Having spent a decade out of print on vinyl, Asthmatic Kitty Records have brought back Sufjan Stevens' Silver & Gold with a freshly repackaged boxset that went on sale today for shipping from 1 November. Originally released in 2012, the collection was the follow up to Stevens' original Songs for Christmas EPs, adding volumes VI through X to the series.

Like the original pressing, there are plenty of extras included: Christmas stickers, temporary tattoos, three paper ornaments for self-assembly, an apocalyptic pull-out poster, a 44-page songbook with lyrics and chord charts, a 20-page Christmas coloring book, hallucinogenic photographs and psychedelic graphics designed by Stevens, and extensive liner notes by Stevens and Pastor Vito Aiuto.

Revisit the original 2012 claymation music video for "Mr. Frosty Man" below:

Last December, Asthmatic Kitty added a nearly five-hour long video to YouTube containing all of Stevens' Christmas songs to date. Bookmark it for later (or now!).

Silver & Gold tracklist:

Songs for Gloria (Songs for Christmas, Vol. VI) 

1. Silent Night
2. Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You from Christmases Past
3. Coventry Carol [feat. Marla Hansen]
4. The Midnight Clear
5. Carol of St. Benjamin the Bearded One
6. Go Nightly Cares
7. Barcarola (You Must Be a Christmas Tree)
8. Auld Lang Syne

I Am Santa's Helper (Songs for Christmas, Vol. VII)

1. Christ the Lord is Born
2. Christmas Woman
3. Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light
4. Happy Family Christmas
5. Jingle Bells
6. Mysteries Of the Christmas Mist
7. Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates
8.  We Wish You a Merry Christmas
9. Ah Holy Jesus
10. Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory
11. Ding-A-Ling-A-Ring-A-Ling
12. How Shall I Fitly Greet Thee
13. Mr. Frosty Man
14. Make Haste to See The Baby
15. Ah Holy Jesus [with reed organ]
16. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
17. Morning (Sacred Harp)
18. Idumea (Sacred Harp)
19. Eternal Happiness Or Woe
20. Ah Holy Jesus [a capella]
21. I Am Santa’s Helper
22. Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages)
23. Even the Earth will Perish and the Universe Give Way 

Infinity Voyage (Songs for Christmas, Vol. VIII)

1. Angels We Have Heard on High
2. Do You Hear What I Hear
3. Christmas in the Room
4. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
5. Good King Wenceslas
6. Alphabet St.
7. Particle Physics
8. Joy to the World
9. The Child with the Star on His Head 

Let It Snow! (Songs for Christmas, Vol. VIIII) 

1. I’ll Be Home for Christmas
2. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
3. The Sleigh in the Moon [feat. Cat Martino]
4. Sleigh Ride
5. Ave Maria [feat. Cat Martino]
6. X-Mas Spirit Catcher
7. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
8. A Holly Jolly Christmas
9. Christmas Face [feat. Sebastian Krueger]

Christmas Unicorn (Songs for Christmas, Vol. X)

1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
3. Up On the Housetop
4. Angels We Have Heard on High
5. We Need a Little Christmas
6. Happy Karma Christmas
7. We Three Kings
8. Justice Delivers its Death
9. Christmas Unicorn