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Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR, January 15 2024
Reviews of A Charlie Brown Christmas, Women In Revolt! Underground Rebellion In British Music 1977-1985, Light Dark, Light Again
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GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Vince Guaraldi Trio
A Charlie Brown Christmas
(Craft Recording)
★★★★
THE soundtrack to the December 1965 Peanuts TV special in the US, A Charlie Brown Christmas, has become one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, as well as the best known work of the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
In 2012 it was added to the US Library of Congress National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
This reissue contains the original 11-track set, along with 13 studio outtakes. Yes, it’s a Christmas album — the choir-assisted My Little Drum and Hark, The Herald Angels Sing will get you in the festive mood — but much of it suits year-round listening.
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