date February 25, 2002
I have really enjoyed listening to this for the first time and I know that I will be listening to it many more times. It is a very relaxing CD to listen to. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys listening to classical music and opera.

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Singalonga Christmas

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
by: Max Bygraves

Release Date November 08, 2008
I have really enjoyed listening to this for the first time and I know that I will be listening to it many more times. It is a very relaxing CD to listen to. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys listening to classical music and opera.

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Maybe This Christmas

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
by: Various Artists

Release Date December 02, 2002
We love this disk and are already playing it in preparation for this christmas. It is a refreshing change from the usual pap. The sequals are also (but not quite as) good.

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Verve Remixed Christmas

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
by: Various Artists

Release Date September 23, 2008
We love this disk and are already playing it in preparation for this christmas. It is a refreshing change from the usual pap. The sequals are also (but not quite as) good.

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Trailer Park Boys: Xmas Special - The Dope and Liquor Edition (REGION 1) (NTSC)

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
starring: Cory Bowles, Lucy Decoutere, Barrie Dunn, John Dunsworth, Sarah Dunsworth
directed by: Mike Clattenburg

Release Date November 21, 2006
Its great, watch it on Christmas Eve and have a laugh. Funny to look back years before the first season started.

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A Very Special Christmas Vol.3

CD-Charts > Music > Christmas Music
by: Various Artists

Release Date December 01, 1997
I was very impressed by the first two volumes in the series but this volume, while it has some great tracks, does not match those two although I like this set better now than when I first bought it some years ago.

The highlights for me are I saw three ships (Sting), Blue Christmas (Sheryl Crow), Christmas (Blues traveller), a Gallic version of Silent night (Enya), Santa Claus is back in town (Jonny Lang), Christmas is now drawing near at hand (Steve Winwood) and O holy night (Tracy Chapman). Most of the other tracks are OK but the version of Santa baby included here is definitely not my kind of music. I much prefer Madonna's version, to be found on the first volume in the series, or the original Eartha Kitt version from the fifties.

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