A Christmas Yuleblog

During my week run of Christmas comps last year, the comp I was most thrilled about reviewing was "Andy Cirzan's Off In The Christmas Cosmos Vol XVII 2005". To quote from that review (read the whole thing by clicking on the link above): "By day, Andy Cirzan is a mild-mannered vice-president working for a great metropolitan concert promoter. By night, he becomes DJ Lo-Fi - a Christmas music collector extraordinaire; spinning incredible Christmas records he found using his Vinyl-Vision all over the world. "For the past seventeen (now eighteen) years, Cirzan has been issuing his own homemade compilations - 100% all-vinyl - no fillers!" Like many people, I was constantly watching the Sound Opinions page where Andy's annual Christmas pastiche is posted for a limited time. Last December, I placed the call asking for people to send me their Christmas comps. I went to my P.O. Box and found an actual COPY of the CD awaiting for me - one of the highli...

This is the fourth of six different Christmas comps that I'm reviewing this week. These comps were either sent to me by other Christmas collectors / enthusiasts or download available comps that were created by Christmas collectors / enthusiasts. As a Christmas collector, one of the greatest things to ever happen to me was when FaLaLaLaLa.com opened its doors for business back in the fall of 2004. Another one of the greatest things to ever happen to me was when someone brought to everyone's attention at FaLaLaLaLa.com the name of Andy Cirzan. By day, Andy Cirzan is a mild-mannered vice-president working for a great metropolitan concert promoter. By night, he becomes DJ Lo-Fi - a Christmas music collector extraordinaire; spinning incredible Christmas records he found using his Vinyl-Vision all over the world. For the past seventeen years, Cirzan has been issuing his own homemade compilations - 100% all-vinyl - no fillers! In an interview he conducted last year, Andy sta...