Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Christmas Album 1968 Original Release, A&M Records 2015 this 24-bit 88.1 khz Reissue This week, I’ve been enjoying the unexpected and excellent Christmas album by Los Lobos. But since…
Kenny Burrell – Have Yourself A Soulful Little Christmas
1966 Cadet Records LPS 779
This Reissue 2003 Verve Records / Cadet – EU Pressing
A warm little record to shepherd you through the cold days of Yuletide and the malaise of piped-in holiday music. It’s a statistical fact that most Christmas albums are crap. They also have historically made up a mindbogglingly large proportion of record sales throughout the history of recorded music. So, apply your analogy of choice – 100 monkeys with typewriters, stopped clocks that are right twice a day — and you are bound to get some good ones hidden among the dregs. This Cadet soul-jazz offering from Kenny Burrell is one of those.
The Holly Bears the Crown The Young Tradition with Shirley & Dolly Collins Originally recorded 1969 but unreleased (see below) Fledg’ling Records FLED 3006 (CD, UK, October 30, 1995) Recorded in London in 1969…