IT'S NOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

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With Phil Spector somewhat pre-occupied, your friends at Izumi Records have only gone and updated the Christmas Album for the modern music lover. The idea was naturally hatched at a BBQ at the height of summer and a few short months later 'It's Not Like Christmas’ has arrived!



All the profits from album sales will go directly to support the work of the charity Shelter (www.shelter.org.uk) in preventing the damage that bad housing causes and trying to ensure that as many people as possible have suitable, decent and affordable homes.



Featuring exclusive tracks from 17 artists including Duke Special, Duels, David Ford, The Joseph & Mary Envelopes, El Perro Del Mar and Amusement Parks On Fire the album is a combination of original material and a few tasty re-workings of some Christmas classics.



For the cover lovers 747s skillfully negotiate the Elvis' ‘Blue Christmas,’ The Late Greats doff a silk lined hammer to Phil Spector’s ‘Sleigh Ride’ and Duels deploy the epic button and let loose storming ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’



Curled up in a cosy ball in front of the fire you can also find some a few sneaky collaborations with the princess of most things brilliant Emmy The Great sharing vocal duties on 'Christmas in Prison' with Dev Test Icicle and Duke Spirits' Leila Moss fairy crop dusting Amusement Parks On Fires' 'The Day It Snowed.'



Duke Special and David Ford got together and wrote the beautiful 'Of Whoredon & Falconry' especially for the project. A ballad for Christmas Eve sent across the Irish Sea from Lewes To Belfast.



Elsewhere The Futureheads, Field Music, The Golden Virgins and the always skill Kathryn Williams join forces to form The Joseph & Mary Chain who's version of 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas' is the brandy butter on the pud.



Like any family Christmas 'It's Not Like Christmas' is an eclectic mix of drunken uncles and hyper kids. Most of all though it's a record that is full of surprises, heart and just the right sprinkling of fun.



‘It’s Not Like Christmas’ will be available as a digital download from the iTunes Music Store worldwide from 6th Dec 2006 with a general release a week later on 13th December 2006.



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