Andy Partridge – My Failed Christmas Career – LP

1 LP- 4 song UK Import

The third in a series ofAndy PartridgeEPs of songs originally written with other performers in mind and the first with a Christmas theme.You know how it is You wait years for a decent new Christmas song to come along to brighten the festivities and then, sooner than you can say ho-ho-ho, along comes Andy Partridge with a quartet of instant classicsAnd if the failed part of the songwriter EP series wasnt already starting to look just a little bit odd after the first two volumes topped the vinyl charts in the UK, one of this EPs offerings was, the composer admits, recorded byThe Monkees – presented here in its original form with lead vocals by Andys daughter HollySo, while youre busy assembling ingredients for the Christmas pudding, heres the ideal soundtrack to play on repeat songs of snow, sleighs, Yuletide cool and the unwrapping of that special present, all delivered in that inimitable, partridge in a pear tree, style