A Hometown Christmas

About the Artist
Bob Sirois is a highly recognized, acoustic style Guitarist/Composer for the publisher Cherry Lane Music. The beautiful arrangements he orchestrates contain a delicate balance of Folk, New Age and Classical music.

Product Description:
A beautifully orchestrated Instrumental style Christmas CD containing some of the world’s most renowned arrangements. Acoustic guitar in the folk style with an overlay of classical instrumentation echo the warmth of the holiday season.

Tracks:

My Hometown
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

Customer Reviews:

My Hometown Bruce Springsteen.......2007-03-18

Excellent. Has 2 songs on it but was worth the money. I am a collector of oldies and this is real rare to find. Santa Claus is coming to town was excellent.

My Hometown CD.......2007-01-22

It was exactly what I wanted and was very pleased with it. Also bought one for a gift and she was equally pleased.

happy and romantic.......2007-01-05

the romantic sound of the first song and the happy sound of the second... together a wery well impression. i recommend for the real bruce fans.

Truely the Boss!.......2003-03-22

This is an excellent short cd. I get shivers up and down my spine every time I listen to Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Style. It is essential Bruce material and features solos by almost all members of the band, another hallmark of Bruce and the E-street band. I was playing this tune in my head all day at work eventhough it is March the temps were in the high 50's herre on the east coast.

A Rock-n-Roll Christmas Classic.......2001-12-02

Along with John Lennon's "Happy Christmas (War is Over)", this is the best Christmas song of the Rock-n-Roll era. It's lighthearted and fun but, like any live Springsteen tune, it's played with all out spirit and convicton. Bruce's banter with the band and the live audience is so engaging, that by the time the last sleighbell rings, you just want to hear the song over and over. It just wouldn't feel like Christmas without this gem from Bruce and the guys in the E Street Band. Classic.

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Hometown Christmas

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000FTSCMO

Product Description

3 CD box set of various artists performing great Christmas hits.

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Hometown Christmas

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0006VF7EW
Release Date: 2006-04-04

Average customer rating:

The perfect antidote to holiday insanity
A Christmas Must
A truly wonderful Christmas album.

A Hometown Christmas
Bob Sirois
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00008NP53
Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

Carol Of The Bells
Silent Night
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Silver Bells
Oh Holy Night
Christmas Eve Lullaby
What Child Is This
Coventry Carol
Away In A Manger
Aspenglow
Christmas For Cowboys
Winters Dawning

Album Description

A beautifully orchestrated Instrumental style Christmas CD containing some of the world's most renowned arrangements. Acoustic guitar in the folk style with an overlay of classical instrumentation echo the warmth of the holiday season.

Customer Reviews:

The perfect antidote to holiday insanity.......2003-12-06

The music on this CD is simply the best antidote for holiday insanity. I've even listened to its soothing melodies in the middle of July! It is truly remarkable how much talent is evident here, and the recording is as polished as it is caringly mastered. Every track is equally enjoyable - so much so that I have purchased a number of these for Christmas presents.... I can only hope that this will be Bob's first of a multitude of musical gifts to the world!

A Christmas Must.......2003-11-27

If you really want to feel the magic of Christmas, this CD is a must! Bob Sirois's "A Hometown Christmas" is one of the most beautifully arranged "easy listner" pieces I have in my massive holiday collection. You can feel his love for the music in every song. It relaxingly puts you in the festive mood, and makes you feel there is not a care in the world. You just drift away with the familiar music and feel the spirit. Don't miss out on this one, better yet, share it with your loved ones!

A truly wonderful Christmas album........2003-10-23

Bob Sirois' "A Hometown Christmas" is a beautifully arranged Folk style, Instrumental Christmas record. His renditions of these wonderful Christmas classics convey a peaceful, warm and sometimes nostalgic feeling of Christmas old and new. It was easy to immediately fall in love with every song on this record. I also like the fact that he included a female vocalist on two tracks(Oh Holy Night & What Child Is This). She has a truly wonderful voice which adds variety to this already amazing CD. And for all you John Denver fans, Bob did a great Instrumental rendition of "Aspenglow" and "Christmas For Cowboys". I recognize these songs from the late John Denver's "Rocky Mountain Christmas" record as I own this album as well. I won't hesitate to say that I would highy recommend "A Hometown Christmas" to anyone, anywhere, at any time. It's a phenomenal album which is destined to become a Christmas classic.

Average customer rating:

Great open and close...the in between tracks are variable

Signature Series: Hometown Christmas 2

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

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Signature Series: Hometown Christmas 1

ASIN: B0000DBJBT
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Mary's Little Boy Child - David Firman And His Orchestra
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - Lynn Anderson
O Holy Night (Cantique De Noel) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
O Come, O Come Emmanuel - The Larry Dalton Chorale
Jingle Bells - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Christmas Is - David Firman And His Orchestra
I'll Be Home For Christmas - Lynn Anderson
I Wonder As I Wander - John McCarthy, His Orchestra And Chorus
Away In A Manger - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Silver Bells - Lynn Anderson
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - The Fireside Singers
Angels We Have Heard On High - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Great open and close...the in between tracks are variable.......2006-09-21

Back in 1963 Readers Digest issued a Christmas album that blasted every other Christmas record out of the water. And I mean blasted. With spectacular arrangements by Charles Gerhardt, the 4 record set covered traditional carols, popular Christmas songs arranged into a sparkling orchestral suite, a selection of ten German carols as well as ten French carols, a suite of carols arranged for Brass, organ and carillon, and collection of highlights from Handel's MESSIAH. Four (4) Lp records for $7.99 ($1 more if you wanted stereo.) The album was titled JOYOUS MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, and indeed it was.

This album eventually sold over a million copies and can still be found for sale in used record stores and on E-bay - usually the copies are well worn from having been played so often.

Sadly RD has not seen fit to transfer the entire program to CD.

Instead collectors must track down the material scattered over several CD's released by RD and some released by Sony Music Special Products.

This CD presents the original several tracks from the album. There is also a Volume One of this disc available separately.

The rest of the disc ranges from pleasant to downright awful (as in ANY track by the Fireside Singers!)

Those in search of the rest of JMFCT here is how you can assemble most of it:

(Record One, Side One): Carols for Chorus (with the Royal Philharmonic conducted by Peter Knight)

"Joy to the World" & "O Little Town of Bethlehem" from Volume One of this CD.
"Deck The Halls" & "Away in a Manager" from this CD.
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" & "Angels We Have Heard on High" from the RD 3-CD collection CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE YEARS. You can also obtrain all 6 selection from the Sony Special Products CD called JOYOUS CHRISTMAS.

(Record Two, Side One):
Richard Benson's CHRISTMAS SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA from the RD 3-CD set JOY TO THE WORLD (released in 1994)

(Record Four Side One):
German Carols - not available on CD.

(Record Three; Side One and Two)
Highlight's from Handel's MESSIAH on the Sony Special Products CD titled REJOICE! MESSIAH HIGHLIGHTS

(Record Four Side Two):
French Carols - not available on CD.

(Record Two; Side Two): Carols for Organ and Bells featuring Leslie Pearson, organ; The Westminster Brass; The London Bell ringers; and John Paice, carillon.

The First Noel - available on O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL from Sony Special Products
Good King Wenceslas - available in the RD 3-CD set THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS (mentioned above.)
Ave Maria, O Come O Come Emmanuel & Christmas is Coming can be found on YULETIDE CLASSICS from Sony Special Products (Also issued inder the title SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT. Do a search for Leslie Pearson and iill come up.)
Carol of the Bells is on the RD 3-CD set JOY TO THE WORLD mentioned above. It can also be found on the RD CD called REFLECTIONS: O HOLY NIGHT.

(Record One; Side Two): Carols For Chorus (with the Royal Philharmonic conducted by Peter Knight)

"O Come All Ye Faithful" - from this CD
"We Three Kings" & "The 12 Days of Christmas " from the RD 3-CD collection CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE YEARS (mentioned above.)
"O Holy Night" from this CD
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" & "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" from Volume One of this CD.

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Christmas in Our Hometown
Marlene Young
Manufacturer: Marleen Young
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0006MX9HI
Release Date: 2004-11-17

Tracks:

Christmas Time is Here/O Tannenbaum
Christmas in Our Hometown
The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
The Little Drummer Boy
Winter Wonderland
‘Til The Season Comes Round Again
Sleigh Ride
Merry Christmas, Darling
We Need A Little Christmas
The Star Carol
O Come All Ye Faithful
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Some Children see Him
O Little Town of Bethlehem

Product Description

Marlene’s latest release, Christmas in Our Hometown includes her own original song by the same name.This collection also features original arrangements of holiday classics offering something for every listener.

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Christmas in My Home Town

Manufacturer: BMG Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CS8NEK

Average customer rating:

Great start and finish..the in between tracks are variable

Signature Series: Hometown Christmas 1

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

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Signature Series: Hometown Christmas 2

ASIN: B0000DBJBR
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Joy To The World - Peter Knight
Ding Dong! Merrily On High - The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral
White Christmas - Lynn Anderson
The First Noel - Peter Knight
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
What Child Is This - The Ambrosian Singers
Sweet Little Jesus Boy - The Stylistics
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Lynn Anderson
Silent Night - Peter Knight
O Christmas Tree - The Ambrosian Singers
The Little Drummer Boy - The Fireside Singers
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Fireside Singers
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing - Peter Knight

Customer Reviews:

Great start and finish..the in between tracks are variable.......2006-09-21

Back in 1963 Readers Digest issued a Christmas album that blasted every other Christmas record out of the water. And I mean blasted. With spectacular arrangements by Charles Gerhardt, the 4 record set covered traditional carols, popular Christmas songs arranged into a sparkling orchestral suite, a selection of ten German carols as well as ten French carols, a suite of carols arranged for Brass, organ and carillon, and collection of highlights from Handel's MESSIAH. Four (4) Lp records for $7.99 ($1 more if you wanted stereo.) The album was titled JOYOUS MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, and indeed it was a joyous album from first to last.

This album eventually sold over a million copies and can still be found for sale in used record stores and on E-bay - usually the copies are well worn from having been played so often.

Sadly RD has not seen fit to transfer the entire program to CD.

Instead collectors must track down the material scattered over several CD's released by RD and some released by Sony Music Special Products.

This CD presents the original opening and closing tracks from the album ("Joy to The World" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing") both introduced by a spectacular fanfare that helps bookend the collection. (Of course originally if you played through all 4 LPs the bookend would be nearly 3 hours apart!)

There is also a Volume Two of this disc available separately containg several more tracks from the original album.

The tracks here from the original collection include the opening two selections ("Joy To The World"; "O Little Town of Bethlehem") and the final two ("It Came Upon a Midnight clear" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.") These are all spectacular!

The rest of the disc is variable. There are other digest tracks featuring The Ambosian Singers ("O Christmas Tree", "What Child is This?" and "Silent Night" although the last track is mis-identified: It is listed as being performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Peter Knight. Though Knight DID record this carol, the version here is by The Ambrosian Singers.)

The rest of the disc ranges from pleasant ("Ding Dong Merrily on High", "The First Noel") to tracks that are just in the wrong style for this collection (Lynn Anderson's "White Christmas", The Stylistics' "Sweet Little Jesus Boy") to downright awful (ANY track by the Fireside Singers!)

Those in search of the rest of JMFCT here is how you can assemble most of it:

(Record One, Side One): Carols for Chorus (with the Royal Philharmonic conducted by Peter Knight)

"Joy to the World" & "O Little Town of Bethlehem" from this CD.
"Deck The Halls" & "Away in a Manager" from Volume Two of this CD.
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" & "Angels We Have Heard on High" from the RD 3-CD collection CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE YEARS. You can also obtain all 6 selection from the Sony Special Products CD called JOYOUS CHRISTMAS.

(Record Two, Side One):
Richard Benson's CHRISTMAS SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA from the RD 3-CD set JOY TO THE WORLD (released in 1994)

(Record Four Side One):
German Carols - not available on CD.

(Record Three; Side One and Two)
Highlight's from Handel's MESSIAH on the Sony Special Products CD titled REJOICE! MESSIAH HIGHLIGHTS

(Record Four Side Two):
French Carols - not available on CD.

(Record Two; Side Two): Carols for Organ and Bells featuring Leslie Pearson, organ; The Westminster Brass; The London Bell ringers; and John Paice, carillon.

The First Noel - available on O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL from Sony Special Products
Good King Wenceslas - available in the RD 3-CD set THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS
Ave Maria, O Come O Come Emmanuel & Christmas is Coming can be found on YULETIDE CLASSICS from Sony Special Products
Carol of the Bells is on the RD 3-CD set JOY TO THE WORLD mentioned above. It can also be found on the RD CD called REFLECTIONS: O HOLY NIGHT.

(Record One; Side Two): Carols For Chorus (with the Royal Philharmonic conducted by Peter Knight)

"O Come All Ye Faithful" - from Volume Two of this CD
"We Three Kings" & "The 12 Days of Christmas " from the RD 3-CD collection CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE YEARS (mentioned above.)
"O Holy Night" from Volume Two of this CD
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" & "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" from this CD.

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Christmas in My Hometown
Joseph James
Manufacturer: JJC
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000BS4RNW
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

Christmas in My Hometown

Product Description

"Christmas in My Hometown" tells the story of a serviceman overseas thinking about his family back home during the holiday. It features some of the best musicians Nashville has to offer including Sonny Garrish on steel guitar, Mike Chapman on bass, Ronnie Godfrey on piano and Jeff King on guitar along with James' rich bass/tenor voice. It has a little bit of the Caribbean Island feel.

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