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JOHN KLEIN
A CHRISTMAS SOUND SPECTACULAR / LET’S RING THE BELLS ALL AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
| Label | REAL GONE MUSIC |
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| Catalog | RGM0815 |
| Format | CD |
| Discs | 1 |
| Category | WORLD/OTHERS/REGGAE |
| Street Date | 2018-11-02 |
- • Trained by Igor Stravinsky and Nadia Boulanger (teacher to Aaron Copland and Quincy Jones)， John Klein Was a Musical Renaissance Man
• Klein Made a Number of Albums for RCA and Assorted Labels， But His Two Christmas Albums Are Without a Doubt His Most Beloved
• His First Christmas Album， 1959’s A Christmas Sound Spectacular， Was One of the Most Distinctive Recordings Released by the Famed Living Stereo Imprint
• It Featured the Largest Instrument in the World， the Carillon Americana， Consisting of 1500 Bronze Cast Bells Ringing in Perfect Tonal Quality
• The Sound of the Bells， Combined with Klein’s Billy May-Inspired Arrangements， Resulted in an Album So Unique RCA Offered a Money-Back Guarantee to Consumers
• Real Gone’s Reissue Marks Its First Release on CD in Stereo， the Only Way to Hear This Album
• Klein’s Other Christmas Album for RCA， 1964’s Let’s Ring the Bells All Around the Christmas Tree， Was Recorded at the 1964 World’s Fair with a Carillon Specially Built for the Occasion
• Arrangements by Henri Renè， Famous for Scoring Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby”
• CD Debut， Also in Stereo
• Liner Notes by R. Steve Harmon Add a Personal Touch to the Package
• Remastered by Mike Piacentini at Battery Studios in New York
- A Christmas Sound Spectacular:
1. White Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
3. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day / Carol of the Bells
4. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
5. Jingle Bells
6. Ave Maria
7. Silver Bells
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
9. Christ Was Born on Christmas Day / Angels We Have Heard on High
10. Frosty the Snowman
11. Winter Wonderland
12. Gesu Bambino (Pietro Yon)
Let’s Ring the Bells All Around the Christmas Tree:
13. Silent Night/O Little Town of Bethlehem/We Wish You a Merry Christmas
14. All Around the Christmas Tree
15. Sleigh Ride
16. Joy to the World/Adeste Fideles/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
17. The Little Drummer Boy
18. O Holy Night
19. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen / O Christmas Tree/Deck the Halls
20. I’ll Be Home for Christmas
21. Greensleeves
22. Away in a Manger/The First Noel/It Came upon a Midnight Clear
23. The Christmas Song
24. Ave Maria
