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poormadpeter2 wrote:And the ...
After my devastating, accurate and thorough reply to your previous, rudely-worded queries, the proper response is to eat some humble pie.

I'll re-post it, and you can try again.

If you do not seek further enlightened discussion, just do what you did the first time.


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poormadpeter2 wrote:I'm kind of wondering at what point a carol becomes "past its sell by date?"
I have no idea. But what I wrote is past-their-sell-date holiday fodder.

And by that I mean songs that have been recorded ad infinitum by every pop and rock act that dipped their toes into the Christmas retail market.

Taking a look at one of my examples, "The First Noel," it was touched by scores of acts before Elvis taped it in 1971: from Frank Sinatra to Patti Page to Nat "King" Cole, from Connie Francis to Pat Boone to your beloved Ella Fitzgerald, from the Everly Brothers to Anita Bryant to Jackie WIlson to ... to ... even the frickin' Brady Bunch.

Chips knew about the Christmas retail market, and that's why I singled out those 1971 Elvis holiday tunes as ones he would have vetoed.

But wait.

Come to think of it, maybe Elvis ... or Fel-tone Jarvis had that Brady Bunch LP spinning at Christmastime 1970!


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Brady Bunch "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)



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Brady Bunch "The First Noel" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)
Lead vocal: Bobby Brady (Mike Lookinland)!



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Brady Bunch "Silver Bells" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)

Man, that Bobby Brady had some pipes.


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drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:And the ...
After my devastating, accurate and thorough reply to your previous, rudely-worded queries, the proper response is to eat some humble pie.
Oh, so now we have to thank you for every utterance AND have your posts repeated? Can't we compromise and just have one or the other? If you love of your own posts was said with a wink and a nudge, it would be rather amusing. Sadly, you're actually sincere about it.




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Is this another Felton vs Moman-debate? Sorry, I'm outta here.




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Stvimpe wrote:Is this another Felton vs Moman-debate? Sorry, I'm outta here.
Peace on earth and good will to Moman!



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Stvimpe wrote:Is this another Felton vs Moman-debate? Sorry, I'm outta here.
I'm discussing the majestic "O Come, All Ye Faithful" and the related album. Please, join me.


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drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:It's not rocket science except, I guess, for you.

Chips Moman in May 1971 would have had the sessions in Memphis. He would have had the same talented musicians with the same skills and suggestions for songs and arrangements. He would have had the same publishing contacts and industry friends to reach out to for material. And he would have had the same VETO POWER for past-their-sell-date holiday fodder like "The First Noel," "O Come, All Ye Faithful" or "Silver Bells." He would not have made Elvis cut those numbers because he wasn't one to bow to management whims.

And this is why I wrote that "the LP could have been ever more glorious in the hands of Chips Moman."

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On a side note, has anyone managed to actually find a "Billboard Holiday Albums Chart" or any similar which shows it zooming to #1 after release?

I cannot, and this lack of verification renders all the grandiose statements about the 1971 holiday album moot.
Would he? Do you have any proof that he would have veto power? IIRC some of the same talented musicians arrived in 1973 for the first Stax sessions and they turned out just dandy, didn't they? How do you know management would have allowed him to use the same publishing contacts? You don't know any of this. It's all a fantasy.
You need to look up the definition of hypothetical.

I offer my hypothesis on what could have happened with Chips, based on the known history, and I'm content to stick with it.

poormadpeter2 wrote:I'm kind of wondering at what point a carol becomes "past its sell by date?"
I have no idea. But what I wrote is past-their-sell-date holiday fodder.

And by that I mean songs that have been recorded ad infinitum by every pop and rock act that dipped their toes into the Christmas retail market.

Taking a look at one of my examples, "The First Noel," it was touched by scores of acts before Elvis taped it in 1971: from Frank Sinatra to Patti Page to Nat "King" Cole, from Connie Francis to Pat Boone to your beloved Ella Fitzgerald, from the Everly Brothers to Anita Bryant to Jackie WIlson to ... to ... even the frickin' Brady Bunch.

Chips knew about the Christmas retail market, and that's why I singled out those 1971 Elvis holiday tunes as ones he would have vetoed.

But wait.

Come to think of it, maybe Elvis ... or Fel-tone Jarvis had that Brady Bunch LP spinning at Christmastime 1970!
:D :D

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Brady Bunch "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)



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Brady Bunch "The First Noel" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)
Lead vocal: Bobby Brady (Mike Lookinland)!



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Brady Bunch "Silver Bells" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)
Its common knowledge that a Partidge Family album was found in Elvis' record collection so maybe he had a Brady Bunch one too. :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: I am winking a lot to make sure people know for sure I am kidding. :D Besides I am sure Elvis even knew The Partridge Family were much cooler than the Brady's. :D




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drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:And the ...
After my devastating, accurate and thorough reply to your previous, rudely-worded queries, the proper response is to eat some humble pie.

I'll re-post it, and you can try again.

If you do not seek further enlightened discussion, just do what you did the first time.


drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:I'm kind of wondering at what point a carol becomes "past its sell by date?"
I have no idea. But what I wrote is past-their-sell-date holiday fodder.

And by that I mean songs that have been recorded ad infinitum by every pop and rock act that dipped their toes into the Christmas retail market.

Taking a look at one of my examples, "The First Noel," it was touched by scores of acts before Elvis taped it in 1971: from Frank Sinatra to Patti Page to Nat "King" Cole, from Connie Francis to Pat Boone to your beloved Ella Fitzgerald, from the Everly Brothers to Anita Bryant to Jackie WIlson to ... to ... even the frickin' Brady Bunch.

Chips knew about the Christmas retail market, and that's why I singled out those 1971 Elvis holiday tunes as ones he would have vetoed.

But wait.

Come to think of it, maybe Elvis ... or Fel-tone Jarvis had that Brady Bunch LP spinning at Christmastime 1970!


..

Brady Bunch "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)



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Brady Bunch "The First Noel" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)
Lead vocal: Bobby Brady (Mike Lookinland)!



..

Brady Bunch "Silver Bells" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)

Man, that Bobby Brady had some pipes.
And this is the essence of the problem. A pure hodge podge culled from royalty free and Aurebach/Bienstock sources and tossed together with little planning or care. At least Sinatra's second outing had one side of secular and another of spiritual/traditional. I agree that side 2 trumps side one artistically-indeed If I Get Home On Xmas Day is a personal favorite. But yikes 2 songs with nearly the same name on the same side-always thought as odd. And while side 2 wins save the bottom of the barrel Silver Bells as individual performances, it is a mish mosh. I'll Be Home is as country as it gets; If I Get Home is choral bombast well done; Holly Leaves is soft and subtle and MCB is the blues. Could you cram a group of more disjointed songs on one side. Playing it through as an album is jarring.

Elvis was not motivated and there was little effort in the song picking or even an attempt to build an album. Even the title Elvis sings the WWOC and then that isnt the single reveals another no one cares moment-because the title track had little going for it. (likely was the single; they printed the albums and Parker decided on the track which is the subject of this post).

Is there a catchy tune on the album-nope. Your earlier observation re songs reflecting the melancholy many face at his time of year would have also been a mature hook to engage critics (Wham's Last Xmas shows it can be done) but i suspect you are only one/few in 45 years to put a wrapper on side 2 . Get it in the can Jarvis surely never did. Nor did anyone else.


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Something I always enjoyed about Elvis' LPs was that there was a little bit of everything. Usually no overriding theme. i've never had a problem listening to either side of "Wonderful World Of Christmas." Each Christmas season I listen to both albums. But I play this one the most. My music preferences have outgrown "Elvis Christmas Album." I prefer the Camden version of '57 LP. Wish it would have been included on the 60 cd collection box set. Personally, I would have gladly given up the 3 discs of "rarities."



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fn2drive wrote:And this is the essence of the problem. A pure hodge podge culled from royalty free and Aurebach/Bienstock sources and tossed together with little planning or care. At least Sinatra's second outing had one side of secular and another of spiritual/traditional. I agree that side 2 trumps side one artistically-indeed If I Get Home On Xmas Day is a personal favorite. But yikes 2 songs with nearly the same name on the same side-always thought as odd. And while side 2 wins save the bottom of the barrel Silver Bells as individual performances, it is a mish mosh. I'll Be Home is as country as it gets; If I Get Home is choral bombast well done; Holly Leaves is soft and subtle and MCB is the blues. Could you cram a group of more disjointed songs on one side. Playing it through as an album is jarring.

Elvis was not motivated and there was little effort in the song picking or even an attempt to build an album. Even the title Elvis sings the WWOC and then that isnt the single reveals another no one cares moment-because the title track had little going for it. (likely was the single; they printed the albums and Parker decided on the track which is the subject of this post).

Is there a catchy tune on the album-nope. Your earlier observation re songs reflecting the melancholy many face at his time of year would have also been a mature hook to engage critics (Wham's Last Xmas shows it can be done) but i suspect you are only one/few in 45 years to put a wrapper on side 2 . Get it in the can Jarvis surely never did. Nor did anyone else.
Thanks for the great post. Your points about the haphazard nature of the LP are true.


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fn2drive wrote:
...And while side 2 wins save the bottom of the barrel Silver Bells as individual performances, it is a mish mosh. I'll Be Home is as country as it gets; If I Get Home is choral bombast well done; Holly Leaves is soft and subtle and MCB is the blues. Could you cram a group of more disjointed songs on one side. Playing it through as an album is jarring.
You mean Elvis moves from genre to genre on the same album? Wow. That really is shocking. He'd only been doing it, album after album, since 1956. :roll:



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poormadpeter2 wrote:
fn2drive wrote:...And while side 2 wins save the bottom of the barrel Silver Bells as individual performances, it is a mish mosh. I'll Be Home is as country as it gets; If I Get Home is choral bombast well done; Holly Leaves is soft and subtle and MCB is the blues. Could you cram a group of more disjointed songs on one side. Playing it through as an album is jarring.
You mean Elvis moves from genre to genre on the same album? Wow. That really is shocking. He'd only been doing it, album after album, since 1956. :roll:
Rather than continue to derail the topic with put-downs and sarcasm, why not choose instead to add to the discussion?

It's fun, although it requires a certain maturity. But you're an adult, and I think you can do it. If you try.

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poormadpeter2 wrote:
fn2drive wrote:
...And while side 2 wins save the bottom of the barrel Silver Bells as individual performances, it is a mish mosh. I'll Be Home is as country as it gets; If I Get Home is choral bombast well done; Holly Leaves is soft and subtle and MCB is the blues. Could you cram a group of more disjointed songs on one side. Playing it through as an album is jarring.
You mean Elvis moves from genre to genre on the same album? Wow. That really is shocking. He'd only been doing it, album after album, since 1956. :roll:
Even his classic Xmas LP was one side secular and another sacred or spiritual. Rarely did he have a more disjointed LP than WWOC.


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"Merry Christmas Baby" is excellent. I find the rest rather depressing.


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The original 1957 Christmas album must have been tough for fans that weren't into religious music and were stuck and payed for half an album! I prefer the Camden.




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Juan Luis wrote:The original 1957 Christmas album must have been tough for fans that weren't into religious music and were stuck and payed for half an album! I prefer the Camden.
I just burned my own Elvis Christmas CD from all the songs available. A much better listen for me. I never understood why the 1957 LP is hailed as such a great Christmas album, because I hardly ever played side 2. Its a half an album to me, but that side 1 is about as good as it gets. I NEVER outgrow it. But somehow the Peace In The Valley songs on side 2 never thrilled me and they sure do not ring out Christmas to me. Now the Darin album also is very different, having not very well known spiritual music on it but they are Christmas related so the the album works as a whole.




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fn2drive wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:
fn2drive wrote:
...And while side 2 wins save the bottom of the barrel Silver Bells as individual performances, it is a mish mosh. I'll Be Home is as country as it gets; If I Get Home is choral bombast well done; Holly Leaves is soft and subtle and MCB is the blues. Could you cram a group of more disjointed songs on one side. Playing it through as an album is jarring.
You mean Elvis moves from genre to genre on the same album? Wow. That really is shocking. He'd only been doing it, album after album, since 1956. :roll:
Even his classic Xmas LP was one side secular and another sacred or spiritual. Rarely did he have a more disjointed LP than WWOC.
Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together. The first album, from 1956, even contains ballads from two years earlier than sound like a completely different singer to the rest of the LP. I don't see you moaning about that.
r&b wrote:
I just burned my own Elvis Christmas CD from all the songs available. A much better listen for me. I never understood why the 1957 LP is hailed as such a great Christmas album, because I hardly ever played side 2. Its a half an album to me, but that side 1 is about as good as it gets. I NEVER outgrow it. But somehow the Peace In The Valley songs on side 2 never thrilled me and they sure do not ring out Christmas to me. Now the Darin album also is very different, having not very well known spiritual music on it but they are Christmas related so the the album works as a whole.
I can't say I'm fond of the Darin album, despite its ambition. Side 2 of the 1957 Elvis album is indeed odd. Quite why eight songs were recorded for it instead of twelve is anybody's guess. A very weird decision. I think this is why so many people like the Camden issue better, and why it hangs together better as a collection. Oddly, the 1957 album, inside the gatefold, buyers are told to "be sure to hear" other great albums and EPs...including Peace in the Valley!!




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poormadpeter2 wrote:
fn2drive wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:
fn2drive wrote:
...And while side 2 wins save the bottom of the barrel Silver Bells as individual performances, it is a mish mosh. I'll Be Home is as country as it gets; If I Get Home is choral bombast well done; Holly Leaves is soft and subtle and MCB is the blues. Could you cram a group of more disjointed songs on one side. Playing it through as an album is jarring.
You mean Elvis moves from genre to genre on the same album? Wow. That really is shocking. He'd only been doing it, album after album, since 1956. :roll:
Even his classic Xmas LP was one side secular and another sacred or spiritual. Rarely did he have a more disjointed LP than WWOC.
Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together. The first album, from 1956, even contains ballads from two years earlier than sound like a completely different singer to the rest of the LP. I don't see you moaning about that.
r&b wrote:
I just burned my own Elvis Christmas CD from all the songs available. A much better listen for me. I never understood why the 1957 LP is hailed as such a great Christmas album, because I hardly ever played side 2. Its a half an album to me, but that side 1 is about as good as it gets. I NEVER outgrow it. But somehow the Peace In The Valley songs on side 2 never thrilled me and they sure do not ring out Christmas to me. Now the Darin album also is very different, having not very well known spiritual music on it but they are Christmas related so the the album works as a whole.

I can't say I'm fond of the Darin album, despite its ambition.
Side 2 of the 1957 Elvis album is indeed odd. Quite why eight songs were recorded for it instead of twelve is anybody's guess. A very weird decision. I think this is why so many people like the Camden issue better, and why it hangs together better as a collection. Oddly, the 1957 album, inside the gatefold, buyers are told to "be sure to hear" other great albums and EPs...including Peace in the Valley!!
I guess thats why I like it. it is totally a non-traditional Christmas album in a sense. Ive never heard a lot of those songs before I had this album. Plus in 1960, Darin was in his prime. Yes, the Elvis Camden Christmas album is a much better listen than the 1957 version.



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r&b wrote:
Juan Luis wrote:The original 1957 Christmas album must have been tough for fans that weren't into religious music and were stuck and payed for half an album! I prefer the Camden.
I just burned my own Elvis Christmas CD from all the songs available. A much better listen for me. I never understood why the 1957 LP is hailed as such a great Christmas album, because I hardly ever played side 2. Its a half an album to me, but that side 1 is about as good as it gets. I NEVER outgrow it. But somehow the Peace In The Valley songs on side 2 never thrilled me and they sure do not ring out Christmas to me. Now the Darin album also is very different, having not very well known spiritual music on it but they are Christmas related so the the album works as a whole.
The acclaim for the #1 album is due to the finest songs on the release being as good as it gets, and the simple fact that Presley delivers a dozen sparkling performances, ably supported by Scotty, Bill, D.J., the Jordanaires and Millie Kirkham. Just five of them may be seen as strictly religious in nature, and "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" is certainly a contender for his finest-ever gospel performance.

It's also possible that the Side 1/Side 2 split was a strategic move by RCA. Give the kids the more raucous numbers to start, let the parents chill out a bit when the disc is flipped over. Everybody's happy. :D


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poormadpeter2 wrote:Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together.
Please tone down the rude rhetoric. You can make your point without trashing someone by saying "Complete nonsense." The post you replied to was not made in anger, or even directly to something you wrote.

It is not true that "all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together."

Below are six examples, two from each decade that he recorded, that completely dismiss the suggestion:

Loving You
King Creole
Elvis Is Back!
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Country: I'm 10,000 Years Old
Elvis Today


poormadpeter2 wrote:The first album, from 1956, even contains ballads from two years earlier than sound like a completely different singer to the rest of the LP. I don't see you moaning about that.
Again, please make your point without uncalled-for rudeness. Let's make this forum a nice place all the time.

Elvis' debut album for RCA has no "ballads from two years earlier than sound like a completely different singer." The LP was issued in March 1956, sporting 5 previously-unissued Sun songs and 7 brand-new RCA waxings. One Sun ballad on the disc was 18 months old at that time. The other Sun ballad was newer than that. What is important to remember is the release broke sales records, was #1 for 10 weeks, and changed everything. And no one ever made a comment that Elvis sounded "different" on certain tracks. It remains a milestone, one of the greatest rock 'n' roll albums ever issued.

Back on topic:

I posted those three songs from the 1970 Brady Bunch holiday LP, one of which was "O Come, All Ye Faithful," to simply show how they were unremarkable choices for Elvis to record and include on his 1971 release. They had been done to death, "safe" selections that were perfect for a Brady Bunch album.


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drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together.
Please tone down the rude rhetoric. You can make your point without trashing someone by saying "Complete nonsense." The post you replied to was not made in anger, or even directly to something you wrote.
For the final time, you ARE NOT MY FATHER. Secondly, your just replied with rudeness to a post that wasn't "even directly to something you wrote."
It is not true that "all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together."

Below are six examples, two from each decade that he recorded, that completely dismiss the suggestion:

Loving You
King Creole
Elvis Is Back!
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Country: I'm 10,000 Years Old
Elvis Today
Oh, so now you are using a soundtrack as an example. King Creole. A soundtrack that mixes rock and alma mater songs. Sure, great choice. And Loving You, an album quite clearly thrown together. The first side is soundtrack songs and the second, so we are told is, Elvis singing "five well-known popular ballads." Just how well-known was Don't Leave Me Now, do you think? Oh, no, wait, it was the first release of the song. So much for that being well-known and therefore fitting with the theme - it's hardly surprising why liner notes went out of the window after a short time on Elvis LPs when all they did was lie to the public.
Let's make this forum a nice place all the time.
If you really WANTED that, then I'm sure that everyone here would be on board. Sadly, the suggestion sounds as hollow as Donald Trump promises. In order for this board to play nice, you have to admit your part in it getting to the state that it is in now. I had the candour and balls to admit mine and invited you to follow suit. You did not - and it's not like you didn't see my post because you added to thread in question afterwards. So, I ask you again, admit your part in the state of the boards and then perhaps we CAN all start afresh and play nice, since you brought up the subject here. But you know as well as I, that isn't going to happen unless you do.
I wrote:

Let's be brutally honest here.

I have probably made around 15,000-20,000 posts on this forum in the last eight years or so. Now, considering how many times you and others accuse me I'm off topic, insulting, out of order, and so on, don't you think I should have been suspended more than just twice in all that time? Now, either you're wrong about your constant accusations about my posts, or the system isn't implementing the rules to each member in an equal fashion. And I am pretty sure some of your accusations have been right. Not many. But some. Meanwhile, you have made 80,000 posts and I remember you being suspended probably twice since I've been here, if that. And it's not because you're a particularly good boy either.

So, join me by having the balls to look in the mirror and call a spade a spade. We BOTH have gotten away with things here that would have gotten other people suspended. Hey, I'm not complaining. But if you can't admit even the straightforward fact that not everyone has been treated equally here by "the system" (for whatever reasons), then there's no hope of the board moving forward.
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poormadpeter2 wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together.
Please tone down the rude rhetoric. You can make your point without trashing someone by saying "Complete nonsense." The post you replied to was not made in anger, or even directly to something you wrote.
For the final time, you ARE NOT MY FATHER.
No, but I am an active member here, and speak in that capacity. I'm pretty sure that is allowed here.

I am also one who kindly endeavored to add to the discussion by making direct comment on your most recent post, something I have done countless times, and often after your request to do so.

And I am also someone who has both witnessed and borne the brunt of your often-caustic rhetoric, so I speak from experience.

Thank you.

Back on topic:

Has anyone besides me given those Brady Bunch songs a listen?

O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
Silver Bells


I'm curious if anyone has an opinion as to how they stack up when compared to the same tracks on Elvis' LP, taped a year later.


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Re: The Majestic "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

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drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together.
Please tone down the rude rhetoric. You can make your point without trashing someone by saying "Complete nonsense." The post you replied to was not made in anger, or even directly to something you wrote.
For the final time, you ARE NOT MY FATHER.
No, but I am an active member here, and speak in that capacity. I'm pretty sure that is allowed here.

I am also one who kindly endeavored to add to the discussion by making direct comment on your most recent post, something I have done countless times, and often after your request to do so.

And I am also someone who has both witnessed and borne the brunt of your often-caustic rhetoric, so I speak from experience.

Thank you.

Back on topic:

Has anyone besides me given those Brady Bunch songs a listen?

O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
Silver Bells


I'm curious if anyone has an opinion as to how they stack up when compared to the same tracks on Elvis' LP, taped a year later.
Cut the Brady Bunch crap.




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poormadpeter2

Re: The Majestic "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

Post by poormadpeter2 »

Juan Luis wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together.
Please tone down the rude rhetoric. You can make your point without trashing someone by saying "Complete nonsense." The post you replied to was not made in anger, or even directly to something you wrote.
For the final time, you ARE NOT MY FATHER.
No, but I am an active member here, and speak in that capacity. I'm pretty sure that is allowed here.

I am also one who kindly endeavored to add to the discussion by making direct comment on your most recent post, something I have done countless times, and often after your request to do so.

And I am also someone who has both witnessed and borne the brunt of your often-caustic rhetoric, so I speak from experience.

Thank you.

Back on topic:

Has anyone besides me given those Brady Bunch songs a listen?

O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
Silver Bells


I'm curious if anyone has an opinion as to how they stack up when compared to the same tracks on Elvis' LP, taped a year later.
Cut the Brady Bunch crap.
The poor guy seems to have an obsession.
I am an active member here, and speak in that capacity. I'm pretty sure that is allowed here.
Me too.




Topic author
Juan Luis

Re: The Majestic "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

Post by Juan Luis »

poormadpeter2 wrote:
Juan Luis wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:
poormadpeter2 wrote:Complete nonsense. Gospel albums aside, all of Elvis's albums were disjointed and just thrown together.
Please tone down the rude rhetoric. You can make your point without trashing someone by saying "Complete nonsense." The post you replied to was not made in anger, or even directly to something you wrote.
For the final time, you ARE NOT MY FATHER.
No, but I am an active member here, and speak in that capacity. I'm pretty sure that is allowed here.

I am also one who kindly endeavored to add to the discussion by making direct comment on your most recent post, something I have done countless times, and often after your request to do so.

And I am also someone who has both witnessed and borne the brunt of your often-caustic rhetoric, so I speak from experience.

Thank you.

Back on topic:

Has anyone besides me given those Brady Bunch songs a listen?

O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
Silver Bells


I'm curious if anyone has an opinion as to how they stack up when compared to the same tracks on Elvis' LP, taped a year later.
Cut the Brady Bunch crap.
The poor guy seems to have an obsession.
He just thinks he's a comedian. For three!



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Re: The Majestic "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

Post by drjohncarpenter »

Juan Luis wrote:
drjohncarpenter wrote:Back on topic:

Has anyone besides me given those Brady Bunch songs a listen?

O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
Silver Bells


I'm curious if anyone has an opinion as to how they stack up when compared to the same tracks on Elvis' LP, taped a year later.
Cut the Brady Bunch crap.
You can do better than that.

My research to find the tracks throughly addressed and quieted a challenge to my statement about the song's shopworn nature by the time of the 1971 Elvis LP. My curiosity extends to learning if anyone else has given them a listen.

Thank you.

For those who missed them on page 5:



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Brady Bunch "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)



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Brady Bunch "The First Noel" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)
Lead vocal: Bobby Brady (Mike Lookinland)!



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Brady Bunch "Silver Bells" Merry Christmas from The Brady Bunch (Paramount PAS 5026, November 7, 1970)


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