No Rock And Roll Fun

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR: Are we alone in being surprised it's taken this long for Dionne Warwick to release that standard banker, a Christmas album? We're sure it's exactly what the gas stations and small boxes of CDs on newsagent's counters have been waiting for. You know the drill: the usual Xmas tunes, some old, some new; there's also a guest appearance by Gladys Knight - we're hoping for them doing Silent Night in a kind of skit, but we know it won't be.