You Too Can be Zauber

FYI, the title of this 1979 cassette means "Magic of the Mountains."

01. Alphorns (1:27)

02. G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald (5:22)

03. Schnee Walzer (2:42)

04. Bergfrühling (2:27)

05. Liebe im Schnee (2:05)

06. Spitzkehr Polka (3:14)

07. Alphorns (1:38)

08. Bergvagabunden (2:37)

09. Edelweiss (2:21)

10. Kuhtutten Michl (2:39)

11. Bozener Bergsteiger (2:51)

12. Bugaboo Bells (2:52)

13. Wann I Von der Alm Abigeh (3:04)

14. Erzherzog Johann (2:59)

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Since the vocals are only on side 2 (Tracks 8-14), I like side 1 better.

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Der Nordenstrauss, Jah!

Dat's who dis guy is, dey say.

01. Velocipedes Galop (2:03)

02. Memories from Vienna (9:00)

03. Indian War Dance (2:46)

04. Britta Polka (2:18)

05. King Christian IX March of Honor (3:22)

06. Welcome Polka (1:48)

07. Pagasus Galop (2:33)

08. Sophie Valse (7:11)

09. Nordic Brotherhood (2:45)

10. Cecilie Valse (7:55)

11. Victoria Quadrille (6:40)

12. Les Zouaves Galop (2:03)

13. Dancing Tune from Kroll - Valse (8:00)

14. Summernight at Mons Cliff (4:01)

15. Manoeuvre Galop (2:01)

16. King George I March of Honor (3:05)

17. Cannon Galop (2:13)

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QUICK!  Tell me WHICH “Strauss” he is!  A bouncing, frivolous bunch of music, to be sure, is this 1993 release.

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Fanatics Take Notice

It's a 1984 release for folks who want it.

University Of Wisconsin Marching Band - The 5th Quarter (26:04)

01. Fanfare - On Wisconsin! (2:09)

02. Wisconsin's Pride (2:17)

03. Beer Barrel Polka (Rosamunde) (2:12)

04. You've Said It All (0:58)

05. Space Badgers (2:03)

06. "1812" (2:05)

07. Varsity (1:59)

08. On Wisconsin! (2:15)

09. If You Want to Be a Badger (1:19)

10. You've Said It All - Chorale (2:14)

11. Jumping at the Woodside (0:47)

12. Songs to Thee Wisconsin (1:57)

13. Dance Little Bird (1:17)

14. Wisconsin Forward Forever (1:10)

15. On Wisconsin! - Finale (1:22)

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Well, these performances are probably as good as any other college band.  You’ll note plenty of abridgements (The 1812 Overture in two minutes!) and tweaking.  But if you wanna go on, Wisconsin, you’ve said it all right here.

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Insert "A Lot of Bull" Joke Here

Here we have a 2005 CD that's lotsa fun. I'm a sucker for olde tyme stuff like this.

01. Praeludium in A (0:41)

02. Walsingham in A (15:18)

03. Christe Redemptor in A (4:10)

04. Praeludium in C (1:22)

05. My Juell in C (1:59)

06. Pavana of My L(Ord) Lumley (6:10)

07. & Galliarda to My L(Ord) Lumley's (1:51)

08. In Nomine in D (1:48)

09. Praeludium In G (2:10)

10. St. Thomas Wake in C (3:03)

11. My Griefe in G (1:29)

12. The Duke of Brunswicks Alman in A (1:56)

13. Fantasia in D (4:24)

14. Dr. Bulles Pavin Chromatik (6:19)

15. & Galliard in D / En Ré (2:48)

16. (Fantasia on) Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La In G (5:09)

17. A Gigge. Doctor Bulls My Selfe in G (0:51)

18. The Duchesse of Brunswicks Toye in A (0:45)

19. Fantasia Op De Fuge Van M(Agister) Jan Pieterss(On Sweelinck) (15. Decemb. 1621) in A (3:37)

20. God Save the Kinge in C (5:12)

21. Een Kindeken Is Ons Geboren (4:13)

22. In Nomine (5:35)

This is a thundering good time!   And when we switch from organ to clavichord or harpsichord or what-have-you, I’m equally amused by the good humor and invention.

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Fass-Kinatin'!

That's what Popeye would say!

01. Syncopation (3:02)

02. Intersection (Fantasy for Electronic Sound and Orchestra) (5:31)

03. Drifting (3:14)

04. Vibration (3:11)

05. Song of the Second Moon (2:50)

06. Whirling (2:37)

07. Mechanical Motions (7:27)

08. Pianoforte (5:07)

A fun 1962 release.  It’s all interesting and not too dissonant or aimless, the way much early electronic “music” is.  Track 2 has long sequences which would make great background music for a 1960s private-eye show.

“Song of the Second Moon” is also found on  1963’s  Electronic Music by “The Electrosoniks.”

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Donnerwetter!

Here we got another entry from the Environments series.

It's a combo disc, as shown in the original Lp cover:

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Good luck, campers!  

PS Evidently “The Psychologically Ultimate Thunderstorm” contains traffic sounds!  You can hear car horns in several places.  This is because it was recorded from somebody’s upper-floor balcony in NYC.

PPS "Donnerwetter" is German for "thunder weather," and I understand it is sometimes used as an expletive.  See you Thursday!

 

Please Stand By

 My file host, FileFactory, has gone squirrelly.  Let's skip today's post.  Please join me on Monday for, I hope, a Big Fat File.

Don't Do It Wrong!

 

Yes, it's another of my compilations about love going wrong ... or right ... or sideways ... you listen and then decide!

01. The Degenerates - Scungy Girl (2:02)

02. The Outcasts - Clinical Love (3:32)

03. Groovie Ghoulies - Graveyard Girlfriend (2:42)

04. Jimi LaLumia and the Psychotic Frogs - Mangle Me (4:44)

05. RU12 - Rubber Suzie (1:32)

06. Mike Kelly & the Legend - I Love the Little Girls with the Shirley Temple Curls (2:14)

07. The Freeze - One Way Conversations (live) (2:13)

08. Lynn Cornell - Demon Lover (2:58)

09. Radio Werewolf - 1960 Cadillac Hearse (3:32)

10. Judy Clay and William Bell - Left Over Love (2:52)

11. Lord Manuel - Computer Love (1:21)

12. The Hoodoo Gurus - Dig It Up (3:29)

13. Rat's Got the Rabies - Vinyl Darling (3:21)

14. Warren Smith - Miss Froggie (2:24)

15. Supernaut - Space Angel (4:17)

16. The Phenomenal Zits - Sick on You (1:55)

17. X - Adult Books (3:10)

18. The Lipstick Killers - Date with a Thing (2:09)

19. The Jets - Paper Girl (4:07)

20. The Wipers - Telepathic Love (1:32)

21. The Bobs - Trash (3:35)

22. Destroy All Monsters - I Love You But You're Dead (live) (2:45)

23. Ed Gein's Car - Brain Dead Baby (1:48)

24. Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures - Headless Hip Shakin' Honey (2:42)

25. The Soft Boys - Kingdom of Love (4:08)

26. Don Dixon - Praying Mantis (3:55)

Much better to hear about it than to live it, I say.  I found my true love already.

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Very Inventive

Mr Martin Galling was my first exposure to Bach's Two and Three Part Inventions, via this 1964 album, bought (like many) at the OCU bookstore in the mid-1970s.  Above is the LP front.

01. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 (1:26)

02. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 773 (1:45)

03. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774 (1:20)

04. 2Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775 (0:56)

05. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 776 (2:04)

06. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777 (3:47)

07. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 778 (1:29)

08. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (0:53)

09. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 780 (2:05)

10. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781 (0:58)

11. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 782 (1:39)

12. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (1:15)

13. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 (1:33)

14. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785 (1:27)

15. 2 Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (1:01)

16. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787 (1:17)

17. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788 (1:32)

18. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789 (1:34)

19. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790 (1:41)

20. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 791 (2:19)

21. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 (1:31)

22. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793 (2:18)

23. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (1:13)

24. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795 (3:09)

25. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796 (1:13)

26. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (1:27)

27. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798 (1:25)

28. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799 (1:34)

29. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 800 (1:38)

30. 3 Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801 (1:25)

After buying the LP fifty years ago, I was thrilled to come across this digital release of THE SAME RECORDING!

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See you on Monday with a special Valentine's treat!

  

Come Back to the Table

Here's the second tape of a three-cassette package from good ole Musical Heritage Society.

Tape 1 here.  

Here's what's in this batch:

Georg Philipp Telemann - Musique de Table tape 2 (47:02)

Overture in D Minor for Oboe, Trumpet,

String Orchestra, and Continuo:

01. Lentement-Vite-Lentement (6:30)

02. Premiere Air (6:26)

03. Deuxième Air (3:03)

04. Troisème Air (5:56)

05. Quatrième Air (4:03)

Concerto in F Major for Three Violins,

String Orchestra, and Coninuo:

06. Allegro (5:37)

07. Largo (5:06)

08. Vivace (3:20)

Conclusion in D Minor for Oboe, Trumpet,  

String Orchestra, and Continuo:

09. Allegro-Largo-Allegro (7:00)

You just can't go wrong with this stuff, whether at the table or on the go!

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Lalo Yourself to Sleep

Pardon the pun, this 1988 release might lull you or stir you.  Enjoy the long filenames!

Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Cello Concerto (134) (59:01)

01. Ida Haendel; Karel Ancerl: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for violin & orchestra, Op.21 - 1st Movt. (7:47)

02. Ida Haendel; Karel Ancerl: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for violin & orchestra, Op.21 - 2nd Movt. (4:27)

03. Ida Haendel; Karel Ancerl: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for violin & orchestra, Op.21 - 3rd Movt. (6:36)

04. Ida Haendel; Karel Ancerl: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for violin & orchestra, Op.21 - 4th Movt. (6:38)

05. Ida Haendel; Karel Ancerl: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for violin & orchestra, Op.21 - 5th Movt. (7:22)

06. Stanislav Apolín, Vladimír Válek, Prague Symphony Orchestra - Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor - 1st Movt. (12:41)

07. Stanislav Apolín, Vladimír Válek, Prague Symphony Orchestra - Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor - 2nd Movt. (6:04)

08. Stanislav Apolín, Vladimír Válek, Prague Symphony Orchestra - Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor - 3rd Movt. (7:25)

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Beam Me Out

You may feel that way after listening to this 2010 release.

01. Introduction and Woven in Joy (9:18)

02. Deer Spirit (5:13)

03. Chalice (6:26)

04. Walking Lightly on the Earth (5:34)

05. Compassion (5:12)

06. Abundance (9:03)

07. Radiance (6:40)

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There’s nothing inoffensive, but nothing particularly inspirational either.  Check the liner notes.  Perhaps you can tell me why the Mayans are more spiritual than Buddhists or cannibals or Vikings.

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You'll Never Forget, Will Ya?

From the fabled Y2K ... comes the kind of release this blogger drools over, in its sheer audacity and/or wackiness.

01. Thung Kwian Sunrise (6:07)

02. Temple Music (3:00)

03. Rainforest (1:49)

04. JoJo (3:45)

05. Duo for Renats (1:42)

06. Big Band (2:52)

07. Swing Swing Swing (3:44)

08. Percussion Trio (2:33)

09. Luuk Kob's Diddley Bow Feature (4:27)

10. Harmonica Music (4:55)

11. Heavy Logs (4:46)

12. Now We're Off to Paint (4:33)

13. Elephant Field Recordings (3:39)

14. Somneuk & Four Elephants (3:20)

15. Trio for Theremin & Electric Keyboard (2:02)

16. Ken's Wind Instrument (2:49)

17. Big Elephant Saddle (4:09)

18. Somneuk's Renat Solo (2:22)

19. Chang Chang Chang (0:30)

Well, it’s certainly bemusing.  If by “music” you mean sounds created intentionally, then you got some music here, buddy.

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You'll find more illumination in the 12-page booklet.  See you on Monday, fellow animal listeners!

  

For the Twelfth!

Since we don't have eighteen months in the year, we're never gonna have a 18/12. So here we are on 1/12.

01. 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (15:39)

02. Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 - 1. Andante, Allegro Con Anima (15:29)

03. Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 - 2. Andante Cantabile, Con Alcuna Licenza (13:12)

04. Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 - 3. Valse: Allegro Moderato (6:01)

05. Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 - 4. Finale: Andante maestoso (11:25)

It's an interesting import, “made in Belgium.”  I immediately noticed that the banner across the bottom does not spell “minutes” correctly.  I would have wished for more flourishes in the “1812,” but it’s an OK performance of some good music.

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Here's Hoping!

Here in the Central Plains of the USA we've been dry for awhile. But the weather prognosticators say rain is coming in a few hours. In that spirit, we present ...

One track:  Thunderstorm & Chopin (53:21)

Somebody explain to me why thunder crackling is supposed to help me relax!  It should come as no surprise that the piano playing is mixed loud enough to compete with the thunder and rain.

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If you feel relaxed, let somebody know!  See you Monday.

  

Dare You Dream?

That's the challenge of this 1993 cassette.

01. Land of Dreams (4:07)

02. White Nights (2:39)

03. Painted Skies (3:17)

04. Tales of Paradise (3:31)

05. Pyramid's Treasure (5:07)

06. Rainbow Under the Sea (2:33)

07. The Color of Spring (3:14)

08. Morning on Emerald Lake (5:05)

09. Flowers in Bloom (3:42)

10. Seeds of Happiness (4:30)

11. Blue Reverie (4:26)

Of course, I can't promise WHAT KIND of dreams may come.  

When you awaken, please don’t sue me to recover these 45 minutes—I warned you in advance!  However, if you want some nice background music to listen to at the bowling alley or while touring a sawmill, this is for you.

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Have an Ultimate New Year!

I bought this 1999 release soon after it hit the shelves.

01. The Adventures of Superman (1:23)

02. Superman: The Movie - Main Title (4:34)

03. The Trip To Earth (2:45)

04. Leaving Home (3:57)

05. Superfeats (3:21)

06. Love Theme From Superman (5:37)

07. Superman: The Columbia Serial (1:01)

08. It's Superman (3:03)

09. Fanfare/Clark Kent Screws Up (3:36)

10. Love Theme From Superman II/Flying (3:28)

11. Phantasmagoria On Themes from It's a Bird ... (5:38)

12. Honeymoon Hotel (3:30)

13. March of the Villains (3:42)

14. Supergirl - Main Title (2:46)

15. Main Title - Superman III (The Streets of Metropolis) (5:23)

16. Superman: The Max Fleischer Cartoon (1:37)

Why o why?  “Money, my dear boy.”  You could argue that this is a handy compendium for those who are fans, but not fans enough to have rounded up the original recordings.

At least they admit these aren’t the originals.  And here’s the rub, unless you’re one of those lazy semi-fans:  To the extent that these performances deviate from the original recordings, they’re worthless.  And to the extent that they replicate the original recordings (nowhere, in fact), they’re unnecessary!

Well, now you may grouse for yourself.  What do you think?

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Does Scary Count?

It's a silly little put-on or take-off by a local TV personality.

01. We Wish You a Scary Christmas (2:58)

02. Jingle Bells (2:18)

CKLW (800 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit.  This promo single came out in 1984.  Count Scary was a nom de bat of Tom Ryan.  A fansite can be found at http://www.detroitkidshow.com/.  (Or, it USED to exist!)

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Great, I Say!

I bought this 1968 LP around 1980 at the AMC store in OKC. Wow, what a fine, fun time!  I was thrilled later to find it on CD.

01. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (3:19)

02. O Little Town of Bethlehem (3:03)

03. Jingle Bells (1:52)

04. We Three Kings of Orient Are (2:07)

05. Deck The Hall with Boughs of Holly (1:49)

06. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (3:10)

07. O Tannenbaum (3:19)

08. The First Noel (3:37)

09. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (3:14)

10. Away in a Manger (2:30)

11. Joy To The World (1:54)

12. Little Drummer Boy (2:43)

13. O Holy Night (Cantique De Noel) (2:48)

14. Good King Wenceslas (3:21)

15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (2:07)

16. Silent Night, Holy Night (3:17)

One thing I MUST mention.  At exactly 1:37 in Track 9, "Hark," when the arrangement has a little flute run and then the melody overtaken by a stampeding French horn, I can hear a ghostly Popeil-commercial voice saying, "And ... makes a GREAT Christmas gift!"

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See you Monday, fellow seekers, for some silly Yulish stuff.

  

Thanks Herb

It's a 1989 release of fine piano arrangements.

01. Good King Wenceslas (3:51)

02. O Come All Ye Faithful (5:09)

03. Born on Earth the Divine Christ Child (1:25)

04. Sans Day Carol (4:13)

05. Coventry Carol (2:25)

06. Greensleeves (2:44)

07. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (2:20)

08. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (3:25)

09. In the Manger (2:50)

10. O Come O Come, Emmanuel (4:14)

11. Here Is Joy for Every Age (4:05)

12. Prelude in C (8:14)

13. O Tannenbaum (1:57)

14. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (4:37)

15. Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance (4:56)

16. Silent Night (3:34)

17. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (4:30)

There's nothing specifically New-Age-ish here.  These are "simply" piano instrumentals done with some originality and lots of craft.

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PS I say "thanks Herb" because pore ole Herb Avery, the pianist, isn't identified on the tape anywhere!

See you on Thursday, aka Christmas!

  

Christmas Greetings from Okie Land!

Yup, that's the message of this 1995 release.

That's because St Gregory's is a private Catholic college in Shawnee, OK.

01. Silent Night - Lindner (3:22)

02. Hodie Christus natus est - Sweelinck (3:48)

03. Hodie Christus natus est - Poulenc (2:07)

04. Ave Maria - Keating (2:41)

05. Ave Maria - Biebl (6:58)

06. Lo, How a Rose E'er blooming - Distler (7:16)

07. Singet frisch und wohlgemut - Distler (9:25)

08. Still, Still, Still - Luboff (3:13)

09. The Virgin's Slumber Song - Wagner (2:19)

10. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly - Traditional (2:33)

11. Wassail Song - Vaughan Williams (2:54)

12. Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Willcocks (2:32)

13. Suo-gan - Trant (4:06)

14. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head - Terri (3:49)

15. I Wonder as I Wander - Wagner (2:58)

16. Deck the Hall - Rutter (2:04)

17. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Rutter (1:54)

18. Silent Night - Sargent (3:18)

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Hope you like this fine album of good performances.  See you Monday!

  

It's a Treasure

This is a treasure of an album.  It's a 1988 release I originally bought on cassette, and was thrilled years later to purchase on CD.

01. The Ukranian Bell Carol (4:02)

02. O Magnum Mysterium (5:05)

03. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (3:39)

04. Universe Rejoice / A New Joy Has Come (2:28)

05. Overture & Finale from The Christmas Cantata #142 (5:11)

06. New Spirit (6:21)

07. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (4:17)

08. O Little Town of Bethlehem (4:09)

09. Hodie Christus Natus Est (3:20)

10. The Star Carol (2:45)

11. Tree of Life (6:16)

12. Silent Night (6:01)

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It’s an absolutely enchanting album.  Originally I heard selections on HEARTS OF SPACE.  I confess that for years I thought “Teja” was a girl because it sounds like a girl’s name to me.  Sorry to assume, MISTER Bell!

See you Thursday.

  

Christmas Plucking

"May the message of the music touch your heart this holiday season."  So sayeth some of the liner notes.

01. Angels We Have Heard on High (3:01)

02. Away in a Manger (5:42)

03. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (4:19)

04. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (2:35)

05. Lady Laiton's Almain (2:30)

06. We Three Kings (4:31)

07. Joy to the World (2:11)

08. Do Na Nobis Pachem (3:37)

09. Fortune (2:24)

10. The First Noel (7:56)

11. Still, Still, Still (3:00)

12. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (6:15)

13. Pachelbel's Canon (5:27)

All that is just fine, but just between you and me, I think the title of Track 8 should be “Dona Nobis Pacem.” 

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A few of the tracks bring in some other instruments to give the harp some help.  I disagree that a sexy sax should be part of “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.”

What do YOU think?

  

Volume 1!

From those cute Galliard Boys in 1980 ...

This is another fine release from Musical heritage Society.

01. Angels We Have Heard on High - Edward Shippen Barnes (1:47)

02. Good King Wenceslas - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:29)

03. Greensleeves - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:18)

04. I Saw Three Ships - Anonymous - 19th Century (0:55)

05. Tantum Ergo / Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Anonymous - 17th Century (3:50)

06. O Tannenbaum - Ernst Anschütz (2:50)

07. Silent Night - Franz Gruber (2:05)

08. Sing We Now of Christmas - Anonymous - 15th Century (1:24)

09. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Anonymous - 15th Century (2:15)

10. The Holly and the Ivy - Anonymous - 19th Century (1:07)

11. Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovych (1:09)

12. The First Noel - Anonymous - 19th Century (4:11)

13. We Three Kings - John Henry Hopkins, Jr (1:02)

14. Away in a Manger - James R Murray (2:12)

15. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:17)

16. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Anonymous - 16th Century (2:38)

17. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:03)

18. Coventry Carol - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:47)

19. Gloucestershire Wassail - Anonymous - Middle Ages (1:58)

20. O Maria, Diana Stella - Giovanni Razzi (2:13)

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I think YULE like it.  See you Thursday!

  

Warsh That Neck!

If you're gonna have a Redneck Christmas, at least get it clean!

01. Feliz Navidad in Laredo (2:59)

02. Under the Mistletoe (3:34)

03. Hooterville Christmas Day Parade (4:38)

04. Jingle Bell Pickin' (2:35)

05. Santa's Big Sleigh (3:01)

06. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (4:33)

07. Deck the Halls Dangit (2:42)

08. Jolly Ole St. Nickel Less (1:36)

09. I Saw Mommy Kissing Uncle Claude (2:28)

10. Joy to Moody Holler (2:05)

11. The First Noel For Leon (3:04)

12. Irresistable Santa (3:14)

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Overall this thing is purty cute, even if some of the selections run a little long.  And for listeners who’ve already had their hormones come in, if ya know what I mean.

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See you Monday!

 

Welcome to SPOCKY CHRISTMAS 2025!

As with every other year, we'll have some fine Christmas music, a few stinkers, and a lot of mediocrity.  Every selection might not be YOUR cup o' cheer, but people are different ... someone else might be charmed.

This 2002 release is interesting because the track listing on the CD rear is wrong.  “God Rest Ye” does not appear at all.

The track listing on the disc itself is wrong too.  Track 4 does not contain “God Rest Ye,” either.

CORRECT TRACK LISTING:

MTL - Christmas Classics (27:43)

01. Jingle Bells (2:40)  – Perfectly cheesy Muzaklike, upbeat arrangement

02. Good King Wenceslas (2:19) – Churchlike choir and soloists with organ and orchestral background

03. I'll Be Home for Christmas (2:10)  – Earnest ensemble vocals with swaying background

04. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1:54) – Instrumental that sounds like the Tijuana Brass 

05. The Twelve Days of Christmas (3:46)  – Hep women-vs-men arrangement

06. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (2:05)  – Hep vocal arrangement

07. Winter Wonderland (2:36)

08. White Christmas (2:12)

09. Silver Bells (2:07)

10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:46)

11. Tavern in the Town / For He's a Jolly Good Fellow / Auld Lang Syne (2:16) –  strung together - vocals

12. For He's a Jolly Good Fellow (0:51) – sounds like a circus organ but played by orchestra

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You don't have to let this commercial dog spoil your Christmas.  You can be one of those youngsters who takes everything ironically.

Come back Thursday for something sardonic!  See you then.