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GubGub (Al)
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« on: November 21, 2008, 01:42:47 PM »

Has anybody tried to get hold of a copy of this yet and if so, have you succeeded?

I keep getting emails from Amazon saying that the release date has been delayed and they have now pushed it back to the middle of December which is getting a bit tight for a Chr1stmas album.

According to the Talkinf Elephant website it is already available but I don't really want to pay their prices. There is no real excuse for charging £13.99 for a CD in this day and age.
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2008, 02:12:54 PM »

Who is it by?
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2008, 02:29:36 PM »

Isn´t that the title of this years CD from The Albion Christmas Band?
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2008, 02:32:29 PM »


Isn´t that the title of this years CD from The Albion Christmas Band?

Sure is:-
http://www.play.com/Music/CD/-/10/34/-/7785714/Snow-On-Snow/Product.html?searchtype=genre
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2008, 02:34:21 PM »

I was about to say the release date is on most sites is listed as the 24th November.But HMV.com have it as available now for £10.99 http://tinyurl.com/5auwwu
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2008, 02:36:34 PM »

The date is now shown as 24 November on Amazon but their email indicates differently. The release date on Talking Elephant is shown as 10 November and the home page says that it is already available.
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2008, 02:37:56 PM »

sorry just updated my message- HMV have it as there now! see above
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2008, 02:56:05 PM »

Great title!  (I take it's a play on Blonde On Blonde.)

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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2008, 03:12:51 PM »

More likely a direct quote from "In the Bleak Mid-Winter", if my memory serves me written by Christina Rosetti (DG's sister).

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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2008, 03:16:39 PM »

Just looked it up - words by CR, music by Gustav Holst, but not actually published as a carol until after CR's death.

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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2008, 03:24:22 PM »


More likely a direct quote from "In the Bleak Mid-Winter", if my memory serves me written by Christina Rosetti (DG's sister).

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Well, Ashley being a Dylan nut, it'll be a combinatio nof the two, I shouldn't wonder.

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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2008, 04:29:47 PM »

I doubt it's an allusion to Dylan.

I presume Bleak Mid Winter is on the album? If so, that's it then.
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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2008, 04:48:05 PM »

Bloomin' awful carol it is, an' all. Almost as bad as Away in a Manger. Bleargh. There are two tunes to it, so one of them might have been extant in Christina Rossetti's lifestyle .

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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2008, 04:53:06 PM »

So, you've never heard St Agnes Fountain do them then, Smith?
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« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2008, 05:24:40 PM »

Nooooo! and I'll avoid them now. I've just realised I've put "Rossetti's lifestyle" as opposed to "lifetime"  - and I've no idea whether Christina had an interesting lifestyle, though I think Dante Gabriel might've done. Maybe she wouldn't have written such drippy poetry if she'd done anything interesting, Or maybe she did. Any ideas, anyone?    
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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2008, 05:28:14 PM »


Nooooo! and I'll avoid them now.


Without even listening Huh  I'm no great fan of carols, but they're bloody good at what they do and deserve a listen, as do The Albions.
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« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2008, 05:35:12 PM »

I LOVE carols! Just not those ones.  
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« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2008, 06:11:56 PM »

I love "In the Bleak Midwinter". I confess it brings tears to my eyes, but I think it is absolutely beautiful. Chris While does a fabulous job of singing it with the Aggies too.
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« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2008, 06:23:36 PM »


Bloomin' awful carol it is, an' all. Almost as bad as Away in a Manger. Bleargh. There are two tunes to it, so one of them might have been extant in Christina Rossetti's lifestyle .

(I'll run away and hide from the flak now.. heeheheh)


Oh Smith Oh Smith Oh Smith. Put aside your prejudice and go to see the Aggies - they give you carols like you've never heard before plus loads of other lovely stuff. And for an acoustic band they make one hell of a noise (in a good way!).

They are a wonderful band at any time of year.
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« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2008, 07:16:05 PM »



Bloomin' awful carol it is, an' all. Almost as bad as Away in a Manger. Bleargh. There are two tunes to it, so one of them might have been extant in Christina Rossetti's lifestyle .

(I'll run away and hide from the flak now.. heeheheh)


Oh Smith Oh Smith Oh Smith. Put aside your prejudice and go to see the Aggies - they give you carols like you've never heard before plus loads of other lovely stuff. And for an acoustic band they make one hell of a noise (in a good way!).

They are a wonderful band at any time of year.


As are the Albions, though sadly they are not playing round my way this year but I'm really looking forward to the album. I also really like In The Bleak Midwinter. Both tunes.
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