Low's Christmas
Also, Yo La Tengo's little Xmas EP with the Sun Ra cover, but I can't remember its name.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Oct 07, 2008 1:31:04 pm PDT #9485 of 10003
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DavidS - Oct 07, 2008 1:31:22 pm PDT #9486 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What's your favorite Christmas album? Not favorite song, but the one (or more) album that you love to put on every December?
For cheesy nostalgia factor it's hard to beat The Harry Simenone Little Drummer Boy with Thurl Ravenscroft's (voice of Tony the Tiger, and also sing's the Grinch's song) basso profundo voice making pronouncements over a 50s easy listening chorale.
Charlie Brown Christmas probably signifies the season to me as much as anything.
Though I do play the Phil Spector xmas album front to back pretty often.
Among more recent offerings I love the Five Chinese Brothers Window Shopping For Christmas, and also Santa's Got a GTO (put together by Rodney Bingenheimer and loaded with fantastic power pop).
I'm also fond of Shorty Rogers West Coast jazz version of the The Swingin' Nutcracker. That one's very cool. I use a lot of snips of this on my Beatnik Exploitation Xmas Mix.
Do compilations count? Rhino's Hipster's Holiday is very fun and listenable. I also like Christmas Time With Eddie G. - a mix of oddments and rockers tied together with an extended bit by Billy West playing all three Stooges in an aborted xmas project.
Amy - Oct 07, 2008 1:49:38 pm PDT #9487 of 10003
Because books.
The Ventures' Christmas album, the Vince Guaraldi, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir doing hymns are always my first go-tos for the holiday season.
Kathy A - Oct 07, 2008 1:57:55 pm PDT #9488 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Compilations totally count!
My personal favorites are We Three Kings by The Roches (always my first Xmas CD in the player the day after Thanksgiving), Charlie Brown Christmas, and the classic compilation from Time-Life, the one that has everything from the Morman Tabernacle Choir and the Harry Simeon Chorale to Elvis and Dolly Parton. Oh, and of course, John Denver and the Muppets! I also like the first Xmas album from the Brian Setzer Orchestra, the one with "Baby, It's Cold Outside" sung by Setzer and Ann Margret and the Nelson Riddle arrangement of "The Nutcracker Suite."
I've got my own compilation disc with songs from Simon and Garfunkel, Mediaeval Baebes, and Bette Midler.
flea - Oct 07, 2008 2:09:20 pm PDT #9489 of 10003
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Nat King Cole's Christmas album.
I also have a great choral album, but I can't remember who the group is right now.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 07, 2008 3:15:45 pm PDT #9490 of 10003
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I love acoustic christmas as well-- i think I got it when I was a member of BMG or Columbia House. I am also fond of the Kingston Trio's "Last Month of the Year"-- my mom had it on record, and then I bought the CD.
Barb - Oct 07, 2008 4:07:52 pm PDT #9491 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
What's your favorite Christmas album? Not favorite song, but the one (or more) album that you love to put on every December?
Charlie Brown Christmas, for sure.
Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops [link]
The Nutcracker
George Winston- December
The first Very Special Christmas compilation
GRP Christmas Collection V. 1 [link]
A new one to the list, Josh Groban- Noel (Contains the one and only version of "Little Drummer Boy" I can listen to.)
Trudy Booth - Oct 07, 2008 4:31:14 pm PDT #9492 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
John Denver and the Muppets gets a lot of play at Casa Booth. My Sister is sure to break out Elvis. Mom will hit the Dolly Parton/Kenny Rodgers.
But our historical favorite is John Denver. It's just not the holidays until we hear "Pleeeeeease Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas..."
Kate P. - Oct 07, 2008 5:32:49 pm PDT #9493 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner, Through the Bitter Frost and Snow. It's a gorgeous, haunting album for the darkest days of the year. Not a party album, but meant for quiet, focused listening, like when you're out for a walk on a cold, snowy evening, and the stars are blazing bright above you, and you can feel the seasons turning around you.
Besides that, I'd say the Peanuts Christmas album, and the first Christmas Revels album.
shrift - Oct 07, 2008 6:39:23 pm PDT #9494 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
What's your favorite Christmas album?
Nat King Cole's Christmas album and Percy Faith and His Orchestra's "Music of Christmas".