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Dec. 13th, 2022 10:26 pmSomething really nice happened this week.
( Cut for backstory )
Eleven months out of the year, my music tends towards gaming and movie soundtracks, instrumental piano, and songs in non-Romance languages.** But as soon as Thanksgiving dinner is over, I break out the Christmas music. At this point, my collection is over five days' worth of songs, more gigabytes than my laptop can hold.
I tend to pick up holiday albums by artists I never listen to otherwise. But it took me an embarrassingly long time to wonder if Cleo Laine and John Dankworth had done a Christmas collection.
As it happened, they did, back in 1999. It appears to have had a fairly limited release and it isn't widely available now. But I found a seller who had at it a reasonable price, and this year I had the money.
It arrived this week, and I opened it up - case intact, CD booklet in excellent shape...except for the marker scrawl on the cover.
It's autographed.
Dame Cleo's signature on the front. Sir John's inside. The seller didn't mention that part.
I can't wait to listen. :D
*My parents only had so many records, and a lot of her early stuff has not yet made it to CD. And I don't have a record player.
**I can't understand a word of them, so the lyrics aren't distracting.
( Cut for backstory )
Eleven months out of the year, my music tends towards gaming and movie soundtracks, instrumental piano, and songs in non-Romance languages.** But as soon as Thanksgiving dinner is over, I break out the Christmas music. At this point, my collection is over five days' worth of songs, more gigabytes than my laptop can hold.
I tend to pick up holiday albums by artists I never listen to otherwise. But it took me an embarrassingly long time to wonder if Cleo Laine and John Dankworth had done a Christmas collection.
As it happened, they did, back in 1999. It appears to have had a fairly limited release and it isn't widely available now. But I found a seller who had at it a reasonable price, and this year I had the money.
It arrived this week, and I opened it up - case intact, CD booklet in excellent shape...except for the marker scrawl on the cover.
It's autographed.
Dame Cleo's signature on the front. Sir John's inside. The seller didn't mention that part.
I can't wait to listen. :D
*My parents only had so many records, and a lot of her early stuff has not yet made it to CD. And I don't have a record player.
**I can't understand a word of them, so the lyrics aren't distracting.