With the possible exception of the guy on the far right, all of the band members on the record sleeve above are posed in some weird position, have some sort of creepy deadpan look on their face, or both. The record sleeve alone would be enough. The fact that this Taiwanese instrumental band calls itself Blue Star Chorus just gives it a bit more weirdo panache. This is my kinda Christmas record. The music's pretty good too. One of many goodies hidden in the gazillion posts at Radiodiffusion International. How about a sitar instrumental version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". The one below, by Jayram Achary, is about as unauthentic as you can get for a sitar record from India. It sounds like someone without the proper resources was told to make an Esquivel-like Christmas record, "And make sure you use that sitar! You're from India, for chrissakes!"
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Listen:Blue Star Chorus - Silent Night at Radiodiffusion International Go there to get it. There's one more song and some good reading.
Jayran Achary - Santa Clause Is Coming to Town mp3 at Radiodiffusion International Dittos comments above.
More international Christmas posts at Radiodiffusion Internationals
Thank you J.R. Williams for the tip.
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