Release Date: 02 November 2018
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064008170
Genres: Folk
Description
Originally released in
1971 on Rod McKuen's own
Stanyan label, and available
on CD for only a brief time
in the mid-'90s, New Carols
of Christmas�The Rod
McKuen Christmas Album
offers the poet/singer/
songwriter's trademark
blend of spoken word and
song, with songwriting
assistance from Rod's longtime
artistic partner Anita Kerr on three of the tracks (The New
Christy Minstrels' Art Podell and electronic music pioneer Mort
Garson are his other collaborators). Recorded save for one track
on December 6, 1970 at Chappel Studios in London, and featuring
members of The Westminster Symphony Orchestra, New Carols
offers such highlights as "Bethlehem B.C.," which begins with a
spoken word interlude followed by a really beautiful instrumental
passage; "So My Sheep May Safely Graze,"which tells the story of the birth of the Good Shepherd; and the upbeat, uplifting "Here
He Comes Again." Plus, our Expanded Edition offers a great
duet between Rod and Petula Clark on "Baby, It's Cold Outside!"
We've enlisted Rod's biographer Barry Alfonso to write the liner
notes, and added some photos to the original gatefold album art.
Celebrate the season this year with the late, great Rod McKuen!
Tracklisting
X-Ray Spex
Loudon Wainwright Iii
The Donnas
Petula Clark
Tiny Tim
Willie Nelson
Willie Hutch
Various Artists
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
