Jethro Tull/Christmas Album ....CD $14.98
Jethro Tull Christmas Album Ltd. Ed. ....CD + DVD $15.98
"If you liked Bourée and the Songs From The Wood record, you will love this Jethro Tull Christmas Album. The aim was to find some uplifting traditional Christmas Carols, some new songs and to re-record some old Tull pieces on the Christmas topic....A Christmas in this modern world should also, in my view, accommodate the leisure needs and affections of Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists and agnostics, as well as Fido the family dog and Felix the cat. Throw in a few lost cousins and that dreadful man from next door and you have it! Sip the sloe gin, pull a cracker (so long as she’s not the daughter of that dreadful man from next door), kiss and cuddle under the mistletoe, toss Vegan disciplines aside, gobble the turkey (steady on, now) and have a therapeutic respite from the rigours of daily life." - Ian Anderson Featuring Doane Perry, James Duncan, Jonathan Noyce, Dave Pegg, Andrew Giddings, Martin Barre, Ian Anderson. And now this year Jethro Tull has a special limited edition version of this classic which includes a bonus DVD featuring My Sunday Feeling, Jack in the Green, and Life Is a Long Song.
Annie Haslam/It Snows in Heaven Too ....CD $15.99
Annie's breathtakingly beautiful long awaited Christmas CD is now available to order. Annie's voice lends an original and fresh approach to some well known classics. Produced and arranged by Rave Tesar the songs contain lush orchestral arrangements, complemented on several pieces by a male voice choir. The title track 'It snows in heaven too' was written by Rave and is sure to become a classic Christmas song in the future. This CD will touch you like no other, Annie's voice is superb and overflowing with emotion. A perfect gift for the holiday season. Have a wonderful holiday, you will be able to spend it listening to the voice of an Angel, what better way could there be!
California Guitar Trio/A Christmas Album ....CD $13.99
The California Guitar Trio -- Bert Lams, Hideyo Moriya and Paul Richards --has signed with InsideOut Music America and will release two albums in 2002. 'A Christmas Album' is set for release this fall. 'A Christmas Album' was first issued in 2001 but was available for purchase only on California Guitar Trio's web site or at its concerts. It features special guests Bill Janssen and Roger Lambson on saxophones and Henry Miller on bells. Songs include - Carol of the Bells, Oh Christmas Tree, Greensleeves (What Child is This?), Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, "Unto Us A Child Is Born", Jingle Bells, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Happy Xmas (War is Over), Silent Night.
Keith Emerson/The Christmas Album ....import CD $15.99
Keith Emerson is, without a doubt, right at the upper eschelon of rock keyboardists today. From The Nice to ELP, from his film scores to his solo albums, Keith Emerson continues to create his own musical language. If ELP fans don't recognize the tune in the above excerpt, then shame on them! But truthfully, this solo album by Keith is a joy all year round!
Bruce Cockburn/Christmas ....import CD $19.95
The Canadian singer/songwriter's 1993 holiday album. 15 tracks. True North Records.
The Moody Blues/December ....CD $15.98
The Moody Blues first Christmas album ever! December, The Moody Blues' first new studio album in nearly five years, features new and original Moody Blues seasonal songs alongside holiday favorites such as White Christmas, A Child Is Born, and the poignant John Lennon/Yoko Ono classic - Happy Christmas(War is Over).
The December People/Sounds Like Christmas ....CD $13.99
Robert Berry discovered The December People, practically in his backyard. With a little help from Magna Carta's Peter Morticelli and Robert Berry, they have produced an album of traditional Christmas tunes, arranged as though the classic rock bands of yore had performed them. Guest vocalists: Steve Walsh (Kansas), Jake Livgren (Kerry's nephew), Trent Gardner (Magellan, Explorers Club), Mike Baker and Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery), John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia), Lisa Bouchelle (Leonardo) and Robert Berry. Includes a special bonus track written and performed by Kansas.
Vince Guaraldi Trio/A Charlie Brown Christmas ....CD
$13.99
Vince Guaraldi Trio/A Charlie Brown Christmas (Super Audio CD) ....SACD
$16.99
This classic Christmas album now available in SACD! A self-described "reformed boogie-woogie piano player," Vince Guaraldi was one of America's best-selling jazz artists when he died suddenly in 1976, at the age of 47. He had achieved goals fellow jazz musicians only dream of, and his music continues to delight and inspire new generations. Guaraldi's "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" is one of the biggest selling jazz records to cross over to the pop charts. It earned Guaraldi a Grammy Award, and has been recorded by dozens of musicians in instrumental and vocal versions. He followed that with even wider success as the composer-performer of the soundtrack music to the popular "Peanuts" cartoon television specials. A Charlie Brown Christmas was an instant public favorite, an all time holiday classic! This is the great jazz pianist, Vince Guaraldi's score for A Charlie Brown Christmas recorded in 1965. Accompanying Guaraldi are Fred Marshall, Monty Budwig, Jerry Granelli, and Colin Bailey. Songs include O Tannenbaum, What Child Is This, My Little Drum, Linus and Lucy, Christmas Time Is Here (instrumental), Christmas Time Is Here (vocal), Skating; Hark, The Herald Angels Sing; Christmas Is Coming, Für Elise, The Christmas Song, Greensleeves.
| Mike Pinder/A Planet with One Mind ....CD $11.99 | Mike Pinder/A People with One Heart ....CD $11.99 |
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Mike Pinder's A Planet with One Mind was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence in Audio as an oustanding children's recording! Remember all those really neat bits of spoken poetry on the early Moody albums? Well it was Mike who did most of those. This collection of children's stories really taps into Mike's speaking talents. Including multi-cultural background music, this album is a must for children of all ages and is the first part of a trilogy of story albums. A People with One Heart is the second part of Mike's trilogy of children's stories. These are inspiring, uplifting and imaginative stories and myths that speak to the child within us all. And the music is mysterious and beautiful. While these two CD's are not actually Christmas albums, they do make excellent Christmas gifts for young children (or the young at heart) who love to hear stories!
Neal Morse/Neal's Christmas Album ....CD $10.99
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Since 1984, Neal Morse has been writing and recording a Christmas song and sending it to family and friends as a gift. Now Neal's re-recorded some of those songs and written a few new ones to make a Christmas CD for your tree-trimming pleasure. This record is for your wives! Styles range from children's songs to jazz, pop, gospel and traditional. It even includes a Sinatra and Elvis parody. Made at home, Neal's even included some of the original 4 track demos dating back to 1984. The perfect stocking stuffer!
Various Artists/The Spirit of Christmas ....import CD $15.99
The ultimate Christmas album! The world's greatest instrumentalists on one CD, with some fantastic Christmas music including rare and unreleased tracks! The lineup reads like a "Who's Who?" of instrumental composers;
Kitaro - "Joy To The World/The First Noel". Big
orchestral/choral track from US-based Japanese new age megastar.
Rick Wakeman - "Babylon". Unreleased 1975 track from the White
Rock sessions which has had Wakeman fans queuing up for the album.
Keith Emerson - "Troika". A classical Christmas favourite given
typical treatment from the world's top rock keyboardist.
Sally Oldfield - "Mystic Drum". Enchanting vocal piece
reminiscent of her worldwide chart hit "Mirrors".
David Bedford - "Godrestya". Mike Oldfield's orchestral
arranger goes all drum'n'bass!
White Noise - "Peace On Earth". Floating ambient track from
psychedelic band recently namechecked by The Orb, co-composed and with vocals by Alquimia.
Zyklus - "Christmas Morning".A new and appealing soft techno
jazz track from Neil Ardley's band.
Paul Nagle - "In The Bleak Midwinter". Leading UK new age
artist does an Xmas favourite in the style of Erasure.
Mark Jenkins - "Technoel!". UK space music composer drives a
medley of Christmas favourites into the next millenium.
Alquimia - "The Little Drummer Boy".The ethereal voice of
Alquimia in an entrancing techno ambient style.
MC Russell - "Silent Night".Very, very deep ambient drum'n'bass
treatment of a Christmas classic.
Mesmerise - "What Child Is This?". Trio of Mark Jenkins,
Alquimia and MC Russell with another spooky ambient track.
Albion Band/Albion Christmas ....import CD $20.95
2003 holiday album features members from various Albion Band incarnations including Ashley Hutchings & a guest appearance from Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol. Talking Elephant.
Gordon Giltrap/A Midnight Clear ....import CD $15.99
Gordon Giltrap represents a unique British musical talent, having evolved a guitar style which is as individual as his music is recognisable. Gordon's astonishing technique comprises of elements of all musical genres and transcends barriers of style and taste. This has enabled him to compose some of the most stunning acoustic guitar works of recent years. This album was issued as a very limited pressing in 1987, it fulfilled a personal ambition of Gordon's, with it's unique arrangements of Christmas Carols.
Hugh Banton/The Goldberg Variations (J. S. Bach) ....import CD $15.99
"The first solo recording by Hugh Banton, this is a really exciting, if somewhat
unusual, release for Fie! As you will know, Hugh was the organist in Van der Graaf
Generator. For the last twenty years since the demise of the band Hugh has worked in organ
design and for some time now his own company, The Organ Workshop, has produced digital
organs of extremely high quality for churches, halls and organ enthusiasts in the UK and
worldwide. Never one to shirk a challenge, he has decided to perform the Bach's
Goldberg Variations, the pinnacle of the Baroque Keyboard repertoire, on an organ of his
own design; a fantastic achievement from any standpoint. This is not a showboating
extravaganza but a genuine reinterpretation of the work and a fascinating exposition of
Hugh's technical mastery both as a musician and an instrument designer.
"The Goldberg Variations was originally written for double manual harpsichord but
lends itself equally well to church organ. Indeed, the transfer to this instrument
enhances the clarity of many of the lines. The contrapuntal detail is further
highlighted by the precise nature of the digital organ. (It is notoriously difficult to
achieve such clarity with recordings of conventional church organs.) For some, the
fact that this is not a "real" organ may be a barrier to enjoyment. For those
with open ears and minds, though, it will prove a sparkling listening experience.
For what it's worth I give my highest commendation to this CD and am
absolutely delighted to include it in the Fie! catalogue." - PH
Wendy Carlos/Switched-On Bach ....CD $14.99
Over three decades ago, "Switched-On Bach" revolutionized music with the first electronic realizations of the timeless compositions of J.S. Bach. It was acclaimed as "real music" by musicians and the listening public alike. As a result, the Moog Synthesizer was catapulted into the musical mainstream. This marked the birth of a new genre of music -- baroque music, accessible to a new audience, realized with impeccable musicianship on synthesizer and tape recorder. "Switched-On Bach" was a phenomenon; the First Platinum-certified Classical recording, it won three Grammy Awards including "Album of the Year - Classical" in 1969. Since its release, it has influenced countless musicians. Here is the original S-O B, meticulously remastered by Wendy Carlos herself in Hi-D 20-bit sound, and only recently available until now as a part of the deluxe Switched-On Boxed Set (which you'll find below). This is a staple release for any classical or electronic music enthusiast, and with the remastering, it sounds better than any previous CD edition of S-O B.
Wendy Carlos/The Well-Tempered Synthesizer ....CD $14.99
With selections by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel, and Bach, this follow up recording to Switched on Bach has never before been available on a single CD. It's many fans and critics favorite title in the Wendy Carlos catalog. The creation of this album marked two developments. First, the methods and technical skills used expanded with experience and confidence. Second, the actual Moog Synthesizer itself had developed and expanded.
Wendy Carlos/Switched-On Boxed Set ....4 CD Box Set $42.99
Music that changed the world: a gorgeous collector’s deluxe edition of a decade of revolutionary recordings by "original synth" Wendy Carlos. Hear the actual master tapes for the first time, painstakingly transferred, cleaned and optimized, using ultra-high fidelity 20-bit “Hi-D” sound. “Carlos’s realization of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto is, to put it bluntly, the finest performance of any of the Brandenburgs—live, canned, or intuited—I’ve ever heard.” —Glenn Gould
Collect the Grammy-award family of Switched-On Bach, which propelled the synthesizer to fame in 1968 and became the first Platinum-selling classical album, with The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Switched-On Bach II, and the Switched-On Brandenburgs. Box set includes four 20-Bit CDs, two colorful books with hundreds of pages, dozens of photos, the “lost” audio tracks, behind the S-OB scenes, history of the Moog Synthesizer, more images of the texts for your computer, a working analog synth computer program, MIDI files of Carlos's Bach performances.
Wendy Carlos/Sonic Seasonings ....double CD $18.99
Before there was something called New Age music and ambient recordings, and before there were nature CD's or relaxation music, CBS released a 2-LP set by Wendy Carlos called Sonic Seasonings. Beautifully packaged in a gatefold sleeve featuring a lovely Japanese print, many remember the graphic as much as the music itself. And that music was unlike anything heard before: Electronic synthesizers and nature sounds recorded "in the field" so perfectly meshed that it was hard to distinguish which was which. Now over 25 years since its original release, comes the first CD release of this extraordinary work, with details and sonic depth not attainable until now, painstakingly remastered by Wendy herself using "Hi-D 20-bit" technology. This is a landmark recording of the New Age, Ambient, and Nature/Relaxation genres, created long before those genres had a name. As a bonus, this 2 CD set contains an alternate ending to Winter, and a major work from 1986 previously unreleased. Land of the Midnight Sun depicts breathtaking polar light displays over a crystalline, frozen tundra, full of beauty and danger. Altogether there is 45 minutes of previously unreleased material!
All About Eve/Iceland ....import CD $15.99
Iceland is All About Eve's winter album, on it they rework some seasonal nuggets like George Michael's Last Christmas, Walking In The Air from the classic children's cartoon The Snowman and the Queen's A Winter's Tale taken from their final album Made In Heaven. Also included are two brand new tracks, Melting and Cold as well as re-workings of the classic December originally from their second album Scarlet (and Other Stories). All About Eve have been touring the UK extensively throughout the year since replacing guitarist Marty Wilson-Piper with Toni Haimi in March, including a sellout show at the Shepherds Bush Empire in May and Canterbury Fayre in August. Julianne Regan formed All About Eve with guitarist Tim Bricheno in 1985. Bassist Andy Cousin joined soon thereafter. After tours supporting The Mission and The Shamen, they released their self titled debut album in 1988, eventually going top ten with the single Martha's Harbour.
Bukkene Bruse/The Loveliest Rose ....CD $14.99
Christmas music from Norway’s premier traditional quartet. Bukkene Bruse is a traditional folk group featuring the distinctive voice of Arve Moen Bergest, Annbjorg Lien on Hardanger Fiddle, Bjorn Ole Rasch on keyboards and Steinar Ofsdal on flutes. Their instrumentation has a lovely church-like sound with classical vocals reminiscent of Gregorian chant. Their instruments mesh together in a dramatic effect, the perfect thing to keep you warm this winter. The Loveliest Rose features mostly traditional Christmas material from Norway arranged by the band and a few newly composed tunes. Stories of the first Norwegian saint, Christmas night lullabies, hymns, and Christmas tree farmers, with lyrics in Norwegian. One tune was co-written with Keith Emerson (yes, THAT Keith Emerson). Would you believe a new Christmas tune based around Karn Evil 9 3rd impression?
Triakel/WinterSongs ....CD $14.99
Triakel make small-scale music with strong stories. Their sound has three simple parts: the exquisite voice of Garmarna’s Emma Härdelin, the fiddle of Hoven Droven’s Kjell-Erik Eriksson, and the harmonium (pump organ) from Janne Strömstedt. Though the players are members of NorthSide’s loudest bands, this is quiet, thoughtful acoustic music. The band describe this recording as "an alternative to a typical Christmas album, but still with a strong, recognizable smell of Swedish Christmas."
Sari & Mari Kaasinen/Can We Have Christmas Now? ....CD $14.99
The foundation of the incredible vocal force that is Värttinä, the Kaasinen sisters lovingly present their favorite Finnish Christmas songs, arranged by JPP's Timo Alakotila and performed with an all-star band.
Various Artists/The Best of Christmas Tradition ....3 CD Box Set $16.99
From Ryko's Tradition label comes this three disc set with the best Christmas traditional songs. As special treat for the whole family!
Chuck Leavell/What's In That Bag? ....CD $13.99
In the who's who of rock & roll, Chuck Leavell is a very big someone. Leavell has been pleasing the ears of music fans for over 30 years now and his piano and keyboard work has graced the albums and/or stages with Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, George Harrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Indigo Girls, The Marshall Tucker Band, and many more. Leavell released his first seasonal album, What's In That Bag?, in 1998 and since that time it has become a holiday favorite. Originally created as a Christmas greeting for friends and family, this collaboration of Christmas music includes classic melodies such as "Greensleeves, "We Three Kings," and "Oh Holy Night", as well as original material and some R&B standards. Leavellís backing group of studio musicians includes the Muscle Shoals Horns, David Hood, Bobby Keys, Roger Hawkins, vocalist Lisa Fischer and more. Produced by Johnny Sandlin, Whatís In That Bag? is a warm, pleasing, bluesy holiday album that happens to also confirm Leavell's great talents as a keyboardist.
Crash Test Dummies/Jingle All The Way ....CD $14.99
Over 3 Million records sold in America and now in a world of very average Christmas records, this CD by Crash Test Dummies stands out as a beautiful recording which is very likely to attract all kinds of listeners in years to come. When Brad Roberts first envisioned making a Christmas record, his friend and producer Scott Harding immediately came to mind. Scott, a schooled musician, had grown up listening to carols every year. He shared with Brad the same passion for Christmas music, Brad having familiarized himself with this seasonal repertoire from his guitar teaching days. It turned out that fellow Crash Test Dummies members Ellen Reid and Dan Roberts were also enthused about the project so with everybody on board, Roberts and company carved out 'Jingle All The Way,' a record that spans from the kitschy to the sublime. Roberts’ spoof on the old classic 'White Christmas' is nicely balanced against Ellen Reid’s spine tingling interpretations of old school carols, like 'In The Bleak Mid Winter.'
Peter Kater/Xmas Ecstasy ....CD $14.99
This visionary interpretation of Peter's favorite Christmas songs conveys the spirit of the season with a timeless and universal canopy of sound. Beautiful and evocative arrangements transport us around the world with velvety smooth percussion and celebratory rhythms that playfully dance with the Native American Flute, Middle Easter Duduk, Irish Penny Whistle, Woodwinds, Guitar and Piano; all resounding deeply, joyfully and reverently, exposing layer after layer of Xmas Ecstasy.
Chet Baker/Silent Nights ....import CD $15.99
Deutscher Phonoverband Gold Award winning album 'Silent Nights' embodies the results of a 1985 recording session at which trumpet playing Jazz legend Chet Baker performed traditional Christmas and Spiritual tunes for the one and only time in his musical career. Baker, a contemporary and stylistic descendant of Miles Davis carries on the Be-Bop tradition with this album as he improvises, with a full, yet airy tone, characterized by restrained dynamics and his own intimate delivery on these very familiar melodies. Christopher Mason joins him on alto-sax; Mike Pellara plays piano with James Singleton on bass and John Vidacovich drums.
Kevin Kling/Stories Off the Shallow End ....CD $14.99
Kevin Kling built his reputation in the Twin Cities during the 1990s with his groundbreaking plays "21A" and "Fear and Loving in Minneapolis" and toured a one-man show of "Home and Away" across the US in the early part of the decade. Today, he has probably become best known for his regular story-telling contributions to NPR’s "All Things Considered." "Kling's stories fall somewhere between David Lynch's perversity and Garrison Keillor’s home-spun humor..." – Denver Post "Stories Off the Shallow End" is a new collection. It includes pieces from his holiday show entitled "Tales From The Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log" and four stories that were originally recorded for "All Things Considered."
Christmas Goes to Baroque/Handel: The Messiah (Choruses)
....DVD $25.98
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2 disc set (special edition) ...DVD
$26.98
American Boychoir/On Christmas Day ....CD $9.99
Ethan James/The Ancient Music of Christmas ....CD $11.99
Arthur Lyman/With A Christmas Vibe ....CD $11.99
The New York Pro Music Antiqua/English Medieval Christmas Carols ....CD
$11.99
Richard Purvis/Music For Christmas ....CD $11.99
Jerry Jeff Walker/Christmas Gonzo Style ....CD $11.99
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