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It seems I'm a little late to the party, fellas, but I wanted to share a thought on a Gene Autry reissue of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It isn't his classic 40's and 50's stuff, but it's pretty good. The reissue company, Varese Sarabande, claims it's remastered. I usually like them, but what...

I'm listening to it as we speak. I thoroughly enjoyed the work they did with Elvis Presley's music, so I decided to give it a try. Not too bad. I don't think it's quite up to par sound quality wise with "newer" artists like Elvis and Roy Orbison. The earlier Bing material sounds a bit out of...

One of our local stations normally starts then, but this year they opted for Nov. 14th as well. They're good for "on the go" listening in the car, but it's not something I'd want to listen to 24/7 because it's so dang repetitive.

If you go for rockabilly/country Christmas, see if you can download, or otherwise obtain a copy of, Johnny Horton's lone Christmas song, "They Shined up Rudolph's Nose."

I never did have the CD. I went to a local thrift store years ago and picked up what I thought was the LP of it. I am always studious about checking to make sure the right LP is in the jacket. Somehow, I forgot to do it that time and wound up with some album that was so crappy that I don't...

I don't have a need for Jim's release as I have the Bear Family 16 CD set. However, there is a company who has overdubbed some of his songs, including several Christmas songs. You can hear them here:

I'm glad to see Gentleman Jim getting some love. I have the Bear Family 16 CD set, so I don't have a need for this, but I hope this continues to introduce new generations to his timeless music. There is a company who is doing overdubbed "new" releases of his music, and I think they did a...

My favorite is "Merry Christmas, Neighbor." I heard it for years on a now well worn RCA compilation LP, "RCA Victor Presents Music for the 12 Days of Christmas." I invested in the CD several years ago. Bear Family in Germany has released a box set of all of the cast recordings and individual...

I'm glad to see I'm not alone. I'm listening to Julie Andrews doing Christmas right now!

I would have imagined the CD was taken straight from the master tapes/discs. I don't know how much remastering will help songs of that vintage, especially if they weren't recorded to tape but to disc. I know Hank Williams' music has been "remastered," but you still have evidence of it being an...

I got all excited for a minute! I went to Amazon and found what appeared to be the original available for mp3 download. Thankfully, I listened to samples before I bit. It's the remake versions.

I know that! I'm more of a Chet Atkins man myself for guitar, but I did have the Chester and Lester LP at one time; I'm not sure what happened to it.

I'm still going through the stuff my friend gave me (about 3000 songs besides Louvin Brothers on mp3's on DVD's). It appears I have some Les Paul Christmas stuff as well. I'm still organizing everything in Media Player.

If someone would reissue the original Christmas album from Bill Anderson, I'd be elated! There's a CD out by him of Christmas music, but it's remakes.

I guess this would fall under reissue. Last night, a friend of mine gave me the 8 CD Bear Family set of The Louvin Brothers. I'm a huge bluegrass/older country fan. To my surprise, The Louvin Brothers did Christmas, and naturally, Bear Family went back to the original master tapes. I will be...