Jan 25, 2025
Welcome to episode 133 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I
talk about the 1963 album, “$100 Million Christmas In Stereophonic
Sounds,” featuring Hiroshi Ishimaru conducting the Tokyo Symphony
Orchestra.
I hope you enjoyed Hiroshi Ishimaru’s “$100 Million Christmas In
Stereophonic Sounds.” It’s really a fantastic album. I’m sorry that
this episode is a little lighter on content than most episodes. I
had a lot going on around Christmas and really needed to take a
mental break for a couple weeks. I’m also struggling to get over a
stomach bug, so that made it hard to devote a lot of time to
researching and writing this episode. I’m going to try to get
another episode out before the end of the month, and then start
working on recording and digitizing the records I got for
Christmas.
Be sure to listen in next time when I talk about singer and actress
Mari Henmi’s 1971 album, “Mari Henmi & X’mas Evening.” It’s an
interesting album, sort of a one-woman musical play. It has some
great performances so I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
As always, any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If
have any suggestions, or if you’d like to recommend a song or album
for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know.
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more. All proceeds will be used to purchase new Japanese Christmas
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