White Christmas and Little Drummer Boy Live

White Christmas and Little Drummer Boy Live is a limited edition, 4-piece vinyl-only release by Mark Kozelek. It is a compilation of two previously released limited edition live CD releases, White Christmas Live (2001) and Little Drummer Boy Live (2006). The fourth record features an exclusive bonus track, an alternate recording of "Have You Forgotten."

The four record box set was released by Kozelek's own label Caldo Verde Records along with Cameron Crowe's Vinyl Films label, and sold through , which describes the set as follows:

Vinyl Films Records and Caldo Verde Records are proud to announce the vinyl debut of Mark Kozelek's two limited edition live albums, White Christmas Live and Little Drummer Boy Live. The former, released in 2001 in a limited pressing of 5,000 CDs, contains such Red House Painters classics as "Things Mean a Lot" and "Cruiser" along with AC/DC covers "What's Next to the Moon" and "Up to My Neck in You." Little Drummer Boy Live, released in 2006, marries such Sun Kil Moon greats as "Salvador Sanchez" and "Carry Me Ohio" with Modest Mouse covers "Tiny Cities" and "Trucker's Atlas," as well as the previously unreleased "Moorestown" and "Unlit Hallway." Both releases are now compiled in one 4-LP boxed set, with the box including the vinyl-only bonus track "Have You Forgotten." White Christmas Live has been long out of print on CD, and Little Drummer Boy Live is rapidly on its way as well. Now, you can have both in this impressive vinyl box set! The release will be limited to 1,000 copies on black vinyl. An ultra-limited tour/internet-only pressing of 300 copies on white vinyl will also be available, exclusively via Aural Exploits and at Mark Kozelek live shows this fall.^[1]

Track listing[]

White Christmas Live[]

Side A:

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Singer" – 4:12
2. "Cruiser" – 5:01
3. "Up to My Neck in You" – 5:21
4. "White Christmas" – 1:23
5. "What's Next to the Moon" – 3:49

Side B:

1. "Admiral Fell Promises" – 7:36
2. "Wop-a-Din-Din" – 6:28
3. "Shadows" – 7:30

Side C:

1. "Evil" – 7:39
2. "Dragonflies" – 2:25
3. "Things Mean a Lot" – 3:37
4. "Three-Legged Cat" / "Lily and Parrots" (hidden demo track) – 7:15

Little Drummer Boy Live[]

Side D:

1. "Trucker's Atlas" – 3:54
2. "Salvador Sanchez" – 4:27
3. "Cruiser" – 5:54
4. "Katy Song" – 4:29
5. "Little Drummer Boy" – 2:26

Side E:

1. "All Mixed Up" – 4:54
2. "Moorestown" – 4:17
3. "Unlit Hallway" – 3:50
4. "Duk Koo Kim" – 12:20

Side F:

1. "Four-Fingered Fisherman" – 3:37
2. "Lily and Parrots" – 6:22
3. "Carry Me Ohio" – 6:43
4. "Bubble" – 4:05

Side G:

1. "Mistress" – 5:10
2. "Michigan" – 5:28
3. "Void" – 5:21
4. "Down Colorful Hill" – 5:43

Side H:

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Singer" – 3:14
2. "Glenn Tipton" – 3:42
3. "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" – 3:45
4. "Have You Forgotten" (alternate version) (bonus track) – 6:35

Notes[]

• White Christmas recorded at:
  • Stockholm, Sweden on December 3, 2000
  • Göteborg, Sweden on November 29, 2000
  • Oslo, Norway on November 30, 2000
• Little Drummer Boy recorded at:
  • Grey Eagle, Asheville on May 19, 2006
  • Bowery Ballroom, New York on May 24, 2006
  • Stenhammarsalen, Göteborg, Sweden on December 3, 2005
  • Nosturi, Helsinki on December 4, 2005
  • KB, Malmö on December 5, 2005
  • First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia on December 12, 2003
  • Conway Hall, London on November 25, 2005
  • Main Hall, Montreal on July 9, 2006
  • Lee's Palace, Toronto on July 12, 2006
• All songs written by Mark Kozelek, except:
  • "Rock 'n' Roll Singer," "Up to My Neck in You," and "What's Next to the Moon" written by Bon Scott, Angus Young, and Malcolm Young.
  • "White Christmas" written by Irving Berlin.
  • "Dragonflies" written by Mark Kozelek and Robyn Riel-Nail.
  • "Trucker's Atlas," "Four-Fingered Fisherman," and "Tiny Cities" written by Isaac Brock, Eric Judy, and Jeremiah Green.
  • "Little Drummer Boy" written by Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, and Harry Simeone.
  • "All Mixed Up" written by Ric Ocasek.

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