What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)

Subject: What did Santa bring then?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 12:25 PM

Musical of course!

Amongst other things I got a few albums from my Amazon wish list -

Fairport Convention - What we did on our holidays
Mark Knopfler - Rag Pickers Dream and Shangri La
Kate Bush - Ariel
Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Purple Electric Violin Concerto

Listened to them all today while reading one of the other pressies, Neil Gaimans Anansi Boys.

What did the rest of you find in your socks?

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Elettra
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 02:27 PM

Oh, an embarrassment of riches:
Emily Smith - A Different Life
Steve Byrne - Songs from Home
Kris Drever - Black Water
John Doyle - Wayward Son
Malinky - 3 Ravens
And with all the holidaying I've had no time to give them a proper listen. Today for sure.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Cluin
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 02:33 PM

A guitar. Tried out a low-cost solid top Washburn when I was in London last week to attend the graduation & swearing in of my girlfriend's oldest son to the London (Ont) police force. Went into a music store while the rest of the family was mall-haunting and sat down to play a few instruments. I wanted a new campfire guitar that was a solid-top and this one was on sale and sounded and played great. So I went and got my girlfriend to talk me out of buying it and she listened and offered to pay half as my Christmas present. I love her.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: GUEST,Jim I
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 02:34 PM

Sandy Bells Ceilidh (a la 1977)
triple album of 5-Hand Reel

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 03:50 PM

I got a Toyota Corolla. It's musical because it gets around 35 MPG so I can afford the 100-mile round-trip into town and back to play music much more often than I could when my 14 MPG full-sized cargo van was our only vehicle.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Scoville
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 03:54 PM

Besides that viola, a CD/DVD American Idol How to Sing set. What the Hell? I should have mentioned to Santa that it would have been cheaper to tell me to shut up (not that I actually believe that Paula Abdul or anyone else could teach me to sing . . .).


And then my mother chewed me out for not telling her before about all the stuff on my Amazon wish list.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: bfdk
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 04:10 PM

My darling Secret Santa Becca sent me Kendall Morse's "Beginner's Luck".

I'm listening to it as I type, and not for the first time, either :-)

Best wishes,

Bente

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: GUEST,GS
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 04:14 PM

A penny whistle.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Ernest
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 04:28 PM

3 harps: 2 Marine Band deLuxe in Paddy Richter tuning (G and D), 1 Suzuki Hammond in regular D (from my wish list, of course)

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 04:56 PM

I got an ultra posh IMP player... can hold about 3 weeks worth of music on a 6 hour battery - how unfair!

LTS

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Myrtle
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 06:12 PM

Cap'n Birdseye's concertina tutors, and Bernard Wrigley's CD 'God's Own County'.
Regards, Myrtle.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: shepherdlass
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 06:20 PM

Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
Kenny Garrett - Beyond the Wall

It's been a jazzy old Xmas.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Anne Lister
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 06:22 PM

A fine CD from my Secret Santa, 3 Martin Simpson albums (Bramble Briar, Righteousness and Humidity, and Kind Letters), Nic Jones "Game Set Match" and Loreena McKennitt's "Ancient Muse". As to reading material ... "Who Killed Geoffrey Chaucer", "Thud" (Pratchett), "A Dorothy Dunnett Companion" and "Britain in the Middle Ages" (Francis Pryor).   Then there's the wind-up waterproof radio and all sorts of other stuff.

Anne

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 06:56 PM

my Secret Santa Linda Goodman sent me occasional Mudcatter Judy Cook's "Far from the Lowlands" - traditional ballads!

It's wonderful

sandra

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 07:17 PM

Not a blessed thing musical.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Padre
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 10:48 PM

A late 19th century parlor guitar

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Bugsy
Date: 26 Dec 06 - 10:58 PM

Brass bridge pins.......yeah!!!!!!!

and a music stand. Been playing for nearly 40 years and never owned one. But I do NOW!

Seasonal Cheers


Bugsy

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 05:10 AM

I got a "Banjo Player's Marriage Survival Kit"– a hand made paper box with two smaller hand made paper boxes inside, marked "His" and Hers" – from my #2 daughter.

"His" contained a set of finger picks. "Hers" contained ear plugs.

DC

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: eddie1
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 05:27 AM

A 1946 copy of the works of Robert Burns (original price one shilling)
My daughter found it on Ebay!

Eddie

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: Paul Burke
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 05:49 AM

One I got for Sue as a last moment stocking filler turned out well. A punt on a £2.99 budget CD by an unheard-of band called Planxty O'Rourke. Most of it is very good, even if it looks like someone has had fun making up the tune names.

Sue got me a router, and I've got lots of scrap MDF so I can make my own Stradivarius.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Hamish
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 06:25 AM

Bellowhead's Burlesque and an E-Bow. ~8^)

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Tweed
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 06:39 AM

40th Anniversary Arhoolie Records Boxed Set. Five discs of the best vernacular music on this earth.

Lots of samples from itHere. It is excellent.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Mooh
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 06:53 AM

Blackie And The Rodeo Kings
Rory Gallagher (2)
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

Also rec'd from my parent's estate dozens of music books from old hymn books and texts to folk masses, psalters, and liturgical music.

My brother and I had a spontaneous piano duet of Frosty The Snowman on Boxing Day, the first time I've heard him play in probably 40 years. I owe my love of blues and rock to my brother so it was kinda touching...hope it doesn't end up on YouTube 'cause there were cameras, LOL!

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 09:27 AM

An Albert Lee DVD - so I think that I'll burn the guitar now!

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: JennyO
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 09:44 AM

My Santa, Chanteyranger, gave me a CD I had asked for - the soundtrack from the movie "Amelie". It's lovely!

Another thing I asked for, something I've been wanting for ages, as a Pink Floyd fan, is their Dark Side of the Moon CD, as well as a double DVD Pulse, which has 4 hours of concert footage! That ought to keep me busy for a while.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Flash Company
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 11:08 AM

I started one of these below the line!

Boxed set of Library of Congress Jelly Roll Morton Interviews. Fascinating stuff, I've listened to four out of eight up to now, S said this morning 'God, that man could talk!'

FC

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: Pauline L
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 04:16 AM

An old fashioned shoebox tape recorder, by request. I plan to use it extensively at a Fiddle Retreat in January. I gave someone a portable CD player with detachable remote speakers, also by request. I gave someone else a CD holder (book style) and some copies of some CDs I bought for myself recently.

Cluin, I like your girlfriend.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: mandotim
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 04:25 AM

A Zoom H4 field recorder/4 track portable studio/Cubase interface/effects modeller. All in a package the size of my hand. I love gadgets, and this is just astonishing.
Tim (with eyestrain from reading the tiny display panel!)

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 12:43 PM

I guess it's sort of music related (since it's probably an elaborate hoax -- but exceptionally well done), a lovely copy of "An Incomplete History of the Art of the Funerary Violin" -- I wonder if there's a CD available?

Linn

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: Songster Bob
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 01:07 PM

The boxed set of The Friends of Old-Time Music concert recordings. A bottle of Glenmorangie single-malt scotch to drink while playing music and listening. And a new leather jacket so's I don't freeze on the way to gigs (as if I had that many).

Songbob

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Surreysinger
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 01:41 PM

John Kirkpatrick's "Carolling and Crumpets" - great fun!(And a promise of the EFDSS new book of gypsy songs - belated birthday rather than Christmas!)

Reading material - Michael Palin's Diaries (The Python Years)

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: GUEST,peterpetttigrew
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 03:47 PM

a big enormous dildo to use while playing the ukulele

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: GUEST,david from cleckhuddisfax
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 05:15 PM

Wot Santa got me was the ubiquitious modern marvel the ipod which is wonderful as i can now take all my music everywhere and every time I get to the point of no return at work usually I can imbibe of some lovely heart restoring tune ,just like a musical hip flask really.

Also fabuloso Game Set and Match // Nic Jones....

And a Happy musical New Year to All.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: ranger1
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 02:54 PM

My secret santa, RangerSteve, sent me one of his cassettes: "Goin' Down the Country" (I'm loving it, Steve!), Jacqui and Kendall gave me a copy of Kendall's "Seagulls and Summer People" and my beloved gave me "Bring Yer Wellies" by Gaelic Storm.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 03:01 PM

And I also got The Flying Chaucers "About Time..." CD from my Secret Santa.

Lovely!

Linn

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 03:05 PM

a DVD by creedince clearwater revial from my sister Joanne.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Tim theTwangler
Date: 30 Dec 06 - 08:18 PM

I got an acoustic bass guitar from my Mrs.
Bum bum dum de dum de dum de
and a happy new yeaaaar
LOL

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 12:07 PM

I got the latest Waterson Carthy cd "Holy Heathens and The Old Green Man". Grand, I have played it about twenty times, it just keeps getting better. Also got a very fine cd called The Reel of Tulloch, Baroque music of Scotland and Ireland. I had not heard of this before. so was very interesed in it.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Kim C
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 04:15 PM

I got a real live set of castanets.

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Fliss
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 06:49 PM

Nothing musical. But Ive been given a very delap 36 base accordion and a friend sat during my christmas house session and took it apart and stopped it playing the reeds when not invited to. We hoovered out the dust and Ive been working out a few carols and Irish tunes on it. And sneezing:)

The dog says the vet had his castanets!
fxx

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 07:42 PM

No folk music, but:

CDrom: Facsimiles of the 7 existing books of vihuela tablature
Book: The Complete Works of Gaspar Sanz
CD: Songs From The Labyrinth (Sting sings Dowland)

Mick

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Elmer Fudd
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 01:06 AM

Oooowie! I got me some major mudcat boogie:

My Secret Santa sent The Boarding Party's: "Too Far from the Shore."
Jerry Rasmussen's "Handful of Songs" also turned up in the mailbox.

A library card is a wonderful thing. I am spending some quality time with the series, "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues": A series of documentary films made by seven different filmmakers about the history of the blues. They contain terrific archival footage, much of it never seen before. There are some tapes recorded by John and Alan Lomax. The film about Chess Records in Chicago is particularly interesting, and one film takes place partly in Mali, in West Africa, exploring the African roots of blues music.

Elmer

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 04 Jan 07 - 09:49 AM

CDs by George Melly, Natalie Cole, Stacey Kent,Cat Marshall, Old Crow Medicine Show, Joe Brown, Tina May,Stefan Grossman,Temperance Seven...and Lonnie's Last Tour. The first 2 £1 each from the charity shop (my wife really pushes the boat out!).

RtS

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!)
From: Uncle Phil
Date: 04 Jan 07 - 07:43 PM

CDs by Uncle Earl and Rodrigo y Gabriela, by request. No musical toys or gadgets (sigh).
- Phil

Subject: RE: What did Santa bring then? (Musical of course!
From: sian, west wales
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 06:31 PM

Big sis gave me "les epousailles" (La Bottine Souriante), "Maudice Moisson" (Le Vant du Nord) and "En personne" (Les Charbonniers de l'enfer). Need I say she lives in Quebec (Montreal)?

Enjoying.

sian