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Reviews of A Charlie Brown Christmas, Women In Revolt! Underground Rebellion In British Music 1977-1985, Light Dark, Light Again

Vince Guaraldi Trio
A Charlie Brown Christmas

(Craft Recording)
★★★★



THE soundtrack to the December 1965 Peanuts TV special in the US, A Charlie Brown Christmas, has become one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, as well as the best known work of the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

In 2012 it was added to the US Library of Congress National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”

This reissue contains the original 11-track set, along with 13 studio outtakes. Yes, it’s a Christmas album — the choir-assisted My Little Drum and Hark, The Herald Angels Sing will get you in the festive mood — but much of it suits year-round listening. 

Various Artists
Women In Revolt! Underground Rebellion In British Music 1977-1985

(Music For Nations)
★★★★

Angie McMahon
Light Dark, Light Again

(AWAL)
★★★★


FOLLOWING her impressive 2019 debut, Angie McMahon returns with another set of cathartic guitar rock.

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