Coming up this week, we'll have our list of some of our favorite Christmas albums of 2014. But first...
Hey, we're going to miss stuff. Tons of stuff. And, for the most part, I'm not bothered by it. But here we have something potentially tremendous that I haven't seen anybody on the Christmas blogs cover that you may not have heard about and you might never hear about, but should.
The Retrospective Soundtrack Players are an Indie Folk Rock group who make music based upon literature and other media (cult favorites, as it were). Sounds like it might be boring, huh? But its not.
To date, the group has done albums based on the classic novel Catcher In The Rye and the Steve McQueen film "Cool Hand Luke". For 2014, they set their sights on a pair of Christmas classics--Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life". The result is the full-length album (released on both CD and vinyl) "It's A Wonderful Christmas Carol". Song selections include "Every Time A Bell Rings, An Agel Gets His Wings" and "No Man Is Poor Who Has Friends". And, judging from the two tracks we have audio for--"Christmas Day" in the video above and "Bah Humbug" in the stream below--it's tremendously catchy stuff. Special guests for the holiday recording include Chris T-T, Frank Turner and Ben Marwood (they each get to play one of Scrooge's ghosts).
The Retrospective Soundtrack Players are from the UK so "It's A Wonderful Christmas Carol" is an import for us Yanks. That means high prices and limited availability for the moment. But this is something that should be on your radar for next year or beyond. And I just can't help but feel it might possibly slip through the cracks without us calling it to your attention. And I can't have that.
The Retrospective Soundtrack Players are an Indie Folk Rock group who make music based upon literature and other media (cult favorites, as it were). Sounds like it might be boring, huh? But its not.
To date, the group has done albums based on the classic novel Catcher In The Rye and the Steve McQueen film "Cool Hand Luke". For 2014, they set their sights on a pair of Christmas classics--Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life". The result is the full-length album (released on both CD and vinyl) "It's A Wonderful Christmas Carol". Song selections include "Every Time A Bell Rings, An Agel Gets His Wings" and "No Man Is Poor Who Has Friends". And, judging from the two tracks we have audio for--"Christmas Day" in the video above and "Bah Humbug" in the stream below--it's tremendously catchy stuff. Special guests for the holiday recording include Chris T-T, Frank Turner and Ben Marwood (they each get to play one of Scrooge's ghosts).
The Retrospective Soundtrack Players are from the UK so "It's A Wonderful Christmas Carol" is an import for us Yanks. That means high prices and limited availability for the moment. But this is something that should be on your radar for next year or beyond. And I just can't help but feel it might possibly slip through the cracks without us calling it to your attention. And I can't have that.
1. Theme from ‘It’s a Wonderful Christmas Carol’
2. I’m Sleeping this Christmas
3. It’s a Wonderful Life
4. Bah Humbug!
5. The Guardian Angel
6. The Ghost of Christmas Past (I’m a Coward) featuring Chris T-T
7. The Ghost of Christmas Present (No Ego) featuring Frank Turner
8. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (I Can’t Be Anybody Else) featuring Ben Marwood
9. Christmas Day
10. Every Time a Bell Rings an Angel Gets its Wings
11. No Man is Poor Who Has Friends
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2. I’m Sleeping this Christmas
3. It’s a Wonderful Life
4. Bah Humbug!
5. The Guardian Angel
6. The Ghost of Christmas Past (I’m a Coward) featuring Chris T-T
7. The Ghost of Christmas Present (No Ego) featuring Frank Turner
8. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (I Can’t Be Anybody Else) featuring Ben Marwood
9. Christmas Day
10. Every Time a Bell Rings an Angel Gets its Wings
11. No Man is Poor Who Has Friends
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