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I'm not a coffee drinker but I will be @ Starbucks this Thursday, Nov 10, to buy Elton John's Christmas Party CD .

I have never been a member of the Fan Club & I have never been able to afford acquiring someone's Original Fan Club release of IDOSAC. Consequently, I'll always be envious of the Collectors who own that CD but I'm certainly thrilled to have a copy as part of my own Humble Little Collection.

Plus some of the money goes to A Good Cause & there are a couple of other tunes worth having, too.

So ~~~~ Don't forget

IDOSAC -- Starbucks -- Nov 10

Naughty Zoot wrote:I'm not a coffee drinker but I will be @ Starbucks this Thursday, Nov 10, to buy Elton John's Christmas Party CD .

I have never been a member of the Fan Club & I have never been able to afford acquiring someone's Original Fan Club release of IDOSAC. Consequently, I'll always be envious of the Collectors who own that CD but I'm certainly thrilled to have a copy as part of my own Humble Little Collection.

Plus some of the money goes to A Good Cause & there are a couple of other tunes worth having, too.

So ~~~~ Don't forget

IDOSAC -- Starbucks -- Nov 10

Someone with a PayPal account that wants to pick up a copy for me? - would be most appreciated =)

/Mats

virtual1 wrote:

Naughty Zoot wrote:I'm not a coffee drinker but I will be @ Starbucks this Thursday, Nov 10, to buy Elton John's Christmas Party CD .

I have never been a member of the Fan Club & I have never been able to afford acquiring someone's Original Fan Club release of IDOSAC. Consequently, I'll always be envious of the Collectors who own that CD but I'm certainly thrilled to have a copy as part of my own Humble Little Collection.

Plus some of the money goes to A Good Cause & there are a couple of other tunes worth having, too.

So ~~~~ Don't forget

IDOSAC -- Starbucks -- Nov 10

Someone with a PayPal account that wants to pick up a copy for me? - would be most appreciated =)

/Mats

Make it 2 copies!

hmmm... one more please!

should we europetheads do a Group Buy...

Do you think it will be available online?:
http://www.starbucks.com/hearmusic/defa ... name=Music

So is it only available at Starbucks stores come Nov. 10?

I'm not a Starbuck's customer, but it looks like they've produced three CDs already and they are available online so perhaps the Elton CD will be as well.

-paul

I'm a Starbucks fiend (I go there literally every night and "hang out"), the thing I'm looking forward to is hearing them play the CD in the cafe itself! Hearing PSB playing in there will make me so excited.

Should I buy it ? Still don´t know.

psb-freak wrote:Should I buy it ? Still don´t know.

Well, they only ship to the US and to Canada ... not to Finland!

Young Offender wrote:So is it only available at Starbucks stores come Nov. 10?

From Elton's Official Site

Elton's Christmas Party released today
10-November-2005

Today Elton, Universal Music Group and Starbucks Hear Music release Elton John's Christmas Party, which includes a brand new Christmas duet between Elton and Joss Stone.

Elton John’s Christmas Party, a collection of Elton's favourite holiday party songs is available exclusively at Starbucks Company-operated stores in the U.S. and Canada and online at starbucks.com. The new compilation contains Elton's choice of 21 songs, and Starbucks and Universal Music Group will donate $2 for every CD sold to support the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

The album includes Calling It Christmas, an exclusive brand-new duet by Elton John and Joss Stone written by Elton and Bernie Taupin especially for this collection. The CD’s liner notes, also written by Elton, describe why he selected each song in the compilation.

Among the songs Elton has selected are Chuck Berry’s Run Rudolph Run, Bruce Springsteen’s 1981 version of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, the Eagles’ 1978 Adult Contemporary hit of Please Come Home For Christmas, Jimmy Buffett’s 1996 anthem Christmas Island, Rufus Wainwright’s 2003 Spotlight On Christmas and Elton’s own 1973 No. 1 pop smash Step Into Christmas. Elton also includes several songs which capture the spirit of the season, including U2’s New Year’s Day, John Mayer’s St. Patrick’s Day and Outkast’s Playa’s Ball.

“Music plays a more important part at Christmas than at any other time of the year. It is the only season that has its own genre of music,' explained Elton. 'recently it has become de rigueur to do a Christmas album. But I do not want to do one. I would rather compile this album of my favorite Christmas songs by my favorite artists."

Here is the complete track listing for for Elton John’s Christmas Party:
1. Step Into Christmas-Elton John
2. Feliz Navidad- El Vez
3. Frosty the Snowman-The Ronettes
4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town-Bruce Springsteen
5. The Man with All the Toys-The Beach Boys
6. A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn’t So)-The Flaming Lips
7. It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas-Pet Shop Boys
8. Spotlight on Christmas-Rufus Wainwright
9. Jingle Bell Rock-The Ventures
10. Run Rudolph Run-Chuck Berry
11. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer-The Crystals
12. Playa’s Ball-Outkast
13. Merry Christmas Baby-Otis Redding
14. Christmas Island-Jimmy Buffett
15. St. Patrick’s Day-John Mayer
16. Please Come Home for Christmas-The Eagles
17. Christmas Must Be Tonight-The Band
18. 2000 Miles-The Pretenders
19. December Will Be Magic Again-Kate Bush
20. New Year’s Day-U2
21. Calling It Christmas-Elton John and Joss Stone

The CD will cost $14.95 U.S. / $18.95 Canada. The cover art is an original illustration of Elton (and Arthur) in festive mode.

I'll probably get a copy for my mum but not for myself unless this is a ltd release as a xmas pwezzie

After work today, I stopped @ a Starbucks in Chatsworth & picked up my copy.

Ooooooooeeeeeee ..

I am REALLY REALLY HAPPY to have this CD. And not just because I finally have IDOSAC for my collection. Sure, that's a big part of it, but the whole package is an excellent piece of work. You may not like everyhting on the CD but there is certainly a wide range of sentiments, moods & styles presented here.

IDOSAC sounds great.

Elton wrote the liner notes for each song. Here's what he wrote about ID...

" This song was sent out by the Pet Shop Boys as a Christmas card and I always thought it would be a smash hit for them. Not only are they two of my best friends, but they constantly write some of the best albums to come out of the United Kingdom and I love them dearly "

Now, then: This is a Starbucks ONLY release &, alas, they don't ship outside the US or Canada - so this is ( so far ) a North American Exclusive.

Thanks, Elton. And Neil & Chris.

Truly ,,, a lovely present

I will be picking up a copy tomorrow !

Thanks for all of the info!

Butters wrote:Do you think it will be available online?:
http://www.starbucks.com/hearmusic/defa ... name=Music

Doesn't matter for us others, things from there can only be bought if you're living in the U.S....