The Ray Conniff Singers - "Christmas with Conniff" (1959) - Columbia Records
Hello Friends,
We're keeping things light tonight on Vinyl in the Valley. Tiki T. is busy wrapping presents and trying to perfect her Wassail recipe. I'm getting a little sloshed, spinning some records and trying to pretend I don't smell the apples burning!
This is the first (and best) of Ray Conniff's four Christmas albums. Jolly Old Ray leads small army of vocalists in a fun, secular and largely nostalgic album of familiar holiday hits.
Follow the bouncing ball, kids!
Its Space Age Pop for the swingin' supermarket crowd. I can picture my grandparents listening to this record while decorating their newly purchased artificial tree and getting drunk off high balls!
By the way friends, does anybody decorate their tree on Christmas Eve anymore?
Anyways there's songs here like "Frosty", "Rudolph", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Greensleeves" & "Silver Bells". But the undisputed winner on this record is the little known, melancholy gem, "The Christmas Bride".
RATING: 4.5 Red Schnozollas out of 5
We're keeping things light tonight on Vinyl in the Valley. Tiki T. is busy wrapping presents and trying to perfect her Wassail recipe. I'm getting a little sloshed, spinning some records and trying to pretend I don't smell the apples burning!
This is the first (and best) of Ray Conniff's four Christmas albums. Jolly Old Ray leads small army of vocalists in a fun, secular and largely nostalgic album of familiar holiday hits.
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Its Space Age Pop for the swingin' supermarket crowd. I can picture my grandparents listening to this record while decorating their newly purchased artificial tree and getting drunk off high balls!
By the way friends, does anybody decorate their tree on Christmas Eve anymore?
Anyways there's songs here like "Frosty", "Rudolph", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Greensleeves" & "Silver Bells". But the undisputed winner on this record is the little known, melancholy gem, "The Christmas Bride".
RATING: 4.5 Red Schnozollas out of 5
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