Land Of Ice

Merry Christmas! The big day is finally here! And as a special Christmas present for you, I've got a record from the closest I could get to the North Pole, even closer than Canada, closer than Finland, closer than anywhere else we've ever visited musically here at the blog. Well, I didn't measure it out on a map or anything, but in my mind it's about as close as you can get. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a Christmas record from Iceland! How long this has been in my collection I have no idea. But I happened to pull it out of the stacks one day and once I realized where it was from, I knew I had to share it. The only thing I didn't like about it was the poor color registration of the cover image. It was like that on the original LP I scanned, and I couldn't figure out how to do anything about it. If there are any imaging experts out there who think they can fix that horrible print job, please give it a shot. But we don't really care about the album cover, we want to listen to the music. It's a nice mix of local music, some American hits translated into the local language of Bjork and some other stuff that I don't even know how to categorize. So for your Christmas day enjoyment, please download and enjoy Gleðileg Jól – Fjórtán Jólalög (SG Hljómplötur (Iceland) SG-029, Stereo, 1970). It took me forever to get all those strange characters and accent marks in there, I hope I got most of them right. Don't ask me how to pronounce any of these names, they are all beyond me.

1. Guðmundur Jónsson og Barnakór-Heims um ból  
2. Telpnakór Úr Álftamýrarskóla-Litla Jólabarn  
3. Ragnar Bjarnason-Litli Trommuleikarinn  
4. Ómar Ragnarsson-Gáttaþefur Gægist Hér Inn  
5. Savanna-Tríóið-Oss Barn Er Fætt Í Betlehem  
6. Telpnakór Úr Melaskóla-Bráðum Koma Blessuð Jólin  
7. Kirkjukór Akureyrar-Ó, Jesúbarnið Blítt  
8. Guðmundur Jónsson-Í Betlehem Er Brn Oss Fætt  
9. Stúlknakór Gagnfræðaskólans Á Selfossi-Ég Sá Mömmu Kyssa Jólasvein  
10. Ómar Ragnarsson og Telpur Úr Langholtsskóla-Krakkar Mínir Komið Þið Sæl  
11. Elly Vilhjálms-Jólasveinninn Minn  
12. Savanna-Tríóið-Nóttin Var Sú Ágæt Ein  
13. Telpnakór Úr Melaskóla-Jólasveinar Ganga Um Gólf  
14. Kirkjukór Akureyrar-Í Gegnum Lífsins Æðar Allar

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