Quality Street - Nick Lowe

 

Hey!  Anybody remember me telling you that I had discovered a CD that I didn't know that we had?  I know you must have all just been waiting with great anticipation to know the name of it! Well, wait no longer.... it is "Quality Street", the Christmas album by Nick Lowe! It came out in 2013 and Richard tells me that we have had that in our collection since that year. Tee -hee, better late than never, right?  Anyway, I have given you three of the songs here but please, search these songs out. I love them all!

"I Was Born in Bethlehem" was written by Nick Lowe.

"Old Toy Trains" was written by another great songwriter, Roger Miller.

"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday".  Roy Wood with Wizzard are the original artists. (Roy Wood is listed as the songwriter.) It is VERY popular in the UK! That song was on "Now That's What I Call Music (The Christmas Album") from 1985. You know we have it still!  It is becoming more well known here in the USA with more and more artists covering this song. I really love how Nick Lowe does it! It really makes you want to dance around and sing along to it, it does that for me anyway! 

 

Nick Lowe is from England and perhaps that is why he called his Christmas album "Quality Street" as that is the name of a popular tin of chocolates in the UK!  

Since I write so much about music and songwriting, I am sure you know that I think I really must go and see the new film that is coming out shortly, "Song Sung Blue".  It is based on a true-life couple who were singers who sang songs by Neil Diamond.  That movie seems tailor made for me!

  In my last post, I showed you a photo of my tree from last year. In doing that, I saw this picture of the Planters Nuts that I had gotten for my husband. La dee dah, I thought I would try to buy this again for him. Guess what, you cannot find this ANYWHERE!  You can see it on Amazon, but it is completely sold out.  Interesting to me, I think it is because it has such sweet colorful packaging with funny little sayings. I liked it so much, I didn't even wrap it, as you can see! 

Now, I have been going a little "nuts" myself crocheting presents for people.  Do my friends and family want homemade gifts from me? Ha! That's what they are getting!  Hope you are all doing well,  enjoying music and nature and creating things. You know I am!

"Christmas Can't Be Far Away".

Hey! I found another video! If you look at this, you can click on each number and hear a sample of each song on the album.