On That Note - Different Christmas (Part 2)

[MeanDean]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

I posted part 1 two weeks ago.

Today, only a short 5 days until Christmas comes part 2

The first one is not anything like Rock and Roll. I'd say country. My first exposure to the song was a nice remake on an obscure single on the USA label out of Chicago that had a more Folky feel. If this is too traditional for your taste the next offering will counteract that. I just think it's a good Christmas song that hasn't been over exposed to become something people are weary of hearing over and over again:



This one is probably the first Punkish Christmas music I ever came across. So I had to purchase the LP. This version of Little Drummer Boy will definitely break the hearts of the hard core traditionalists.



More to come...

 

[MeanDean]

An assortment of stuff you've probably never heard.

 

[MeanDean]

A 70's soul song and a 50's Rockabilly swinging tune

 

[MeanDean]

Last two from me:

 

[MeanDean]

My Part 1 from 2 weeks ago is at

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-different-christmas-part-1.234275/

 

[MeanDean]

@cyclones500 's last offering, Twin Cities #3 from last week is at

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-twin-cities-88-93-part-3-of-3.234537/

 

[cyclones500]

Bump-a-pum-pum.

 

[PineClone]

Los Straitjackets christmas albums are my favorite.

And of all of their christmas songs, the guitar solo in the middle of Rudolph is so nice...I could just listen to guitar like that all day long.

 

[MeanDean]

Los Straitjackets christmas albums are my favorite.

And of all of their christmas songs, the guitar solo in the middle of Rudolph is so nice...I could just listen to guitar like that all day long.

Please post a cut or two that are your favorites.

 

[flynnhicks03]

I don't know which part of this I like better "Rare White Doo-Wop" or "The Stompers - Stompin' Around the Christmas Tree". Good stuff.

 

[PineClone]

Please post a cut or two that are your favorites.

Rudolph

Marshmallow World (Live)

Christmas in Las Vegas

 

[cyclones500]

Good stuff. Excellent additions for my alternative-Xmas playlist.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Like many kids who grew up in the 50s & 60s, Firestone & Goodyear Christmas albums were a staple in our household. Some of my favorites from those albums were by folk artists:

The New Christy Minstrels with:


and:


And The Brothers Four with:


and:

 

[MeanDean]

Like many kids who grew up in the 50s & 60s, Firestone & Goodyear Christmas albums were a staple in our household. Some of my favorites from those albums were by folk artists:

Those albums, though musically interesting, are one of the banes of the record collector. They must have pressed about 30 million copies - so every box of records has one in there. Kind of like the "Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show" LP by Frank Fontaine. Every time I see that face I just want to smack it, LOL

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Those albums, though musically interesting, are one of the banes of the record collector. They must have pressed about 30 million copies - so every box of records has one in there. Kind of like the "Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show" LP by Frank Fontaine. Every time I see that face I just want to smack it, LOL

Yes, they WERE ubiquitous...
but in the days of the phonograph, and the early stereos that wouldn't allow stacking of records, they provided a mix of music on one record, with different voices & styles.

And in my childhood home, it was either those or the Nutcracker Suite on our stereo at Christmas time.

 

[cyclones500]

I've got to add this one.

 

[MeanDean]

I know people hate this song. But I really can't not like this Beatle-a-fied version. Let the H8 begin.