Monday, December 6, 2010

{)Christmas Eve(}{)A Mixtape(}

















this is christmas eve, one half of a two disc christmas mix i made for some close friends in 2008, though i've made a few revisions for the sake of improvement. this was the mellow half. the other half, entitled christmas morn', was more on the peppy side. perhaps i'll put it up next year. this will be the first of three christmas mixes that i intend to put up between now and somewhere's around the 20th. there are some really wonderful renditions of the classics here, as well as some fine originals. merry christmas. doug

carol of bells - i heart lungs
joy to the world - clem snide
holy night - a perfect friend
o come, o come emmanuel - belle & sebastian
only at christmas time - sufjan stevens
the little drummer boy -vandaveer
lo, how a rose e're blooming - feist
christmas (baby, please come home) - arab strap
in the bleak midwinter - dan zimmerman
silent night - richard hawley
blue christmas - the perishers
the first noel - benji cossa
wrap me up - the sad cobras & the magic twig family
christmas time is here again (bring out the joy!) - my morning jacket
we're going to the country - sufjan stevens
christmas eve, driving home - frontier ruckus
don't be scared, there is a savior - joel pickell
shenandoah - le loup
the choir at your door - the choir at your door
last christmas - erland oye
if you were born today - low
o little town of bethlehem - the innocence mission
white christmas - snow den
it came upon a midnight clear - laura gibson
jingle bells - julian koster

4 comments:

  1. Love this mix, bro...I've been listening to the copy you sent me for the past few days...I like your "tweaks" of it. That Clem Snide version of Joy To The World is a definite stand out track for me, as well as the Erlend Oye cover of Last Christmas....thanks for putting this up...some top picks for sure.

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  2. I really like this mix! However, the arab strap song makes me feel suicidal! -Molly

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  3. Is that Jingle Bells on a theremin? - Patrick

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  4. Patrick- It's actually a "singing saw"...sounds a lot like a theremin, but cooler because it doesn't use electricity. :)

    http://youtu.be/Qrt822SsTIY

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