Artist: Squirrel Nut Zippers
Album: Christmas Caravan
Record Label: Mammoth

Street Date: 10/06/1998
Ripped Date: 12/24/2000
Genre: Swing
Year: 1998
Ripper: Mστ■h∩$T
Source: Compact Disc
Encoder: Fraunhofer

Another Great Production by EGO!

Release Infomation

Just in case you're getting tired of the same-old, same-old
christmas music, here's a little Christmas Eve music done up
Squirrel Nut Zippers-style!

"Christmas Caravan is a wide-ranging collection of mostly
original songs that will stuff the stockings of a host of
collectors of non-standard holiday material.

Katherine Whalen's silky vocals are in fine form here,
particularly on the sultry blues "A Johnny Ace Christmas."
She also does a great job of selling the romantic aspect of
cold-weather cocooning on "Winter Weather," punctuated by
Tom Maxwell's baritone saxophone riff (seemingly inspired by
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be.") Naturally, the
instrumental textures are all over the stylistic map,
including the delicate xylophone on the sweet ballad
"Evergreen," the lap steel that colors the slow country
waltz "I'm Coming Home for Christmas," the idiomatically
correct scratchy fiddle that kicks off "Gift of the Magi,"
and the lively Dixieland finish that lightens up a cheesy
instrumental rendition of that unroasted Christmas chestnut,
"Sleigh Ride."

Zipperheads will know to expect plenty of lively swing
("Carolina Christmas") and atmospheric dreamscapes ("Hanging
Up My Stockings"), and listeners overdosed on the standard
holly and mistletoe fare will find lots of fresh and offbeat
material here. A few of the vocals sound like the eggnog was
flowing freely in the studio, and definitely take points off
for the absence of musician credits from the CD package --
that's like exchanging presents in a big family without gift
tags! But any fan of off-the-wall holiday music will be
happy to find Christmas Caravan waiting for them on
Christmas morn."

greets to all the rippers in the scene!

much love to my eGo boys!

Track Listing:

No.  Time   Track Title

01    2:24   Winter Weather
02    3:37   Indian Giver
03    3:43   A Johnny Ace Christmas
04    2:35   My Evergreen
05    3:09   Sleigh Ride
06    3:46   I'm Coming Home For Christmas
07    1:51   Carolina Christmas
08    3:19   Gift of the Magi
09    2:34   Hot Christmas
10    7:10   Hanging Up My Stockings

CD Time: 0hr34min .. Total Size: 46MB ..

Group Information

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