The Torero Band - Tijuana Christmas (LP) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Good (G)

Notes:

Flip-back sleeve

Sleeve notes:
Christmas is the most joyful festival of the Christian year, when we celebrate at the same time the turning point of winter and the new hope that was brought to men with the birth of Jesus. Christmas is a time when we make up for the bleakness of the weather outside with the warmth of our spirits and it is no coincidence that the songs which have become particularly associated with Christmas should be carols, which have always been the most cheerful and often the most secular of Christian songs.

On this record you will find your favourite carols in an unfamiliar guise - we've called the album 'Tijuana Christmas', but you will hear the mariachi sound taking on a richer and more varied flavour as the Torero Band bring out the charms of our most beautiful carol tunes in imaginative brand new arrangements. 'The Holly & the Ivy' sets the pace with a bright, sparkling beat that even adds to the gaiety of one of our oldest and liveliest carols; 'Silent Night' a much more recent and a more devout carol, is given quite a contrasting treatment, slow and tender. 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' sets off again at a brisk, bouncy pace - and if you feel like dancing, why not? It may come as a surprise to you that our oldest carols used to be dances and that the word itself described a form of circular dance.

In the preface to the Oxford Book of Carols you will find carols described as songs with a religious impulse that are simple, popular and modern. You'll never have heard them sounding more joyful, popular or modern than they do on this exciting and original LP

A1. The Holly And The Ivy
A2. Silent Night
A3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
A4. While Shepherds Watched
A5. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
A6. Good King Wenceslas
B1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
B2. Away In A Manger
B3. The First Nowell
B4. Christians Awake
B5. Once In Royal David's City
B6. O, Come All Ye Faithful

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout SMFP 1266 A-1G G RD 8
Matrix / Runout SMFP 1266 B1G TL 4

Record Company Paul Hamlyn Pty. Ltd.
Record Company Music For Pleasure Pty. Ltd.
Made By EMI (Australia) Limited
Printed By Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

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