you could download J.’S VINYL XMAS CARD

|December 9, 2010 | Found Sounds, Philosophy, You Could Download

 

*Hi, this link was active for a number of years, I took it down recently, sorry.

Until now, I haven’t ever thought about why I enjoy collecting Christmas records. Most of them are pretty lame, so they’re easy to get, at thrift stores ( did every single member of the WWII generation listen to nothing but Mantovani, Sing Along With Mitch and Al Hirt? Jesus. ) or when the vinyl shops put out a box or two of them around the holidays .. I guess that’s part of it, but here‘s a collection of yule-time tunes ( mostly from my old records, and a few from other places ) which I really, genuinely like, for a number of different reasons.

J.’S VINYL XMAS CARD

01. The Beach Boys : Merry Christmas, Baby

02. Ed Harcourt : In The Bleak Midwinter

03. Lead Belly : Christmas is-A-Coming

04. Akim & Teddy Vann : Santa Clause Is A Black Man

05. Merle Haggard : If We Make It Through December

06. Rotary Connection : Silent Night Chant

07. Claudine Longet : Snow

08. Butterbeans & Susie : Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus ( And Mama Ain’t No Christmas Tree )

09. Jimmy McGriff : The Christmas Song

10. The Handsome Family : So Much Wine

11. Lord Beginner : Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning

12. The Moog Machine : Little Town Of Bethlehem

13. Little Cindy : Happy Birthday Jesus ( A Child’s Prayer )

14. Lou Rawls : The Little Drummer Boy

15. Kelly Pace, Aaron Brown, Joe Green, Paul Hayes, & Matthew Johnson : Holy Babe

16. Paul Revere & The Raiders : Rain, Sleet, Snow

17. Lou Rawls : Good Time Christmas

18. Leroy Carr : Christmas In Jail – Ain’t That A Pain

19. Rotary Connection : Santa’s Little Helpers

20. The Beach Boys : Auld Lang Syne

21. Lightnin’ Hopkins : Happy New Year