The Nut Roast CD
Tenfold is a small, tightknit UK print firm with a broad range of skills. Each year, they do a holiday giveaway. In 2008, they gave away an exclusive mix CD by Chris Geddes from Belle & Sebastian with cover artwork doodled by Jon Burgerman. There were 75 signed and numbered copies, with 10 to win. And I managed to win one! As well as tasking Jon with creating the art, they also asked him to come up with some titles for the album. “Turkey Giblet Pie” was the first offering, which they politely declined. His second offering, “The Nut Roast,” (a homage to both Chris and Jon’s vegetarianism) is the one that stuck. Visit the Tenfold website for full details. Incidentally, I don’t even celebrate Christmas, and this mix is pretty terrific:
1. David Frost and Billy Taylor: Joy to the World 2. Jacob Miller and Ray I: Deck The Halls 3. Carlene Davis and Trinity: Santa Claus (Do You Ever Go to the Ghetto) 4. National Lampoons: Kung Fu Christmas 5. Lou Rawls: Christmas Will Really Be Christmas 6. Duke Pearson: Seigh Ride 7. Jimmy Smith: Jingle Bells 8. Harvey Averne: Let’s Get Together This Christmas 9. Run DMC: Christmas In Hollis 10. Jimmy McGriff: Jingle Bells 11. Staple Singers: Who Took The Merry Out of Christmas 12. Chambers Brothers: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year 13. Rotary Connection: Christmas Love 14. Clarence Carter: Back Door Santa 15. Jimmy Reed: Christmas Present Blues 16. Kurtis Blow: Christmas Rapping 17. Alexander O’Neal: Little Drummer Boy 18. Don Burrows: Jingle Bells 19. Duke Pearson: Jingle Bells 20. Joy Strings: We Three Kings 21. The Sonics: Santa Claus 22. Jimmy Smith: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 23. Honey and the Bees: Jing Jing a Ling 24. Rotary Connection: Santa’s Little Helper 25. James Brown: Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto 26. Chuck Berry: Run Run Rudolph 27. Soulful Strings: The Little Drummer Boy 28. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith: Happy New Year
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