Sarah McLachlan Wintersong 180 Gram Vinyl LP by ORG (Sealed)

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This 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl Pressing transcends the term "Holiday Album". It is a musical and sonic triumph! It will sound fabulous year round!

The holiday season is blessed with the first ever holiday album by the radiant  voice of Sarah McLachlan! Audiophile 180g version of the Grammy nominated  Wintersong is a must buy for audiophiles and Sarah McLachlan fans alike!  

Featuring her usually well recorded sound and production, this 180g pressing of  Sarah's first holiday album is really atypical and noteworthy. Her innovative  versions of some very well known tunes are quite magical featuring a wonderful  cover of Joni Mitchell's River and a duet with Diana Krall as well (on  Christmastime Is Here).

Three-time Grammy and eight-time Juno Award-winning multi-platinum Arista  recording artists Sarah McLachlan ushers in the spirit of the season with  Wintersong, a 12 song collection. 

Recorded in her home studio in Vancouver, Sarah McLachlan presents these classic  songs on Wintersong with a unique twist, making them her own and translating  them into her repertoire. These recordings are not simply traditional holiday  fare. Instead, Wintersong could be considered the soundtrack to a blustery  winter day. The album opens with her version of John Lennon's timeless  declaration of peace from 1971 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". John and Yoko and the  Plastic Ono Band originally recorded the song with the Harlem Community Choir.  Sarah is also joined by a choral group - a children's choir of students form the  school she personally funds and oversees in her hometown of Vancouver.

Wintersong is Sarah's first new studio recording since Afterglow. The album  celebrates three years of renewed growth and self-realization for the artist who  takes a joyous and festive turn on Wintersong, a timely gift from Sarah  McLachlan to her universe of fans, new and old.

"Because no artist’s career is truly complete without a holiday album, Sarah  McLachlan took yet another step toward establishing her place in sentimental  adult contemporary radio history with Wintersong. For the most part, the singer  chooses the darker, more melancholic, and “wintry” pieces to cover (there’s no  “Joy to the World” or “Angels We Have Heard on High,” for example), focusing as  much on the Christmas season and the general feel of the holiday as on its  religious connotations. She brings together the folk spiritual “Mary Mary” -  also called “Virgin Mary” when covered by Joan Baez on her 1966 Noël or “Mary  What You Gonna Call That Pretty Little Baby” when a black gospel song - and the  traditional “The First Noel,” showing off not only her own impressive range but  her ability to adapt to different vocal styles while still remaining wholly  herself. Her version of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Song for a Winter’s Night,” which  was originally released on the 1994 Miracle on 34th Street soundtrack (and then  on McLachlan’s Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff), is pretty and sweet, using as  acoustic guitar as well as layers and layers of vocal harmonies to create a  sense of space and warmth, and her cover of Joni Mitchell's “River” is  lovely..." - ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Features:
• Premium High Quality 180 Gram Pressing
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering!
• Pressed at R.T.I.
• Full-Color, Thick Gatefold Packaging