Christmas Harmonies [+digital booklet]

The Beach Boys | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 25, 2009
• Release Date: August 25, 2009
• Label: Capitol
• Copyright: (C) 2009 Capitol Records, LLC
• Total Length: 35:43
• Genres: Miscellaneous/Holiday
• ASIN: B002KC7SWY
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,411 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Music, Disappointing Presentation . . . . ., November 19, 2009

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Peter A. Sferra (Sunny California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas Harmonies (Audio CD)

Every song in this collection is a gem, but the presentation was a HUGE let down. I cannot fathom why Capitol Records chose to use many of the original monophonic recordings of the 1960s material when every holiday track the Beach Boys ever did is now available in glorious stereo. A decade ago, "Ultimate Christmas" gave us superbly remastered stereo versions of everything and the previously unheard lushness only added to the band's incredibly layered vocal arrangements. Why anyone with two functioning ears would choose to hear these works of art in mono at this point is beyond me and I'm puzzled by Capitol's choice to use them. They didn't even bother to "throw the listener a bone" with some previously unreleased holiday bonus track as bait. On top of all that, the packaging leaves much to be desired. While "Ultimate Christmas" provided a beautiful booklet, "Christmas Harmonies" only included a minimal single fold sheet with little information beyond the song titles and their origins. Finally, it's pretty hard to get excited about a fifteen song Beach Boys holiday collection when their own record label once produced one with twenty-six tracks! Seems like we're going backwards on the holiday stuff. Hopefully, the band's fiftieth anniversary will prompt Capitol to show a tad more holiday cheer in December of 2011!

5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood Memories, January 17, 2011

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scrapmom73 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Christmas Harmonies (Audio CD)

I really love this album! My mom used to play this for me when I was younger and I was thrilled to find it on CD! Great harmonies and something a little different than traditional Chritmas songs!

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Christmas CD, February 12, 2010

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Michael Patterson "MRP" (Wantagh, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas Harmonies (Audio CD)

I have followed the Beach Boys for more years that I care to mention and have all of the music contained on this CD on various other CDs, but I was pleased to be able to find all of the music on one CD collection. Their music always adds to our holidays.