Taking a peek into holiday boxes Newsday
It's the holiday season and time for film, TV and music distributors to pump out those box sets, many of which are just repackaging of already released stuff - the industry's equivalent of re-gifting.
Television box sets Newsday
It's the holiday season and time for film, TV and music distributors to pump out those box sets, many of which are just repackaging of already released stuff - the industry's equivalent of re-gifting. But there are also some real keepers in the mix, such as new James Bond, Frank Capra and Superman collections. CD sets range from Sinatra in Vegas to a goth music extravaganza.
Holiday tunes for every taste Pioneer Press
If you're already weary of the same-old rotation of Christmas music in the malls, halls and on 24-hour holiday music radio stations, take heart. There are some fresh selections in this year's holiday music box — or at least some fresh packaging of old favorites. The assortment has country, opera, doo-wop, Celtic, old favorites, a cappella, rock and even a "redneck collection."
Making the holiday twinkle York Daily Record
Todd Witte's Christmas light show gives life to the holiday's music. Dec 6, 2006 — "Do you want it to twinkle or do you want it to shimmer?" Todd Witte asked. "Let's make it twinkle."
‘Ebenezer Scrooge!’ holiday gift to community The Mining Journal
Northern Michigan University will present its 24th annual holiday production of of the Dickens classic “Ebenezer Scrooge!” This Christmas musical for the entire family features a lively new adaptation, with music by Jeffery A. Bruning and libretto and lyrics by Denise Clark.
Just in time for holiday shoppers The Times of Northwest Indiana
Around this time every year, record label honchos hope to beef up their final quarter statistics with releases by their A-list acts and career overview collections to please music fans during the holiday shopping season.
Outside the box Philadelphia Daily News
DON'T BOX ME in! This season's fancifully packaged, multi-disc music sets are all over the artistic map, from the hippest of jazz to the heaviest of rockers to the strangest of old-timey folk.
Talk back: What are your favorite holiday songs? USA Today
Several of you have asked me for holiday mix-tape suggestions. Since I feel like I offer the same tracks every year -- but I really do love U2's Baby, Please Come Home and the Waitresses' Christmas Wrapping! -- I thought
Thinking inside the box Baltimore Sun
Holiday box sets include imaginative technology, B-sides, video and glossy booklets Over the years, record labels have gotten wiser about repackaging old catalogs in box sets. With improvements in remastering technology, hits of yesterday sound as if they were recorded today. The advent of the DualDisc has also made the box-set experience more thrilling. Not only can you enjoy the hits, B-sides
This Year’s Crop of Christmas Music Makes the Grade River Cities' Reader
There's not a lump of coal in this season's stocking of new Christmas music, with five CDs from indie record labels worth finding. Santa Claus hipsters, rejoice!
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