What are the most obscure Christmas songs you listen to?

I became aware of The Roches for the first time last Christmas. A priest whose comments I follow on Facebook did a video commentary on their version of "Good King Wenceslas", which is also on this album. An more obscure Christmas hymn, and just a beautiful version.

 

I'm Your Private Santa Claus can be found on an Eddy Arnold Bear Family box set.

 

Not nearly as obscure as some mentions, but some of our favorites:
The Roches
John Fahey
Kenny Burrell - Little Drummer Boy
The Players (London street musicians with involvement of Andy Mackay if I remember correctly)
Andrew Parrott / Taverner Consort

 

Ah, The Players! This album doesn't get enough luv around here, perhaps because it's so traditional and old-timey! Ariel Stream will be playing a lot from it, later in the season! Roches too! (Fahey, probably about 4 cuts...)




Now playing on http://www.arielstream.com/]Ariel Stream[/URL]: Bel Canto - Foolish Ship

 

Humbug

 

"After the Holidays"
as sung by Judy Garland on The Tonight Show, 12/17/68

 

White Christmas – Bob Marley and the Wailers
Deck the Halls - Canned Heat
Boot-Off (Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer) – Bootsy Collins
Oh Come All Ye Faithful – Twisted Sister
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause – Amy Whinehouse

 

Don't forget FOW's "The Man In The Santa Suit."

 

"Old Man Spivey's Egg Nog" - The Dalhart Imperials
"Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit" - Christmas Jug Band

 

"Jingle-O The Brownie" - Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Rock 'N' Roll-y Poly Santa Claus" - Lillian Briggs

 

Christmas Must Be Tonight - Robbie Robertson

 

Santa Claus Boogie - Hasil Adkins ~
O Christmas Tree - The Layaways ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojKytRrswgM
Merry Christmas Baby - Soulful Strings ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyI6MoZKp50
Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons - Hank Thompson ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYS8TSbV2gs
Christmas By The Bar-B-Que - Lynn August
Snowing - Windy & Carl
Reindeer Boogie - Hank Snow
They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose - Johnny Horton

 

"The Xmas Tree Song" - Larry Vincent

 

"Santa Claus is Comin', Yeah!" by the sixties Texas garage band, A-440. I downloaded from the internet. I've seen the single come up on ebay a couple of times (and once, in a bit of madness, even bid over $300 on ebay and was thankfully outbid). It may have been this one pictured below on popsike: http://www.popsike.com/A440-Santa-Claus-Is-Comin-Yeah-Cinema-Houston-Tx-67/110620356911.html

 

Another favorite is Paddy Roberts, "Merry Christmas You Suckers." I don't think it has appeared on any CD yet. Check it out on Youtube:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5BQBKClJeY

 

The Frogs - Here Comes Santa's P@##y
Arcanta - Carol Of The Bells
Loveliescrushing - Jingle Bells (Snowblower)
Autopsia - Stille Nacht (g)RAVE Remix
Rudy Ray More - The entire This Ain't No White Christmas album
Dressy Bessy - All The Right Reasons... A Holiday Song
John Serrie - The First Noel
Everything on A John Waters Christmas album
The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
Tuck Andress - Winter Wonderland

 

This EP by The Springfields (including Dusty of course) is pretty cool. I don't think these tracks have been issued on CD yet.

 

The Sonics - "Don't Believe In Christmas"

It's a speeded up version of Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business" with new lyrics.

 

A cool song from this great album.

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Captain Sensible ‎– One Christmas Catalogue

 

The Three Wise Men (AKA XTC) – Thanks For Christmas b/w Countdown To Christmas Party Time

 

"Santa Claus" is my favorite off that album -- Christmas in the raw!

 

Nancy LaMott's "Just In Time For Christmas"seems to leap out of the pack early and often.Besides the title song,"All Those Christmas Cliches"and Thad Jones' "A Child Is Born"(which by now is just under the radar as a standard).Recorded in 1994,Nancy left the world days before Christmas 1995 of uterine cancer.

 

Yes, agreed about that 12". Love the Cocteau Twins doing Xmas:

 

The Fall have done some of my Favorite Xmas records: No Xmas For John Keys (2 versions, one on Witch Trials and another recorded for Peel) and Xmas With Simon. I haven't followed them for a number of years but still like them quite a bit. Where is Protein Christmas from?

Love the Cale. Quite nice actually.