Cat No:
EXPCD12R
Release Date: 10 November 2008
Label: Expression Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5020284000041
Genres: Easy Listening
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Description
The Players are Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay of Roxy Music fame, along with a few guest musicians.
This charming instrumental acoustic album, which even the most vehement of scrooges will find hard to resist, is a collection of 33 carols performed on an assortment of instruments including the Appalachian dulcimer, banjo, mandolin, button accordion, oboe, fiddle, cello and jaw harp. From the first note, The Players find the Christmas cheer within them and vividly evoke the spirit of a rural Victorian Christmas. All the favourites are on this album, but played in an authentic way which reminds the listener of how important carols were and are in the celebration of Christmas.
The Players comprise seven folk, blues and street musicians who Phil Manzanera knew and introduced to Andy Mackay, who then led the project on a 'variety of reeds' and the result was this startlingly fresh and spontaneous approach to the canon of Christmas classics. It was recorded in 1987 at Manzanera's Gallery Studios. -
Tracklisting
- 1. In Dulci Jubilo
- 2. I Saw Three Ships
- 3. Good King Wenceslas
- 4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- 5. Angels From The Realms Of Glory
- 6. In The Bleak Midwinter
- 7. While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks
- 8. As With Gladness
- 9. We Three Kings
- 10. Little Jesus Sweetly Sleeps
- 11. The Holly Bears The Berry
- 12. Coventry Carol
- 13. Away In A Manger
- 14. The First Noel
- 15. Joy To The World
- 16. The Holly And The Ivy
- 17. Ding Dong Merrily On High
- 18. On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
- 19. Jingle Bells
- 20. Here We Come A-Wassailing
- 21. Past Three O'Clock
- 22. The Rising Of The Sun
- 23. Once In Royal David's City
- 24. O Come All Ye Faithful
- 25. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
- 26. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- 27. Silent Night
- 28. O Come All Ye Faithful
- 29. The Boar's Head Carol
- 30. Deck The Halls
- 31. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- 32. The Holly And The Ivy
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