Christmas Banner Competition!

We thought it might be a bit of fun to run a Competition in the run up to Christmas based upon the new Banner :)

Bascially, you've got to try and identify as many of the records in the banner as you can.

Here are the 'rules' :)

• Answers are to be PM'd to me by the 24th December (Christmas Eve).
• In the event of a tie, responses will be ranked in order of date / time PM recieved.
• The judges' decision is final!

Results will be announced on Boxing Day evening (26th December).

There will be a prize (!!) What the prize will be is subject to the imagination of the Management team, and Marco's wallet. Think Raffle rather than Euromillions ;)

Go for it compadres!

Awesome..Not be long ;)

C'mon chaps! I can exclusively reveal that there is more than one prize, so if you're all looking at this thinking there's no way I could win if Andr'e has already replied, then you'd be wrong! I am told that there might even be a prize for a tie, so what are you waiting for? Get squinting at that banner, and PM me with your answers!

:carrot:

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Originally Posted by Beechwoods

What the prize will be is subject to the imagination of the Management team, and Marco's wallet!

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Only if you're very lucky!

So who won, mate? :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Beechwoods

Results will be announced on Boxing Day evening (26th December).

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That means about 8pm GMT ;)

Cool! :cool:

Marco.

Give em a last minute reminder?

Entries closed on Christmas eve, Chris! I needed to allow enough time for 'marking', just in case I wasn't feeling particularly clever over the festive season!

Oh, right, sorry. Forget I said anything!

Ok... for the curious, there are 42 albums / record featured in this year's Christmas Banner. These ranged from the sublime (The Statler Brothers) to the ridiculous (Mr Hankey). Not the easiest competition I'll admit, which may account for why I only receieved 2 responses! But it's not quantity we value here, it's quantity, and so to the scores...

Andr'e scored a total of 40 out of 42, and succeeded in identifying some artist details on some of the more obscure releases that I didn't even know, despite me having found them in the first place!

Alex_UK scored a valiant 14 out of 42. Alex... I was impressed that you got the 'Once Upon A Christmas' by Kenny and Dolly. I wonder if you should be telling us something about your heretofore hidden depths!

For all you armchair trainspotters who didn't give it a go, here's the rundown, left to right from top to bottom....

1 Mannheim Steamroller – Christmas Song by Chip Davies

2 Aled Jones - Walking In The Air
3 Julian Koster - The Singing Saw at Christmastime
4 Various Artists – White Christmas and Other Holiday Favourites
5 Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
6 RCA Camden Records - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
7 Bootsy Collins – Christmas Is 4 Ever
8 The Six Million Dollar Man – 4 Exciting Christmas Adventures
9 James Brown – Funky Christmas

10 Buddy & Bunny Burden – Christmas Favourites
11 Various Artists – Great Songs Of Christmas
12 Domenico Savino and his Orchestra and Chorus – HiFi Christmas Party
13 Jimmy McGriff – Christmas With McGriff
14 RCA Records – Christmas With Colonel Sanders



15 Coldplay – Christmas Lights
16 The Mistletoe Disco Band – Christmas Disco
17 Bony M – The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs Of The World
18 Sesame Street – Christmas Sing-Along
19 Elvis Presley – Christmas Album
20 Doctor Octoroc – 8-Bit Jesus
21 Twisted Sister – A Twisted Christmas

22 The Statler Brothers – Christmas Card
23 Nat 'King' Cole – The Christmas Song
24 Columbia Records – Wishing You A Merry Christmas
25 Doris Day – The Doris Day Christmas Album
26 Andy Williams – The Andy Williams Christmas Album
27 James Brown – A Soulful Christmas
28 The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Christmas Album



29 Wham – Last Christmas
30 Studio One Records – Reggae Christmas
31 South Park – Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
32 Bianco, His Harp and Orchestra – Joy To The World
33 Gayla Peevey – I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

34 Spinal Tap – Christmas With The Devil
35 Santa's Helpers – All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth & Festive Favourites For Children
36 Lester Lanin – Christmas Dance Party
37 Bob Dylan – Christmas In The Heart
38 The Beatles – The Official Beatles Fan Club 'Another Beatles Christmas Record'
39 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – Jingle All The Way
40 Halo Records – A Family Christmas Album
41 Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift For You

42 Kenny Loggins & Dolly Parton – Once Upon A Christmas

Marco will be along shortly to reveal the prizes!

Many thanks for your entries Andre and Alex!

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Originally Posted by Beechwoods

Andr'e scored a total of 40 out of 42

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:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Amazing :eek:

I thought i might have a go... & then thought better of it :eyebrows: That "ain't no point" feeling certainly proved correct :eyebrows:

Well done to Alex :) I think i may well might have been around the 10 mark before i gave up & had another beer ;)

Well done Andre and Alex

That is seriously impressive Andre! :eek:! I really had no idea (as my score revealed!) but at least wanted to "have a go" to acknowledge the effort that went into making the banner and setting the questions - so a big thanks to Nick, who I suspect is often the un-sung hero around these parts - hope you've all had a great Christmas.

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Originally Posted by John

Well done Andre and Alex

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As above, and can you makes next years a bit easier for us mere mortals

Well done you two.
Let's have a side bet on who owns most of those albums!

Thanks chaps & well done Alex.I'm quite suprised only us two put forward!

I will echo what Alex mentioned regarding Nicks often un-recognised work . Thanks Nick. :)

Well done chaps.
Most impressive Andre. :)

Yes Nick does a lot of great work behind the scenes too

Thank you everyone for your kind comments, they're really appreciated!

I'll make sure next year's is a bit easier... I've already started playing around with a few things. How does this look for an idea :lolsign:

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Cheers dudes!

:lolsign:

Ok, chaps, prizes are as follows:

First prize of course goes to Andre who gets a (hardly used mint condition) 1m pair of Blue Jeans LC-1 stereo interconnects with RCAs, shown here:

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/index.htm

And also a 1m Blue Jeans digital interconnect with RCAs, shown here (basically Belden 1694A):

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/...udio/index.htm

These are actually very good 'sensibly priced' cables that often outperform much more expensive 'audiophile grade' designs!

Second prize goes to Alex, which is another 1M pair of (hardly used, mint condition) Blue Jeans LC-1s.

Well done, chaps! Please PM me your address and I'll send the cables off to you :)

Marco.

Very sweet of you, but second is the first loser, (and in fact on this occasion the last loser!) so I really don't think I deserve or warrant a prize - maybe hold onto it for another competition, or if anyone would like it instead of me, a small donation to a worthy cause?

Lol - that's very noble of you, but enjoy it on me anyway as a thank you for your dedication to the AoS community :)

PM me yer addy, so I can send off the cable :cool:

Marco.

Don't be daft Alex you deserve it you gave the competition a go at the end of the day, give it a try you might like it. I have belden mains cable & really like it..If you don't like it just send it me :lolsign:

Take the prize you overly principled sod, you!
No Alex, you deserve it, mate. Well done to both of you.

Thanks guys, I will graciously accept, and have responded to Marco's PM.

My Mark Grant sourced speaker cables are Belden and very good, Andre, so I doubt you'll be getting mine any time soon! ;)

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Originally Posted by Beechwoods

We thought it might be a bit of fun to run a Competition in the run up to Christmas based upon the new Banner :)

Bascially, you've got to try and identify as many of the records in the banner as you can.

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Do i just send in the same answers this year :lolsign:

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Originally Posted by Andre

Do i just send in the same answers this year :lolsign:

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No, you need to drink a bottle of single malt first before looking at the pics & then reply :eyebrows:

14 RCA Records – Christmas With Colonel Sanders

:laugh: I saw that one and it made my day.

Lol! See how many you can get! We're not repeating last years compo 'cos Andre's already got all the answers, but there will be a bit of festive fun in the run up to the big day. Stay tuned!

And see if you can beat Andre's best of 41 correct covers last year. Just for fun of course ;)

What about who can come up with the worst/best Xmas joke, or pics they've photographed themselves of the worst/best looking (depending on your point of view!) 'festive house' - lights and all :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Beechwoods

there will be a bit of festive fun in the run up to the big day. Stay tuned!

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Seems this never materialised :eyebrows:

Are we having a compo this year?

It's currently under discussion, dude. All will be revealed shortly :)

Marco.