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Matte
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Topic: Prog christmas albums Posted: December 22 2014 at 15:47 |
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Prog artists often seems to have a little more integrity than other génres - maybe that´s why there are so few prog christmas albums out there. ( And it´s nothing that i´m sorry about!! )
Right now I can only think of one really good album - and that is Jethro Tull Christmas Album. It doesn´t feel rushed or predictable as these albums often do. And maybe it´s the last thing we will hear from JT since Ian Anderson seems to create music only in his own name nowadays? Those who appreciate the later albums from Moody Blues may find their christmas album December listenable too? But when it comes to Blackmore Night...... ...and Chicago... Well....anyone here who have other examples?
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richardh
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Online Points: 26163 |
Posted: December 22 2014 at 16:25 | ||||
Keith Emerson has one but I don't like it much (although it has got some good reviews)
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: December 22 2014 at 20:52 | ||||
Was Chris Squire's Swiss Choir a Christmas album ??
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Kati
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Posted: December 22 2014 at 21:30 | ||||
Ok maybe not prog but certainly prog related ... sigh Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus
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TODDLER
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 05:03 | ||||
A vision of mine is to see the original Jethro Tull Christmas EP's released in a box set with the original covers/sleeves ..along with many bonus tracks from those 70's sessions and possibly unreleased material. The box set could include a lovely enjoyable booklet to read on the history of the Jethro Tull Christmas EP's and a dvd featuring a chat with Steve Wilson, Ian Anderson, and Santa Claus.
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chopper
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 07:44 | ||||
Not strictly prog but this has a few prog-related people on it (and the version of Silent Night has to be heard to be believed!). |
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someone_else
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 08:44 | ||||
I am not interested in christmas albums at all, prog or not, but I remember having heard the Horslips album Drive the Cold Winter Away last year. A decent album.
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moshkito
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 08:48 | ||||
Hi,
I was thinking that the Bulgarian Women choir (never know their name!) would be a good one, and the other is the album by HORSLIPS.
A lot of the Brittish folk/rock scene has an incredible amount of holiday music for every holiday including hard-ons!
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Xonty
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 08:53 | ||||
Stuff like 50 Words For Snow and Wind & Wuthering work pretty well in Christmas, but can't think of any albums other than Jethro Tull's (and Moodies) solely about Christmas...
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chopper
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 09:40 | ||||
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CosmicVibration
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 12:33 | ||||
Merry Christmas Mr. Scrooge... |
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CosmicVibration
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Posted: December 23 2014 at 12:33 | ||||
Track Listings
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richardh
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Online Points: 26163 |
Posted: December 24 2014 at 03:01 | ||||
Was this Trio Bulgarka that appeared on Kate Bush's Sensual World? Edited by richardh - December 24 2014 at 03:02 |
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richardh
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 03:09 | ||||
And there is this lot of course
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Intruder
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Posted: December 24 2014 at 11:15 | ||||
The ELP Xmas EP is my favorite music from the band....and Father Xmas is my favorite Xmas "carol". Simply lovely stuff....can't say the same for any ELP beyond the first album.
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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richardh
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Posted: December 25 2014 at 02:45 | ||||
Neal Morse and friends did A Very Proggy Christmas album that was released a few years ago. I heard a couple of tracks yesterday for the first time including Shred Ride ( based on Sleigh Ride) and Frankensence based on Edgar Winter's Frankenstein but with some Christmas themes worked in. Good fun.
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Stool Man
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Posted: December 25 2014 at 03:53 | ||||
I love the Beatles Christmas flexis, which they recorded for their fan club every year from 1963 to 1969, then in 1970 they were all collected into probably the best Christmas album by any band listed on PA. Not necessarily all music, but very entertaining.
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TODDLER
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Posted: December 25 2014 at 07:13 | ||||
Have this on cd with bonus tracks that are out-takes. I like Paul McCartney's acoustic Christmas songs and the strange chat between John and Yoko toward the end of the 69' message. "I'll be a good boy mommy...as long as you get me a teddy bear". Very sad to hear the 4 of them talking and laughing care-free..at a time when tragic events of their future were distant by years. |
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brainstormer
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Posted: December 25 2014 at 14:16 | ||||
There is a ton of classical Christmas music, just google for it. There's also a major selection in one YouTube vid.
Now, all we need is some prog bands to do versions of these songs, and we are set for life
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Gully Foyle
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Posted: December 25 2014 at 18:25 | ||||
I have always felt Tull's Songs From The Wood is very appropriate for Christmas, though not strictly christmas themed, Solstice Bells is really my favorite Christmas song of all time
also, Magma's Felicite Thosz
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