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Home > Complete List of "f" Artists > John Fahey > Item 53
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Popular Songs of Christmas and New Year's
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by Terry Robb and John Fahey
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List Price: $10.98
$10.43
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on 11-22-2008.
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1. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
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2. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
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3. Skater's Waltz
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4. Christmas Song
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5. Medley: Christmas Time's a Coming/Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
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6. Medley: The Holly and the Ivy/The Cherry Tree Carol
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7. Apple Blosom Time
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8. White Christmas
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9. Medley: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!/Winter Wonderland
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10. Remember
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11. Christmas Time Is Here
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12. Do You Hear What I Hear?
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13. I'll Be Home for Christmas
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14. Waltz You Saved for Me
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15. Medley: Deck the Halls/We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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This is actually a very interesting album, Christmas aspect aside. Fahey, as always, is the master of tunes in standard and waltz time. (I actually believe he could not play a note out of tempo if he wanted to.) His affinity for waltzes is well evidenced here with "The Waltz you saved For Me" standing out as one of his all-time best efforts ever in this genre. Another jewel is his read of "I'll be Home for Christmas", which he transforms from the usually smalzy, maudlin treatment into an almost disturbing lament. This shift of sentiment is pure Fahey. Even when he plays the over commercialized "Chirstmas Time Is Here" he manages to get a little past the unavoidable echoes of the chipmunks to reveal the tune in it's more Germanic influences. On the whole I think Fahey gets well beyond the Chistmas genere on this disc, and that may explain its unpopularity. (I picked it up for four dollars recently in a cutout bin) Very under rated. Four bucks well spent.
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Popular Songs of Christmas and New Year's
Available from Amazon
Price: $10.43
Updated on 11-22-2008.
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