This is my growing collection of Christmas music.
posted by Debra from Hull at
04:50
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I started collecting Christmas records a couple of years ago. But the first one I ever bought was a cassette : Now - The Christmas Tape in 1985. This featured all the usual stuff - Band Aid, Queen, Elton John, Slade, Roy Wood with Wizzard, Paul McCartney, Mud, Bing Crosby, Greg Lake, Shakin' Stevens, Johnny Mathis, Wham!, Gary Glitter, Mike Oldfield, John & Yoko, Chris De Burgh, Jona Lewie, Beach Boys. I read somewhere that later versions of the tape didn't have Queen on it. With the exception of Yoko Ono, there are no female vocals on this album. Labels: Christmas
posted by Debra from Hull at
09:26
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I started off buying compilation albums but then I started to buy 'artist specific' Christmas albums. I soon discovered that this is predominantly an American thing. Quite a number of American artists have released holiday albums. In Britain it tends to be more middle-of-the-road singers - Cliff, Michael Ball, Joe Longthorne, Daniel O'Donnell, Aled Jones, Julie Andrews, Des O'Connor etc. Although Billy Idol did release a Christmas album in 2006! In Britain groups & singers tend to release singles or EPs instead. Before TV talent shows the Christmas No. 1 was really exciting. With the exception of something like Band Aid, no-one can compete now because of all the free publicity. Having said that, one of my favourite Christmas albums is the one by the Pop Idols of 2003! I'm fortunate to work in a shop that doesn't play music over the P.A. system so I can enjoy it when I get home. Noddy Holder was in the shop a few weeks ago and it would have made my day if he'd shouted "It's Christmaaaaaas!" Just for the record I'm not an expert or a serious collector.
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