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#1 Christmas Music

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So what festive music are people listening to?

Currently we're enjoying;

Kate Rusby - 'Sweet Bells' and 'While Mortals Sleep' (that's two albums of her interpretations of traditional and Yorkshire carols. She has a lovely voice)

Loreena McKennitt - 'A Midwinter Night's Dream' (againt, her interpretations of traditional carols and, again, a lovely voice)

I'm also rather taken by the carol CD that is 'free' on the cover of the current edition of the ClassicFM magazine, featuring arrangements by Howard Goodall and performed by Enchanted Voices.

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My absolute Christmas favourite is this:



Their version of Silent Night has me in tears every time: http://www.thepippin.plus.com/Misc/11%2 ... Nacht.flac
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shane wrote:
Their version of Silent Night has me in tears every time: http://www.thepippin.plus.com/Misc/11%2 ... Nacht.flac
Beautiful. :D

Had me reaching for the tissues. :)


PS Download "Foobar" to hear this clip if you don't have a FLAC player.
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My fave Christmas music number 1 was Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name.


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shane wrote:Their version of Silent Night has me in tears every time: http://www.thepippin.plus.com/Misc/11%2 ... Nacht.flac
Wonderful, so moving.

Do you know the Silent Night legend - that it nearly didn't happen? At a Christmas Eve service in an Austrian church the organ was found to be out of commssion and a carol that could be played on a guitar was needed; at the last minute the little ditty was rustled up by the priest and his friend.

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It's a beautiful album, and a brilliant recording as well. If you're familiar with Jazz At The Pawnshop, which is used a lot at various fests, this is on the same label.

http://www.proprius.com/
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My fave Christmas music number 1 was Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name.
Gets my vote :-)
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For the past 15 years I have made a Christmas music compilation (tape at first!), instead of a Christmas card. This was originally because of dismay at the closing down of my friends aging ears to new and different sounds. This year's playlist:

Lil McClintock - Don't Think I'm Santa Claus (1930)
Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks - Where's the Money? (1971)
Dagmar Krause - Supply & Demand (The Trader's Song), Epitaph 1919 (1986)
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan me a Dime (1967)
Fela Kuti - Beasts of no Nation (1989)
William Morris - I'm Leaving Town (1927)
J.B. Hutto - That's the Truth (1973)
Can - Little Star (1969)
Traffic - Rainmaker (1971)
Brass Monkey - The Maid & the Palmer (1983)
Emily Portman - Bones and Feathers (2010)
Gillian Welch - Silver Dagger (2011)

All except the last 3 vinyl transfers to .wav files, with varying degrees of crackliness. The Traffic from Low Spark of Highheeled Boys, bought this year being the worst offender.
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We've been playing this a lot.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4 ... AA115_.jpg

Not particularly Christmas music but it suits the mood.
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stevieg wrote: Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan me a Dime (1967)
Wasn't he the bloke with the dog?
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Wasn't he the bloke with the dog?
Nah, feller with the big red Gibson. Are you thinking of Bob Carolgees (semi festive surname)?
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Sorry Steve, I'm being facetious. Stick "Fenton" into Google and check out the first you-tube video that comes up.
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Oh, that Fenton. Celebrating the Nativity in his own special way. I'm slow today, must be the rain. Not many people know this, but I used to drink in a pub in Leeds called the Fenton. Previral and always ahead of trend, me.
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I'm afraid I loathe the Yuletide Season, but if pushed quite fond of the Manhattan Transfer and Phil Spector Christmas Albums.

It would be good to see Moonlight On Vermont (the '69 one) as a seasonal number one hit record. With a bullet.
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Today I've spent my Tesco gift vouchers on Ros'e and Irish cream liqueur.

So after cooling, the first glass of ros'e has hit the lips. :wink:

Roast pork in the oven (with roast tatties) and real vegitables and apple sauce are being prepared to go with it.

I've wound up the 833a monoblocks and am playing a selection of traditional Christmas music. Later on the stilton and crackers will accompany more ros'e and Irish cream liqueur.

Magic. :lol:

Merry Christmas to one and all. :D
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