My dad’s a huge Beatles fan and had the whole set. They’re fascinating and fun to listen to. The first few years are so gleeful, and then they start sounding really wiped out (“Well, it’s Christmas again… same old studio, same old microphone…”) and then they start doing these bonkers Goon Show inspired skits. By the last one they’re all just recording separate messages and phoning them in; John & Yoko are walking around in fall leaves and talking about nothing while Paul dashes off a new Christmas song or two like he’s brushing his teeth.
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