What did you find yourself doing on the hottest day of this past summer? Hanging at the beach? Going for a swim? Relaxing with a book under a tree? Having a tall cool drink by the pool? How about standing in front of a microphone with sleigh bells and singing about snowballs, sleighs and Christmas day? That’s the position we found ourselves in this past August while recording a brand new 7” single of 2 original Christmas songs. I think It’s safe to say that it was a challenge, but we still managed to get into the holiday spirit while it was 39 degrees (that’s 102 degrees fahrenheit, American friends) outside the studio.

We’ve tried our hand at Christmas recordings before. In 2011 “The Twelve Days of Christmas” got an elaborately musical treatment that would have made Perry Como do a Hollywood style double-take, while Slade’s “Merry X-Mas Everybody” got a rocking tribute in 2012 commandeered by Patrick on lead vocals.  This year we decided to add 2 original songs to the canon of holiday fare. On Side A, Chris, with Patrick harmonizing along side, takes the lead on his galloping, acoustic driven future-holiday-classic “Kids Come Back Again at Christmas”. On Side B, I contributed a snowy piano song suitable for a slow skate called “December 25”. Thanks as well to our Gregory Macdonald for adding his touch of seasonal splendour to these recordings.

Andrew chimed in with the wintery collage artwork found on the 7” cover and the 4 Christmas cards that come with this package. The cards feature seasonal messages inside in the form of lyrics from our catalogue. Some miiiight be a stretch, but hopefully the merry sentiment remains intact and your relatives and recipients won't be puzzled!

One final note: as a tribute to our One Chord To Another album that we’ve been celebrating this year, the drums on these new songs were recorded direct to 4-track cassette just as we did with that album 20 years ago. I’m not sure if Chris' or my engineering skills have improved since 1996, but I still think they sound kinda cool.

 

I’ve added more blank C-90 cassettes to my Xmas wish list.

From us to you, please have a merry holiday season and a happy new year!

Yo Ho Ho,
Jay F. 

November 2016.

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    2012
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    2012
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    Is That All I Get?

    2011
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    The Double Cross

    2011
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    B Sides Win: Extras, Bonus Tracks and B-Sides 1992-2008

    2010
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    2009
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    Parallel Play

    2008
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    Never Hear the End of It

    2006
  • A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005

    A Sides Win: Singles 1992–2005

    2005
  • Action Pact

    Action Pact

    2003
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    Pretty Together

    2001
  • btb

    Between The Bridges

    1999
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    4 Nights at the Palais Royale

    1999
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    Navy Blues

    1998
  • One Chord

    One Chord to Another

    1996
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    Twice Removed

    1994
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    Smeared

    1992
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    Peppermint

    1992
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