Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas (5LP Box Set)

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5LP Box Set (5 EPs) Slipcase Reissue
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  • Label Asthmatic Kitty
  • Format Vinyl, 5 LP, Album
  • Format details 5LP Box Set (5 EPs) Slipcase Reissue
  • Media 5 x Vinyl
  • Album release date Nov 21, 2006
  • This pressing Nov 9, 2018
  • Region US
  • Genres Holiday
  • Catalog number AKR028
  • UPC 656605366098
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5LP Box Set in Slipcase

Asthmatic Kitty Records put Songs for Christmas on vinyl for the first time in 2018, under catalog number AKR028: five EPs in a slipcase with printed inner sleeves, 42 songs in all. The package was designed by Sufjan Stevens with Stephen Halker, who illustrated the EP covers, and it carries lyrics, chord charts by Rob Moose, full recording credits and a family portrait painted by Jacques Bredy.

The series began in December 2001 as a seven-song recording Stevens made at home in Brooklyn as a gift for friends and family. He added Hark! in 2002, Ding! Dong! in 2003, Joy in 2005 and Peace in 2006, skipping 2004 while he worked on Illinois. Asthmatic Kitty first released the five volumes together as a CD box on November 21, 2006, which made it the first official release of songs that had until then circulated only among friends and on fan sites.

That 2006 box reached No. 3 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and No. 7 on its Top Holiday Albums chart. Alan Douches mastered it at West West Side. Among its 42 songs are "Sister Winter," "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!," "Only at Christmas Time" and "Put the Lights on the Tree," shown above.

Tracklist

Disc 1 (Vol. I: Noel) — Side A

  1. Silent Night
  2. O Come O Come Emmanuel
  3. We're Goin' To The Country!
  4. Lo! How A Rose E'Er Blooming

Disc 1 (Vol. I: Noel) — Side B

  1. It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!
  2. Holy Holy, Etc
  3. Amazing Graze

Disc 2 (Vol. II: Hark!) — Side C

  1. Angels We Have Heard On High
  2. Put The Lights On The Tree
  3. Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
  4. I Saw Three Ships
  5. Only At Christmas Time

Disc 2 (Vol. II: Hark!) — Side D

  1. Once In Royal David's City
  2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
  3. What Child Is This Anyway?
  4. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

Disc 3 (Vol. III: Ding! Dong!) — Side E

  1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
  2. Come On! Let's Boogey To The Elf Dance!
  3. We Three Kings
  4. O Holy Night

Disc 3 (Vol. III: Ding! Dong!) — Side F

  1. That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
  2. Ding! Dong!
  3. All The King's Horns
  4. The Friendly Beasts

Disc 4 (Vol. IV: Joy) — Side G

  1. The Little Drummer Boy
  2. Away In A Manger
  3. Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!
  4. The First Noel

Disc 4 (Vol. IV: Joy) — Side H

  1. Did I Make You Cry On Christmas? (Well, You Deserved It!)
  2. The Incarnation
  3. Joy To The World

Disc 5 (Vol. V: Peace) — Side I

  1. Once In Royal David's City
  2. Get Behind Me, Santa!
  3. Jingle Bells
  4. Christmas In July
  5. Lo! How A Rose E'Er Blooming
  6. Jupiter Winter

Disc 5 (Vol. V: Peace) — Side J

  1. Sister Winter
  2. O Come O Come Emmanuel
  3. Star Of Wonder
  4. Holy, Holy, Holy
  5. The Winter Solstice

Complete the Collection (8)

UPC: 656605366098
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
Release Date: 11.9.18
Format: Vinyl