Happy Christmas (with music)

[Chris Timson]

This is the Dunster Carol from Somerset. I love the words of this:-

 

Let us by the fire

Ever higher, ever higher

Sing until the night expire

Sing until the night expire

 

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I recorded this during one of this year's carol sings in Bradford on Avon, on 18th December at the George in Woolley St. Anne led the band - all sorts of instruments but concertinas featured prominently.

 

(For the incurably techy I used an Octavamod-ded LSD2 stereo condenser mic plus two Rode NT5 mics with omni capsules as outriders, recording into a Korg D888 multi-tracker which I later transferred to Logic on an iMac for mixing).

 

Happy Christmas everyone. May it be at least as good as you hope and deserve!