Wrapped In White "Visions of Christmas Past"
Download links and information about Wrapped In White "Visions of Christmas Past" by John Doan. This album was released in 1994 and it belongs to New Age, Jazz, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist genres. It contains 21 tracks with total duration of 48:20 minutes.
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| Artist: | John Doan |
| Release date: | 1994 |
| Genre: | New Age, Jazz, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist |
| Tracks: | 21 |
| Duration: | 48:20 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Carol of the Bells | 3:29 |
| 2. | Away In the Manger | 0:31 |
| 3. | In the Manger | 4:43 |
| 4. | We Three Kings | 0:25 |
| 5. | Three Kings | 3:38 |
| 6. | O Come, O Come | 4:49 |
| 7. | Angels We Have Heard On High & the FIrst Noel | 0:32 |
| 8. | The Angel's First Noel | 3:28 |
| 9. | Joy to the World (Edison Phonograph) (featuring Edison Band) | 0:35 |
| 10. | Joy to the World | 1:36 |
| 11. | Jesu Joy | 2:54 |
| 12. | Born Is Jesus the Infant King | 0:19 |
| 13. | Infant King | 4:05 |
| 14. | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | 2:17 |
| 15. | Jolly Old Saint Nicholas | 0:27 |
| 16. | Jolly Old King Wenceslas | 4:49 |
| 17. | Go Tell It | 2:51 |
| 18. | O Christmas Tree | 1:28 |
| 19. | Silent Night (Gem Roller Organ) | 0:28 |
| 20. | Silent Night | 2:23 |
| 21. | Old Long Since (Auld Lang Syne) | 2:33 |
Details
[Edit]John Doan's usual instrument is the unusual 20-string harp/guitar, a 19th century instrument popular in parlors in the U.S. and Europe. This Christmas album brings those "olden days" to life. Doan has assembled a number of exotic and antique Victorian instruments, including the harmonica, mandolin harp, piccolo trumpet, banjo, toy piano, autoharp, the Gem Roller Organ, violin, cello, viola, and even a carol taken directly from an old Edison home phonograph. Doan's arrangements of traditional carols offer delightful sparkling highs, oom-pah lows, and warm guitar mid-tones. Because of the primitive state of some of the instruments, the album has a homey sound, but it is only some instruments that have the rough edge. The phrasing, arrangements, and performance on instruments is perfect. "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" is first played on toy piano, then Doan repeats the theme on the harp/guitar and morphs the tune into "King Wenceslas"; the result is "Jolly Old King Wenceslas." A unique arrangement is the way-down-South swing feeling plunked on the traditional spiritual "Go Tell It"; of course, the banjo stars on this track. Doan offers a unique grouping to the carols: Carols of Kings (i.e., "Three Kings"), Carols of Birth (i.e., "Away in a Manger"), Carols of Joy, O Carols (i.e., "O Christmas Tree"), Carols of Night (i.e., "Silent Night"), and Carols of Bells & Farewells (i.e., "Carol of the Bells"). This album will make a refreshing addition to your collection of Christmas music. Build a fire, warm up some hot cider, and inhale the essence of Christmas past. [Tapestry reissued the album in 2006.]