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Shawn Phillips - A Christmas Song (montage)

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A&M 1977 single
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"The Christmas Song was written in a hotel room in Rome, in 1969. I can't remember what I was in Rome for, but it was close to Christmas, and I started thinking about that, and all that entailed, and I wanted to tell the story somewhat differently, and make it fun. A few months later, when we were recording "Second Contribution", I played the song for Jonathan Weston, and he didn't want to waste any of the studio time we had. I was determined to get it on tape. So when he and the engineer Robin Cable went out for a dinner break, I got on the phone, and gathered together 19 musicians, and I had everyone of them set up with microphones, and had the levels set, we'd rehearsed it several times, and we were sitting in the studio, and then Jonathan, and Robin walked into the control room. I just told Robin to roll the tape. It was done in the first take."
(Shawn Phillips)

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Uploader Comments (Mehefinheulog1)

  • there are cuts in the song :(

  • this was the single version

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  • such an underrated christmas song!!

  • Thank you so much for putting this online! Been looking for it for ages =) Genious.

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  • Diolch yn fawr, Mehefun heulog.  Dwli ar y gan!

  • I also heard this on KSFO in the 70's played by Dan Sorkin (the best radio guy ever) . Thanks for posting - been looking for years. Will it be rereleased? Should be. who are the musicians?

  • For the life of me I will never understand why this record never made the Top 10. Many thanks for posting, you have just made my christmas.

  • My all time favourite christmas song

  • I also heard this on KSFO San Francisco in the '70s(what a great station it was!), and haven't heard it again til now; thanks for posting!

  • where's the laughing in the beginning? xD

    a beautiful christmas song!

  • Heard this on the radio this morning. Amazing song that makes all the connections!

  • can't believe I've eventually found out who sung it and what the real title is, Absolutely MAGIC.

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