King, Carole: A Holiday Carole (Vinyl LP)
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"Vinyl LP pressing. Carole King's classic holiday album, A Holiday Carole, released in 2011. Produced by her daughter Louise Goffin, the album's 12 songs artfully blend the sacred and the secular with an eclectic mix of well-chosen standards and newly-written material. Goffin co-wrote three original tracks on the album, including the Latin-flavored ""Christmas in Paradise,"" on which she collaborated with Grammy-winners George Noriega and Jodi Marr, the sublime Goffin/Marr composition ""Christmas In The Air,"" and the deeply moving ""New Year's Day,"" co-written with renowned songsmith Guy Chambers. ""As an experienced producer,"" King remembers, ""Louise's first question to me as her artist was, 'What songs do you like?'"" After compiling a list of favorites, Goffin went on the hunt for more unusual tracks, coming up with tunes like William Bell & Booker T. Jones' Stax classic ""Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday."" King puts her own indelible stamp on the music, lending it a special seasonal flair. For King, the album's emotional highlight is undoubtedly ""Chanukah Prayer."" ""Louise had the brilliant idea to take the Chanukah prayer that I learned from my parents, and they learned from their parents, and back through generations,"" she explains. ""She said 'I want to record you singing that and I'm going to build a track around it.'"" The result is a warm, jazz-inflected tune that brings together three generations on vocals: King, her daughter, and her grandson." My Favorite Things, Carol of the Bells, Sleigh Ride, Christmas Paradise, Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday, Chanukah Prayer, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Christmas in the Air, Do You Hear What I Hear, This Christmas, New Year's Day
"Vinyl LP pressing. Carole King's classic holiday album, A Holiday Carole, released in 2011. Produced by her daughter Louise Goffin, the album's 12 songs artfully blend the sacred and the secular with an eclectic mix of well-chosen standards and newly-written material. Goffin co-wrote three original tracks on the album, including the Latin-flavored ""Christmas in Paradise,"" on which she collaborated with Grammy-winners George Noriega and Jodi Marr, the sublime Goffin/Marr composition ""Christmas In The Air,"" and the deeply moving ""New Year's Day,"" co-written with renowned songsmith Guy Chambers. ""As an experienced producer,"" King remembers, ""Louise's first question to me as her artist was, 'What songs do you like?'"" After compiling a list of favorites, Goffin went on the hunt for more unusual tracks, coming up with tunes like William Bell & Booker T. Jones' Stax classic ""Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday."" King puts her own indelible stamp on the music, lending it a special seasonal flair. For King, the album's emotional highlight is undoubtedly ""Chanukah Prayer."" ""Louise had the brilliant idea to take the Chanukah prayer that I learned from my parents, and they learned from their parents, and back through generations,"" she explains. ""She said 'I want to record you singing that and I'm going to build a track around it.'"" The result is a warm, jazz-inflected tune that brings together three generations on vocals: King, her daughter, and her grandson." My Favorite Things, Carol of the Bells, Sleigh Ride, Christmas Paradise, Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday, Chanukah Prayer, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Christmas in the Air, Do You Hear What I Hear, This Christmas, New Year's Day