The Sound Wave
Music. Technology. Stories. For people who love the art and science of listening to and enjoying recorded sound.Here, it’s all about the art and magic of sound reproduction and related human stories. We survey music, technology and stories from the early beginnings of relatively low-fidelity to the heyday of the 70’s high-fidelity (HiFi) and the modern age of digital and streaming.
The Sound Wave
Festive Holiday Albums Review
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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Today we're going to take a look and listen to two Christmas / Holiday albums and learn a little history along the way. So, get your cup of hot chocolate and prepare to get into the Holiday spirit.
It's likely that a lot of people have a particular album, or even song which defines the Christmas / holiday season to them. The albums that define Christmas to me are Bing Crosby's I Wish You a Merry Christmas and Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Resources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(Bing_Crosby_album)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas
- https://www.musical-u.com/learn/the-15-best-non-christmas-songs-that-appear-on-christmas-albums/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas_(soundtrack)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Ships
- https://www.nylon.com/articles/best-non-traditional-christmas-albums
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas
Introduction
Bing Crosby Merry Christmas
Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas
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Happy Holidays and Outro