If you follow our friend Robert on his Snowflakes Singles blog, you probably have a better handle on the annual Kingfisher Bluez Christmas singles than we do. The Canadian label has been issuing an annual 7" Christmas single every year since 2012. They're limited and hand numbered (usually to 300), with 100% of the proceeds going to charity, and usually sell out quickly. Because things get busy around here as the season progresses, I've mostly missed out on them year after year. Fortunately, digital downloads for most of these Kingfisher Bluez Christmas singles are "name-your-price" at Bandcamp. Here, for one, is the 2013 entry..."Merry Christmas ( I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" by Rose Melberg & Gregory Webster.
Kingfisher Bluez is an Indie label, often Lo-Fi, founded and run by Tim The Mute (himself an artist on the 2012 Christmas single). The label's motto is "where my money goes to die"--likely the reality of most Indie labels. Each of the Christmas singles features an artistic rendition of a wintery shop or building so that, as you collect the 7" singles, you can build your own Christmas village. Pretty neat.
You can name your price for the Kingfisher Bluez singles from 2012 ("VGN SXE XMASX" by Tim The Mute / "Christmas For Christmas" by Old Phoebe), 2013, 2014 ("Santa Knows (I've Been Bad)" by Kim Gray), and 2017. Indeed, there were TWO Kingfisher Bluez Christmas singles in 2017, both covers. Living Body covered Mariah's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" while Peach Pit covered Sufjan's "Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day". There are still a few copies available of the 2017 entries in the series, if you'd like to start building your own Christmas village. And, if you're less scatter-brained than I (and how could you not be), maybe you can catch the 2018 Kingfisher Bluez Christmas single before Christmas, rather than after.
You can name your price for the Kingfisher Bluez singles from 2012 ("VGN SXE XMASX" by Tim The Mute / "Christmas For Christmas" by Old Phoebe), 2013, 2014 ("Santa Knows (I've Been Bad)" by Kim Gray), and 2017. Indeed, there were TWO Kingfisher Bluez Christmas singles in 2017, both covers. Living Body covered Mariah's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" while Peach Pit covered Sufjan's "Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day". There are still a few copies available of the 2017 entries in the series, if you'd like to start building your own Christmas village. And, if you're less scatter-brained than I (and how could you not be), maybe you can catch the 2018 Kingfisher Bluez Christmas single before Christmas, rather than after.
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