*Christmas Songs* what are you playing?

spun A Few Good Men - Silver Bells
day after turkey day. anybody else playing christmas tunes yet?
please post what you are listening too.

 

These are old cylinder's

Joy to the world 2:33 Carol Singers Edison Blue Amberol: 3029 Other
O come, all ye faithful [Adeste fideles] (take 2) 4:20 Edison Mixed Quartet Edison Blue Amberol: 2478 Other
The first Nowell 3:13 Carol Singers Edison Blue Amberol: 3030 Other
God rest you, merry gentlemen 3:56 Carol Singers Edison Blue Amberol: 3346 Other
Ring out, wild bells 2:51 Carol Singers Edison Blue Amberol: 3032 Other
Hail! Hail! Day of days 4:25 Edison Mixed Quartet Edison Blue Amberol: 2064 Other
O Tannenbaum 2:16 Nebe-Quartett Edison Goldguss Walze: 15354 Other
We three kings of Orient are 3:54 Carol Singers Edison Blue Amberol: 3349 Other
Angels from the realms of glory 4:17 Edison Concert Band Edison Amberol: 305 Other
Bells of Christmas 4:14 Edison Concert Band Edison Blue Amberol: 2090 Other
Christmas bells 3:11 Robert Gayler Edison Blue Amberol: 3870 Other
Christmas, Christmas, blessed, blessed day 3:33 Metropolitan Quartet Edison Blue Amberol: 3352 Other
Hark! the herald angels sing 3:06 Edison Mixed Quartet Edison Blue Amberol: 2482 Other
It came upon the midnight clear 3:33 Carol Singers Edison Blue Amberol: 2769 Other
Joy to the world 2:07 Edison Concert Band Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9410 Other
Silent night 2:16 Edison Male Quartet Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9168 Other
Christmas Eve:*a fantasie on old German Christmas carols 3:09 Robert Gayler Edison Blue Amberol: 3036 Other

 

Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGaPDWMzYGw & 'The Nutcracker' - Valery Gergiev with the Kirov Orchestra .

 

Too early, I give it another week.

 

Haven't started yet, but when I do, I'll play my mix disc made a few years ago(not the disc order, but loaded from computer):

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance & The Valiants
Christmas All Over Again - Tom Petty
Christmas At Ground Zero - Weird Al
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
Happy Xmas(War Is Over) - John & Yoko
Happy Xmas(War is Over) - Randy Jackson
I Believe In Father Christmas - ELP
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
Let It Snow - Dean Martin
Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters
Merry Christmas(I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
Papa Noel - Brenda Lee
Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Santa And His Reindeer Used To Live Right Here - Benny Grunch & The Bunch
Santa Claus & His Old Lady - Cheech & Chong
Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Elvis Presley
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
Step Into Christmas - Elton John
The 12 Yats Of Christmas - Benny Grunch & The Bunch
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney


Who knows, if I find more, I'll have to make it a 2 disc set!

 

Too early here, too, though I may wait a couple more weeks. When I start, I'll break out the Bing Crosby and Carpenters for starters.

 

my vinyl is
Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Frank Sinatra – The Sinatra Christmas Album
Elvis Presley – Elvis’ Christmas Album
Bing Crosby – Merry Christmas Decca
Various Artists – First Christmas Record For Children
Various Artists – Goodyear Great Songs of Christmas Volume 5 & 7
Various Artists – True Value Happy Holidays Volume 4

I have the new 180 gram Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift For You on preorder

 

Not quite into it just yet, but I did give Christmas With The Smithereens a run over the weekend, and I just got the new Los Straitjackets Christmas CD Yuletide Beat in the mail.

 

Constant rotation til Christmas:

Amy Mann ONE MORE DRIFTER
Fab Four Christmas albums
James Brown SANTA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG
Phil Spector (duh)
Elvis (1st)
Sinatra (all)

 

"Ill Be Home For Christmas" by Chris Botti

A nice and very dynamic arrangement.

 

Rootboy Slim/ Christmas at K-Mart!
Eartha Kitt/ (This Year's) Santa Baby
The Beach Boys/ Little Saint Nick
Charles Brown/ Please Come Home For Christmas
"Weird Al" Yankovic/ Christmas At Ground Zero

I love Christmas 45 singles!

 

It's not even December for cryin' out loud...!

 

nothing

 

Tis the season...

We will not get out our Christmas Music until after Thanksgiving. I put up the outside house and tree lights today and got out the Seasonal records...the Cds are still buried in the garage...

ON LP today we played:

Nat King Cole ~ The Christmas Song, always the first one we spin--tradition!
Emmylou Harris ~ Light of the Stable
Liona Boyd ~ A Guitar For Christmas
John Fahey ~ Christmas Guitar, Volume I
and
The Pretenders ~ 2000 Miles, a 12 inch single...


cheers,

 

CDs:

Bee Gees -- "All My Christmases Came at Once," "Thank You For Christmas," and "Medley: Silent Night.." (from Horizontal Deluxe)

Christmas with the Rat Pack

Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails Vol. 2

Sufjan Stevens -- Songs for Christmas
LPs:

"Something Festive" (B.F. Goodrich)
"Christmas Is..." Percy Faith
"Firestone Presents...Volume 6"

 

+1

 

December Will Be Magic Again...

A few of my fave covers to get you in the holiday spirit, December First is the day after to~morrow...

 

None yet. I'm holding off on spinning the Dylan CD for the fist time at Christmas!

 

Yeah that Zimmy is sum real fist-shaking holiday music!

"HEAR COMES SANTA CLAUS, HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS..."




PS: You get yore yule Petty?

 

The Roches "We Three Kings" Christmas cd.

 

Sufjan Stevens Christmas box set (best Christmas stuff there is, imo)
Phil Spector
Vince Guaraldi

 

Anything by Johnny Mathis or Los Straitjackets!

 

Jesus Christ by Big Star - and only because it's on that awesome boxset twice!

 

Sufjan

I do love that set, but only have it on Cds still in the garage...

That was not every released as a box set on Lp was it?
Another top fave:

Seven Gates


By Ben Keith and Friends (including Niel Young)...

 

Sufjan's Seasonal Stunner...

I do love that set, but only have it on Cds, still in the garage...

That was not every released as a box set on Lp was it?


Another top fave:

Seven Gates


By Ben Keith and Friends (including Neil Young)...






PS: I love it so much I posted on it twice...