The Wurzels – The Wurzels Christmas Album (CIA) *****

The Wurzels, the West Country’s finest, serve up a festive cracker with their first-ever Christmas album. The famous Scrumpy and Western band have put their distinctive stamp on this collection of Christmas classics including Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, White Christmas and Fairytale Of New York. It’s mad, it’s fast and it’s fun, guaranteed to make any party go with a swing. It’s the ultimate cider-drinker’s Christmas album, to be listened to on Christmas Day, mug of scrumpy in hand!

Daphne Rowbotham, 61, retired, Shipley

The Puppini Sisters – Hollywood (Decca) **

According to the promotional literature, the Puppini Sisters are the living embodiment of 1940s glamour, taking the listener right back to a more alluring time. They certainly pay homage to Hollywood’s golden age of the silver screen with their spot-on Andrews Sisters harmonies, as they make their classically-trained take on perennials like Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend, I Got Rhythm, September Song and I Feel Pretty. It’s all done quite sparkily to lure in the nostalgia buff.

Reg Nelson, investigator, Heaton