A Tim Rivers Collection

Tim Rivers (1950-1995) was an award-winning DJ, an exceptionally talented singer, a graphic artist, a skilled chef, and an all-around Renaissance man. In the late 1980’s, Tim recorded a Christmas tape, Yule Tide Greetings, for friends and family members in which he very impressively sang a-cappella in four parts (achieved by way of multi-track recording technology). Additionally, I was lucky enough to produce a two-song “sequel” to his Christmas tape in 1992. Also throughout that year, he and I recorded a series of highly tongue-in-cheek recordings of pop standards. I’ve collected all of these recordings, converted them to digital, and have posted them here for everyone’s downloading enjoyment.

To listen to any of the selections below, for most web browsers, simply click on any link and the song should play directly in your browser. Otherwise, to download the file to your computer, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) on the link and select the option to save/download the file. Enjoy!

By the way, if you’re a friend or family member of Tim’s who happened to find this page by way of Google or other search engine, feel free to drop me a line and introduce yourself. I’d love to hear from other people who were also lucky enough to know Tim.

Yule Tide Greetings

1.    Caroling, Caroling (1.1 MB)
2.    Carol of the Bells (1.6 MB)
3.    Jingle Bells (1.1 MB)
4.    Joy to the World (1.6 MB)
5.    We’ll Dress the House (1.3 MB)
6.    Little Drummer Boy (3.5 MB)
7.    While By My Sheep I Watched at Night (2.1 MB)
8.    Adoramus te (2.1 MB)
9.    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1.7 MB)
10.  White Christmas (1.8 MB)
11.  We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1.6 MB)
12.  Have a Holly Jolly Christmas (2.0 MB)

1992 Christmas Recordings

13. Oh Harken Ye (2.4 MB)
14. The Boar’s Head Carol (1.2 MB)

Sessions

15.  Out Here On My Own (3.6 MB)
16.  The Long and Winding Road (2.7 MB)
17.  This Is All I Ask (3.8 MB)
18.  New York, New York (3.3 MB)

Bonus Tracks

19.  Out Here On My Own (Alternate Take 1) (3.6 MB)
20.  Out Here On My Own (Alternate Take 2) (3.6 MB)
21.  New York, New York (Alternate Take) (3.4 MB)

Compiled and Digitally Remastered by Steve Shapiro

All Vocals: Tim Rivers
Yule Tide Greetings produced and engineered by Adam Geiger
All other recordings produced and engineered by Steve Shapiro
Piano & keyboard bass on “Holly Jolly Christmas” by Adam Geiger
All other keyboard by Steve Shapiro
CD artwork by Tim Rivers (originally designed for Yule Tide Greetings)

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Created by SS on 12/23/06