Simon Chesterfield - Last Train To Christmas/I Believe In Father Christmas

Tracklisting
Side A: Last Train To Christmas
Side B: I Believe In Father Christmas

Simon Chesterfield is a new project launched by Simon Barber, co-founder and ever-present member of Yeovil-based indie pop band The Chesterfields. In October, Simon Chesterfield's debut album was released on German label Legere Recordings, a 10" featuring six of Simon's compositions reimagined as an orchestral performance. The single Simon Chesterfield recorded for Snowflakes Christmas Single Club ends up somewhere between the orchestral sound of the 10" and the jangle pop of The Chesterfields. Simon delved deep into the past of The Chesterfields, inspired by a dream he had years ago of his band having a Christmas hit. Now he has turned 'Last Train To Yeovil', a track from the 1988 Chesterfields EP 'Goodbye Goodbye', into the Christmas hit it always secretly was. The true nature of the song is revealed by changing just one word of the lyrics and by the musical makeover that the seven musicians involved in recording the single (including his Chesterfields bandmate Helen Stickland and her daughter Tabitha) gave the song. 

For the B-side, the group recorded a cover of one of the absolute classics of British Christmas rock, Greg Lake's 1975 UK #2 hit 'I Believe In Father Christmas'. Simon Chesterfield’s version of the song sounds atmospheric, yet fresh and bright. The cover art is another throwback to the early years of The Chesterfields, as it is a redesigned version of the sleeve of The Chesterfield's second 7", 'Completely & Utterly'. Like the original sleeve, it was designed by The Terrible Hildas, who were responsible for many sleeve designs for the legendary 1980s indie label The Subway Organization. The single is pressed on snow-white bio-vinyl and limited to 300 copies.

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