An overlooked (Christmas) cover tune CLVI

To my knowledge, no other ensemble has approached "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" quite like The London Sound 70 Orchestra.  In addition to being faster than most renditions, their version sounds like a brassy theme for a coronation and, at times, like a prelude to Elton John's "Levon."  While that approach is incongruous with the tune's lyrics of despair, it somehow works musically and might leave some listeners feeling weirdly triumphant and inclined to shout, "Charge!"