Classic Album Sundays Stafford Present A Charlie Brown Christmas.

[Rotation Sound System]

A Charlie Brown Christmas features several originals (“Christmas Time Is Here”, “Linus and Lucy”) as well as covers of well-known Christmas songs (“The Christmas Song”, “O Tannenbaum”). The score for the special was largely cut at recording sessions at Glendale, California’s Whitney Studio. Much of this material was re-recorded by Guaraldi at three sessions later in the year at Fantasy Recording Studios in San Francisco, alongside a choir of children culled from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in nearby San Rafael. The sessions ran late into the night, with the children rewarded with ice cream afterwards. Bassist Fred Marshall and drummer Jerry Granelli have been credited as performing on the album, although a host of musicians claim to have recorded the album. Released a week prior to the broadcast premiere of the special, A Charlie Brown Christmas sold well, and became increasingly famous in the ensuing decades.

Classic Album Sundays' is the world's most popular record club. CAS allows the listener to fully immerse themselves in the music by presenting the musical context, the story behind the album and an uninterrupted replay of the album on vinyl on an audiophile hi-fi sound system (with phones switched off and no conversation). People learn about the history of the album and then hear things in the music that they have never heard before. The events are mainly attended by non-audiophiles who are sometimes moved to tears when they hear the details of their favourite recordings.

Entry by ticket only limited availability

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The album is available to buy here.

Stafford
Time & Date: Sunday 9th December 2018 4:00pm – 8:00pm

Venue
No.7 Market Square, Stafford, ST16 2JN

Tickets
£6 in advance here

Audio Menu
AVID Ingenium turntable
Ortofon 2m Blue Cart
AVID phono stage
Naim supernait amp
Harbeth Super HL5 Plus Speakers
Speaker Stands provided by Hi Fi Racks

Installed by Harbeth Audio & Avid HIFI

 

[PeterD]

I have muso friends and people that enjoy music, outside of american friends I would struggle to find a single one that has listened to that, considers it a classic and in a lot of cases, even heard of it.