A British compilation from 2000, this record benefits The Big Issue Charities, which helps homeless Brits get back on their feet. A pretty good bunch of choices too, with some this site hasn't encountered before. Among those discussed elsewhere on this site are The Dandy Warhols with "Little Drummer Boy" and Low's "Just Like Christmas," and El Vez's "Feliz Navi-nada." Other good cuts on here are "Everything's Going To Be Cool This Christmas" by the Eels, Saint Etienne's version of the Billy Fury song "My Christmas Prayer," The Webb Brothers' "Every Day Is Christmas" and Teenage Fanclub's short instrumental "Christmas Eve." Six By Seven do an OK, but not particularly unique "I Believe in Father Christmas," the ELP number, Belle and Sebastian do a fairly straight "O Come O Come Emanuel," and the Flaming Lips do a Tom Waits impression on "White Christmas," missing on the vocal but closer on the instrumental. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci do the Welsh number "Hwiangerdd Mair," which sounds nice but I can't tell you a thing about it otherwise. Lauren Laverne's "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a distant sounding electronic number, rather than the antique madrigal it often is rendered as. Morgan gives us a lounge-style "Christmas in Wakiki" instrumental. And Departure Lounge tells us about their "Christmas Downer." I sent away to the UK for my copy back in the day; it's currently showing collector's prices from 3rd-party sellers at Amazon.
It's a Cool, Cool Christmas, various artists (Jeepster)
A British compilation from 2000, this record benefits The Big Issue Charities, which helps homeless Brits get back on their feet. A pretty good bunch of choices too, with some this site hasn't encountered before. Among those discussed elsewhere on this site are The Dandy Warhols with "Little Drummer Boy" and Low's "Just Like Christmas," and El Vez's "Feliz Navi-nada." Other good cuts on here are "Everything's Going To Be Cool This Christmas" by the Eels, Saint Etienne's version of the Billy Fury song "My Christmas Prayer," The Webb Brothers' "Every Day Is Christmas" and Teenage Fanclub's short instrumental "Christmas Eve." Six By Seven do an OK, but not particularly unique "I Believe in Father Christmas," the ELP number, Belle and Sebastian do a fairly straight "O Come O Come Emanuel," and the Flaming Lips do a Tom Waits impression on "White Christmas," missing on the vocal but closer on the instrumental. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci do the Welsh number "Hwiangerdd Mair," which sounds nice but I can't tell you a thing about it otherwise. Lauren Laverne's "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a distant sounding electronic number, rather than the antique madrigal it often is rendered as. Morgan gives us a lounge-style "Christmas in Wakiki" instrumental. And Departure Lounge tells us about their "Christmas Downer." I sent away to the UK for my copy back in the day; it's currently showing collector's prices from 3rd-party sellers at Amazon.
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