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A-Ripping We Shall Go!
Dec. 22nd, 2006 11:33 am30 Christmas cds ripped since last night. I'm making good progress. ^_^ I'm aiming for around 50, and then I get to decide whether the rest of them are worth having on my computer or not.
I own a lot of rock and especially alt-rock Christmas cd collections. The best of these is "Yuletunes", a small label alternative rock collection that contains all original compositions about Christmas. Unlike other collections, all of the songs here tend to be low-key and on-target. No overindulgence, no overly sentimental sugar, no super-hip disdain for the holiday either. No weird experimentation, and no lame tossed-off covers of overly familiar classics. Just straight-ahead original rock songs about the holiday season. It's a winner, and I've yet to find another collection like it.
I own a lot of Celtic Christmas cds as well. Collections, cds by various groups. I have the first two Windham Hill Celtic Christmas cds, don't know if they made more than that. At some point in the late 90's or early 2000's I pretty much stopped buying brand new Christmas cds and whatever I've picked up since then has been what I've found cheap at Half Price Books (which is, actually, a lot of good stuff).
I own only two of the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas cds, but I own four of the Windham Hill Winter Solstice cds. I own II through V of that series, don't have the first, don't have anything after the fifth one. Some of those I've picked up for just a couple of bucks at Half Price too.
I have another Windham Hill collection called "The Carols of Christmas" which I picked up for $1 at Half Price Books. But wait, there's more! There were actually two cds inside, the other is a Windham Hill cd called "Guitars and Other Stringed Things". I should probably put that in it's own case. Anyway, there's a bargain for you: two Windham Hill Christmas cds for $1.00!
I'm going to take a few of these to work to listen to today. It occured to me that if I wanted to listen to one Christmas cd a day, I'd have to start in September in order to listen to them all before Christmas.
I own a lot of rock and especially alt-rock Christmas cd collections. The best of these is "Yuletunes", a small label alternative rock collection that contains all original compositions about Christmas. Unlike other collections, all of the songs here tend to be low-key and on-target. No overindulgence, no overly sentimental sugar, no super-hip disdain for the holiday either. No weird experimentation, and no lame tossed-off covers of overly familiar classics. Just straight-ahead original rock songs about the holiday season. It's a winner, and I've yet to find another collection like it.
I own a lot of Celtic Christmas cds as well. Collections, cds by various groups. I have the first two Windham Hill Celtic Christmas cds, don't know if they made more than that. At some point in the late 90's or early 2000's I pretty much stopped buying brand new Christmas cds and whatever I've picked up since then has been what I've found cheap at Half Price Books (which is, actually, a lot of good stuff).
I own only two of the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas cds, but I own four of the Windham Hill Winter Solstice cds. I own II through V of that series, don't have the first, don't have anything after the fifth one. Some of those I've picked up for just a couple of bucks at Half Price too.
I have another Windham Hill collection called "The Carols of Christmas" which I picked up for $1 at Half Price Books. But wait, there's more! There were actually two cds inside, the other is a Windham Hill cd called "Guitars and Other Stringed Things". I should probably put that in it's own case. Anyway, there's a bargain for you: two Windham Hill Christmas cds for $1.00!
I'm going to take a few of these to work to listen to today. It occured to me that if I wanted to listen to one Christmas cd a day, I'd have to start in September in order to listen to them all before Christmas.
