Not a recording you can obtain, but Dempsey Young recorded a few Christmas numbers at home - Jingle Bell Rock, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, a couple of others. He used a backing rhythm track to do his thing, very cool to hear the D-man on these.
Not a recording you can obtain, but Dempsey Young recorded a few Christmas numbers at home - Jingle Bell Rock, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, a couple of others. He used a backing rhythm track to do his thing, very cool to hear the D-man on these.
You can't beat the Melonious Quartet from France for this kind of thing.
From their classic album 'Au Sud de la Mandoline', here is a set of carols from Provence.
Suite de noels provencaux.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...dm_mu_dp_trk18
David A. Gordon
Forgot about this baby, featuring the lovely and talented Ben Winship:
Loose Ties: Yule Ties
A perennial favorite! Limited edition, re-released in 1999. The original cuts have been digitally remastered and are presented here along with two new bonus tracks.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Frosty the Snowman
Greensleeves
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Christmastime's a Comin'
The First Noel
Sleighride
I'll be there with Bells On
Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas For Cowboys *
The Christmas Song *
Song for a Winter's Night
Noel Reprise
We Wish you a Merry Christmas *
* previously unreleased
http://store.benwinship.com/Loose-Ti...ies-SRR010.htm
This comes under both categories: My favourite Christmas album (containing a fair mandolin proportion) has long been Drive The Cold Winter Away by Horslips.
The title track of that album is one of my favourite Christmas carols to play myself (also known by the alternative title "In Praise of Christmas"), and I recently stumbled across a great four-part harmony arrangement, which I've recorded on triple-tracked tenor guitar for the Christmas Tunes thread in the Song-A-Week Social Group. It's originally from Playford's Dancing Master.
Link to PDF sheet music
I'm also fond of the four Christmas albums that Maddy Prior has recorded with The Carnival Band: A Tapestry of Carols, "Carols and Capers", "An Evening of Carols and Capers" (live DVD/double-CD) and "Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh". The Carnival Band play mainly replica early music instruments, but this includes various forms of mandolins and citterns.
Martin
I've put most of the recordings into an amazon ListMania List for long-term keeps. Will be useful next year and beyond. I've said it before, but the best mandolin web site in the world is amazon.com. They have just about everything... and more.
How about Novel Arch's "December"? http://www.amazon.com/December/dp/B006HAPWRI/
Just remembered another nice one, specially for the vintage instrument fanatics here on the Cafe: Gregg Miner's "Christmas Collection" CDs (two volumes), 27 Christmas tunes played on a hundred different vintage instruments from his bottomless collection of plucked vintage instruments, including a complete set of Gibson mandolins (on Bach's Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring):
Link to CD page on Gregg's site
Link to the list of instruments used
Martin
Late to the party but, Hull & Larson "The Goose Is Getting Fat", has mando or mandocello, on 10 of the 22 tracks. Available from Dave Hull's website: http://www.dakotadavehull.com/recordings.html.
Michael
Well, Seattle Mandolin Orchestra is mere weeks away from having our Christmas CD out. Looks like the release date will be Dec. 3 -- with luck we won't miss the party entirely. I'll post artwork and CDBaby/Amazon links when they are finalized.
In addition to the standard fare we'll have a couple of pieces from "Mandolin Messiah" and my own very weird arrangement of "Briing a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella."
Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.
Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!
Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
I don't think anyone has added Wyatt Rice and Rickie Simpkin's "New Acoustic Christmas." There is some great mando playing on these arrangements.
https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/wrrs
Tal
Tal Hardman
Krishot A5 #341
Also check out John Cowan's Comfort & Joy. All the parts that are usually assigned to horns and string sections are played by mandolin-family instruments, from the "horn" lines in Smoky Robinson's "Christmas Every Day" to the quartet of Gilchrists backing John on "Ave Maria."
I love Butch Baldassari's Evergreen...the music book is available on Amazon as well. Beautiful renditions of classic Chrismas songs.
OK, here is ours, finally. "Rejoice" by the Seattle Mandolin Orchestra:
http://seattlemandolin.org/Rejoice.htm
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/seattlemandolinorchestra3
Lot of fun putting this together. We recorded most of it in Pearl Jam's studio, which was a real hoot. Just finished a pair of "Mandolin Messiah" concerts and nearly quadrupled our audience from last year.
Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.
Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!
Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
Another vote here for Jethro Tull.
JBovier ELS; Epiphone MM-50 VN; Epiphone MM-40L; Gretsch New Yorker G9310; Washburn M1SDLB;
Fender Nashville Deluxe Telecaster; Squier Modified Vintage Cabronita Telecaster; Gretsch 5420T; Fender Tim Armstrong Hellcat: Washburn Banjo B9; Ibanez RB 5string; Ibanez RB 4 string bass
Pedalboard for ELS: Morley Cry baby Miniwah - Tuner - EHX Soul Food Overdrive - EHX Memory Toy analog Delay
Fender Blues Jr Tweed; Fender Greta;
How about the Modern Mandolin Quartet and the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble?
'Family Guy' had a song yesterday night, not destined to be a Classic ,
because It lampooned the over consumption of the commercialized Holiday .
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
A new entry from Eva Holbrook and her talented sisters in SHEL. They are giving away their 2014 Christmas EP for free. http://shel.cashmusic.org/
They have a music video for it at- http://bit.ly/1z3S2qy
Enjoy!
Also posted this down in the Classical thread ...
The Seattle Mandolin Orchestra has been doing these "Mandolin Messiah" concerts for four years now. Last weekend's show was by all accounts the best of the lot, and we were able to get Al Bergstein to shoot video footage and J. M. McNulty to record the sound. So here is what it looks and sounds like (through a pair of omni-pattern condenser mics).
I know many folks are curious about this but can't necessarily make it out to Seattle to see what it's all about. We have footage and sound from the entire concert, and if it all turns out as well as the Hallelujah Chorus, perhaps we can make a full-length video available in some form.
But for now, here's our Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus/fill-in-the-blank gift to the mandolin community. Please enjoy responsibly.
Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.
Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!
Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
Just to get a start on your Christmas overload, a courtesy bump of this thread.
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As Shawnee said above, Bluegrass White Snow by Patty Loveless is my go to.
"There can be no fear, sir! Go forth with faith in the Briar!"
Dudenbostel A1
1992 Givens 30th Anniversary A6
Collings F5
I really appreciate this annul list, saying what's "the best" only starts arguments but for me, Butch's Evergreen is as magical today as it was the day it first came out. The tone, the taste, the song selection are all so wonderful. For me it remains a lasting legacy for Butch.
It's that time again. We know who's been naughty and nice.
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