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Winter Wonderland Compilation
I'm not one for doing Christmas early, but I wonder if the massive could come to my aid again this Christmas, so I can post off compilations before the last Christmas post.
A couple of years ago, I compiled a Christmas Compilation CD for friends and family and will be doing so again this year. Some great recommendations came in a couple of years ago, so I would welcome any further suggestions if you have any. They can be old or new songs or instrumentals.
Any musical style infact,as long as they have a Winter or Christmas connection to them. Here's a few I included from your recommendations two years ago:
Angels We Have Heard On High-Brian Setzer Orchestra
Just Like Christmas-Low
Frosty The Snowman-Cocteau Twins
Winter Song-Lindisfarne
Jesus Christ-Teenage Fanclub
Valley Winter Song-Fountains Of Wayne
Hark The Herald Angels Sing-Blind Boys Of Alabama
Little Girl Blue-Nina Simone
The River-Joni Mitchell
Obviously, I'm not after any Cliff Richard, Slade or Wizard, but here's the first new Christmas song that I will be including this year. I can't believe I hadn't heard this before, so thanks to the listener who asked Chris Evans to play it on his show tonight.
I appreciate that I could just spend a whole evening searching for stuff on Spotify, but I reckon it's more fun this way and I know the massive will come up with some quality goods again. God bless us everyone.
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Did you see this thread ?
There are some really good suggestions in here for less-often-heard Christmas tunes :
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/christmas-music-underplayed-obscur...
And I'll throw my Santa Hat into the ring with this one :
Cheers
Whoops, I missed that one, I'll take a look thanks.
Please Daddy
Don't get Drunk This Christmas
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
The Candyman played "A Five Pound Box Of Money" by Pearl Bailey this afternoon which was cracking
The Fannies
If you like Teenage Fanclub, how about December from Bandwagonesque?
And are you allowing yourself to include something by The Decemberists...?
Cheers
I don't belive I've heard that Fannie's track; I suppose I could include Winter from Songs From Northern Britian. I have the first Decemberists album, but still need to buy the second one.
Plus...
Another high quality Christmas cover by the Fannies is Christmas Eve on the XFM It's a Cool, Cool Christmas CD mentioned by xtrev below...
December Will Be Magic Again
Kate Bush
Sister Winter
Sufjan Stevens: a beautiful piece of music
yup
Here's another recent topic:
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/christmas-songs
As I mentioned in that thread, I now get obsessed with sending out a compilation with the Christmas card, here's this years tracklist...
Merry Xmas Everybody Oasis
The Christmas Song The Raveonettes
12 Days of Christmas the bird and the bee
Another Christmas Song Stephen Colbert
Must Be Santa Bob Dylan
We Wish You A Merry Christmas Weezer
Drive The Cold Winter Away Horslips
Something to Hold On to (At Christmas) Ron Sexsmith
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) U2
Wonderful Christmas Time Mark Ronson and Daniel Merriweather
Shut Up And Let It Snow (Live On Radio 1) The Tings Tings
christmas time will soon be over jack white
I really like Noelly G's take on Slade...
Here's a snorter.
Yuletunes - a CD of festive stuff for the Massive.
http://www.amazon.com/Yuletunes-Shoes/dp/B000001LAS
(A Matthew Sweet song on it as well! Bonus!)
This Year's Favourites
Ahh, the old Christmas mix-tape, an annual event in the torrential household for 30 years.
Here a a few suggestions which are going on this years offering.
Cocoa Tea - Christmas is Coming.
Gayla Peevey - Got A Cold in the Node for Christmas.
Jacob Miller - Silver Bells.
Leon Redbone and Dr. John - Frosty The Snowman.
Porky Pig - Blue Christmas (included most years - makes me laugh every time).
More Louis
Dig that crazy Santa Claus!
Beach Boys at Christmas
Centro-Matic - Fuselage...
...great song by a great band - to be found on the Electric Ornaments comp:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002EX6NVQ/ref=dm_ap_alb44
There are a few other goodies on that too.
Also, there's a whole series of CDs featuring alt/indie (ish) artists called Maybe This Christmas, and an XFM comp from a few years back that has some gems:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Cool-Christmas-Various-Artists/dp/B000051TTC...
I'm particulalrly fond of In The Bleak Midwinter by Lauren Laverne. No, really! It's ace!
there's always this...
Check the Big Rock Candy Mountain blog
several corkers every day:
http://therealbigrockcandymountain.blogspot.com/
including this saucy belter: