If you’re a reader of this blog you know that I’m fascinated by the occult and the darker sides of the paranormal. I love the skanky, gritty American cinema of the 1970s, and I’m enamored with the disturbing art of painters like Bosch and Bacon. That said, I’m a sucker for Christmastime. I love everything about the most magical time of the year to the point where I’ll shout out “the most magical time of the year” without any irony. Of course, Christmas’ pagan underpinnings can actually lead us to actual magick if so inclined, and even the traditional bible story about the birth of Jesus is packed with otherworldly creatures and bizarre happenings. But its the general revelry, merriment, togetherness, food, gifts and the respite at the end of another busy year that speak to me the most. That’s why the discovery of this lost Paul McCartney Christmas album is a perfect gift during this first week of December. Here’s a bit from Paul explaining the 1965 recording on the Uproxx site…
“I had two Brenell tape recorders set up at home, on which I made experimental recordings and tape loops, like the ones in ‘Tomorrow Never Knows.’ And once I put together something crazy, something left field, just for the other Beatles, a fun thing which they could play late in the evening. It was just something for the mates, basically.
It was called Unforgettable and it started with Nat ‘King’ Cole singing ‘Unforgettable,’ then I came in over the top as the announcer, ‘Yes, unforgettable, that’s what you are! And today in Unforgettable…’ It was like a magazine program: Full of weird interviews, experimental music, tape loops, some tracks I knew the others hadn’t heard. It was just a compilation of odd things. I took the tape to Dick James’ studio and they cut me three acetate discs. Unfortunately, the quality of these discs was such that they wore out as you played them for a couple of weeks, but then they must have worn out. There’s probably a tape somewhere, though.”
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