The White (Christmas) Album


Immediately after the Invisible Box-Set, Jolan from the Falling Floors joked with me that we should do a collective cover of the entire White Album, and I thought ‘You know, that’s not as funny as it sounds.’ The two main stumbling blocks were that 1. I didn’t know 30 folk who would be up for it, and 2. I was totally fucked from the behemoth invisible box.

But for a laugh and out of curiosity I put out the feelers anyway, adding the ‘Christmas’ part with the idea that the project would be done in time for the 25th December. Thankfully I managed to persuade one Edward A Bartholomew from DG7, the E6 townhall, and the Delandoper collaborative website to coordinate the whole thing. Seriously, this guy has done an immense job against the sort of hitches that would have put me in an early grave. Try ‘I’ll do For the Benefit of Mr. Kite?’ for just one example.

And here you go – 32 tracks, 27 artists, and so many great new takes on songs from such a legendary record. You can catch up with all your favourite Quixodelicists – Simon Piler, Warchalking, Uberfuzz, Brendon Hertz, Fig Mints, Jane Gilmore, The Wheelies, Rocketships of Love, Broken Mono, and James Redmond, as well as discover a whole festive battalion of new artists that it is an absolute pleasure to be involved with.

Happy Christmas to all of you.

Much love

Smally x

CATEGORIES:COMRADES, FEATURES, FIG MINTS, JAMES REDMOND, JANE GILMORE, RELEASES, THE FALLING FLOORS, THE WHEELIES, UBERFUZZ

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