A NEW AND IMPROVED LOCATION!!

I'VE CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT MOVING MY SHARES TO ANOTHER INVITATION ONLY BLOGGER LOCATION. UNFORTUNATELY IT IS RESTRICTED TO ONLY 100 MEMBERS. FROM NOW ON I WILL BE DOING MY MUSIC SHARING HERE. PLEASE DO COME AND JOIN US THERE. MEMBERSHIP IS FREE, BUT IS BY APPROVAL ONLY. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO APPLY TO THE ADMIN THERE, AND ASK TO JOIN. TELL THEM YOU CAME FROM HERE! WE EVEN HAVE A CHAT ROOM THERE, AND IMAGE UPLOADING ABILITY IN EACH POST FROM YOUR OWN YUKU GALLERY, OR FROM YOUR OWN PHOTOBUCKET GALLERY. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE SOON!!!


AND PLEASE COME JOIN US HERE AT THE NEW YUKU FORUM THAT I SET UP FOR FORD FROM OVER AT KIDDIE RECORDS WEEKLY!!!

Happy New Year!


Happy new year, bonne année, glückliches Neues Jahr, gelukkig nieuwjaar, from all of us @ CAGG. Thank you for your visits and comments. See you in November 2012 !

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve

Various versions from Bandcamp

By the Asylum Street Spankers, from a Holiday album I seem to have missed completely:


From merry carolers Caleb & the Caroling Caravan:


Free version fom trio Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh (of course), a version that starts with a telephone conversation (of course)

Dynamite Christmas

Five years ago, we lost the hardest working man in showbusiness. Certainly not forgotten:

Santa's got an uzi!

Sucks when Saint Nick steals your shit instead of dropping off gifts. Hence the fact that me and my boys went to the North Pole to buss a cap in datazz. Unfortunately, when we arrived at Santa's headquarters, he was strapped with major heat and had plenty of backup. Merry Christmas muthafuckaz! Don't play with guns!


Christmas in Ecuador

Want to know what that's like? Listen to Buffalo Moon:

Stubby's Christmas Mix


When Stubby makes a Christmas mix, you better go and grab it (for free) HERE

Inbetween days

No, not a cover of The Cure, but between Christmas and New Year's Eve, CAGG continues to post winter-, Christmas- and end-of-the-year-songs and -mixes on this blog. NOTE: some of the tracks aren't available anymore!

Thanks to CAGG-fan André, here's a gorgeous version of In the Bleak Midwinter by dreampop band Lanterns on the Lake. Download from HERE



Unavailable for download, alas, is this version of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree by Swedish duo My Bubba & Me. HERE

Funky funky Christmas Mix by Ronny Hammond. Stream and/ord download via Mixcloud via HERE

Dr Rubberfunk also mixed his fave funky seasonal songs together. Go HERE

Oh My!


UK Girl duo Oh My! (Jade and Alex) recorded a great version of The Waitresses' disco wave-classic Christmas Wrapping. LIsten on Soundcloud. Go HERE. Or go HERE to download.

There've been several Christmas Wrapping covers this year. Like this one from Summer Camp. And this one from Dog is Dead. This one from Exohxo.

The Blues Are Still Blue Christmas Compilation 2011



For the seventh year in a row The Blues Are Still Blue Presents:

Christmas Compilation 2011(download here)

001 Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
002 My Bubba & Mi - Pumpkin Pie
003 Summer Fiction - Christmas Eve for Two
004 The Kik - A Christmas Song For You
005 The Very Most - Wombling Merry Christmas
006 The Winston Jazz Routine - Through the snow
007 Caitlin Rose - You Never Come Home For Christmas
008 The Head And The Heart - Winter Song
009 Beta Radio - The Song the Season Brings
010 Birdy - White Winter Hymnal
011 Breathe Owl Breathe - Snow Blow
012 Chris Bathgate - Auld lang syne
013 David Bazan- Just Like Christmas (Low)
014 Marike Jager - Frosty The Snowman
015 Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler - Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)
016 Megafaun - I Saw Three Ships
017 Renee & Jeremy - Sunny Christmas
018 Rick Fines - Country Christmas Blues
019 Rue Royale - What Next Dear One
020 She and Him - The Christmas Waltz
021 Smith & Burrows (& Agnes Obel) - The Christmas Song

If you like it, you gan still download my mix of 2010 and 2009 .

Merry Christmas!

José Is Bugging Me

I've been working at the distribution center of the Dutch postal service for the last couple of weeks, so I've been up to my neck in Christmas cards. For days on end, I've been listening to Sky Radio aka the Christmas channel, so yes I'm sick and tired of generic Christmas standards such as Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano.



As an antidote, I listen to this great Feliciano song. Works every time... I don't care if José thinks I don't know him now.

Christmas Is About Getting together

A message Harvey Averne clearly understands.



This song was posted on Funky16Corners as part 5 of a series on Christmas songs. Read more here

The Honey Trees


Californian dream pop duo The Honey Trees made two seasonal tracks, that are downloadable for free via their Facebook and Reverbnation site. The, indeed honey-voiced Becky Filip is a real treat for these dark days.

Try:
The Honey Trees - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Coconuts on Christmas

Fellow Christmas song enthusiasts Festive! had a short talk with Kid Creole & The Coconuts singer August Darnell about the song 'Christmas on Riverside Drive' , they consider to be the best Christmas song of all time. Read the interview here.

Parenthetical Girls

'A little late', yes, but the yearly Christmas EP by Parenthetical Girls is still worthy to light up your day. Name your price!

A Laid Back Christmas

Laid Back, the best cloudcaster on mixcloud, offers us this jazzy Christmas mix by Croatian DJ TomE.

So This Is Crisis

Dutch band Pondertone wishes you a Happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2012... honestly.

A Kiwanuka Carol



Like The Kills, below, this version of Silent Night was recorded for BBC Radio 6. See the full session on the video above.
Download the wav. file of Michael Kiwanuka's carol HERE

The Kills


Silent Night by The Kills, live recorded by the BBC

Download directly from HERE

Italian Christmas


As you've noticed, a lot of Holiday compilations are traditions already, like mistletoe and holly. Italian blog Polaroid posted their annual Christmas comp last week, featuring regulars like the the Ian Fays (another very good entry), Le Man Avec Les Lunettes and a really sparkling, spacey track by Welcome Back Sailors, a highlight if you ask me. Go HERE to download'm all.

Souldiers' Balls

Dutch popsoul band The Souldiers made a special Christmas song, and a video. This is how we do in Holland, baby.

Arbor Christmas 12

First time I bumped into the Arbor Christmas series, going on since 1999 (!). The 12th installment was just made freely downloadable on bandcamp. If titles like The Battle of Snowmeng Mountain or Toys Don't Cry make you think of other songs, well, keep on listening...


The Holidays Don't Have To Be So Rotten (2)

'Another Catholic Christmas at the Federal Women's Reformatory in Alderson, West-Virginia for Iva Toguri' is probably the most intriguing title ever for a Christmas song. It's one of the tracks on the second installment of The Holidays Don't Have to Be So Rotten, a 'name your price' compilation on Flannelgraph Records. Only instrumental, moody, brooding tracks, by artists like Dolorean and Dirty Beaches (a personal fave). Try and find out more HERE


In a Foxtails mood



More? HERE

It's beginning to sound a lot like KDHXmas




Local radio station KDHX in St Louis put together a varied mix of Christmas songs by local and national acts, all recorded live in the KDHX studio. Brave Combo probably is the best known band, the Funky Butt Brass Band was already featured on this blog. Really dig the Hammond-a-gogo-version of Jingle Bells by The Civil Tones, and the funny song by Lucky Old Sons. Most of the tracks are downloadable for free. Go HERE

Sweet Songs

Two sweet seasonal songs from Bandcamp



Free Johnny Marr Christmas Song!



OMG! The illustrious guitarist from The Smiths made a Christmas single with his band The Healers. No lyrics, just spirit!

Download on his site (via Soundcloud)

The Burt Carols

Gwen Thomas, she of this great Winter Song, wrote a beautiful piece on her favourite Christmas carols for this blog:

I first heard the Christmas carols of Alfred Burt when I was a teenager. I’d stumbled across the sheet music and plunked my way through at the piano. The graceful melodies full of surprising twists and the lovely jazz voicings instantly struck a chord with me. The carols seem to surface every year around Christmastime for me and yet, oddly enough, it wasn't until this last week that, after years of calling them my faves, I actually became curious about where they came from. Who’s Alfred Burt, anyway? What I discovered was a story that provided me with some good, old-fashioned Christmas inspiration.

The Alfred Burt Carols were the result of a charming family legacy. Between 1942 and 1954, Burt wrote these fifteen carols (roughly one per year), as a Christmas card to send his loved ones. It was a tradition his father had started, and Alfred carried it on through the rest of his short life. He sadly passed at the early age of 33, but not before leaving us this well-rounded collection of utter Christmassiness! The lyrics read sacred, but for me these are outshone by the hallowing harmonies and divinely crafted melodies, which remind me that music really can be simply magical. That, in itself, is sacred, to me. And this is exactly how I want to feel this time of year: that there is such a thing as “sacred” or “magic,” available to us in the form of something as simple as music!

Well, if I’m waxing too mystical for you, let me come back to earth. In 2011, the carols speak louder than ever to me, because prior to digging up this stash of carols this year, I had actually written my own, first-ever seasonal song– a completely unrelated project… or so I thought. When I view my song in the light of these carols that have quietly influenced me each year at Christmas, I see that in my “carol” I’ve actually gone ahead and used Burt’s style of tight, parallel-moving melodies (in places in "We'll Dress The House," “Nigh Bethlehem"), a few unexpected, jazzy chord changes (found in all his carols, but I’ll point you toward my favourite, "Sleep, Baby Mine”), and lyrics that– from within clichéd imagery– reveal a broader concept that aims to bring us all together ("Some Children See Him"). Burt crept into my own wintry music!

There are other ways I feel connected to Alfred Burt’s life. For one thing, he went by “Al” and his wife's name was Anne. My mom and dad are an “Ann and Al,” so that's a nice, li’l coincidence. But moreover, his vocal arranging reminds me of my dear, late mentor Chris Dedrick. Chris’ band, The Free Design, was another “family legacy” type group, consisting primarily of Chris and his siblings. Both Alfred and Chris were jazz trumpeters who served time in big bands of military branches. Both men also clearly treasured the beauty of the human voice and stories brought to life through thoughtful vocal arranging. I like that these two great jazz composers have a bit in common, it feels cozy to me– like a good legacy to settle down into and call “home.” And that’s exactly what I intend to do, by continuing to let the arrangements of both these composers seep into my musical mind.

I’ll start by listening through the Alfred Burt Carols for the 20th time this week!

MP3's

Sleep, Baby Mine
Some Children See Him

Are You Lonely Tonight, Mrs. Claus? :: Dan Wilson

Distinctly Jamaican Christmas


Pick up this year's mix of Jamaican Christmas goodies, AND all the other mixes John from Distinctly Jamaican Sounds blog made.

Lovers & Poets

Originally by Margo Guryan, later redone by Claudine Longet and St Etienne, this cover of I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You by Lovers & Poets is just as pretty.

Dirty9s



Download for free at Bandcamp

Cowbell for Christmas

I got a fever and the ONLY cure is...




Can't see the video? Go HERE

Great finds


Of course you check the greatest Christmas blog out there, Stubby's, as religiously as we do every day. But in case you don't, here's a round up of a few fantastic (FREE) songs you just can't afford to miss.

Norwegian producer Torkelson sprinkled his electronic magic all over Judy Garland's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and then it sounded like this

UK Rapper Wiley never got the same attention as fellow grime-star Dizzee Rascal, but the latter never recorded a grand xmas song. Go here to check and download Cheer Up, It's Christmas

And finally, former Slits-guitarist Viv Albertine (pictured above) released a Christmas single that's just that. LOUD! Go HERE.

Christmas soul some more

Checked on Bandcamp for some nice (free!) soulful Christmas tunes, and this is what I came up with:









Country Christmas



31 country heroes sing christmas classics: Johnny, Merle, Loretta, Emmylou, they're all HERE

Tin Christmas


Dutch jazz-pranksters Tin Men & the Telephone renamed themselves Tin Men & the Telephohohone for the season, 'cause they made a Christmas-album. But not as we know it. If you make tracks like these, you know that their version of classics like Jingle Bells and All I Want for Christmas sound, well, different.

But make no mistake, these guys are really, really good musicians. They invited singer Paul van Kessel (plus a very agitated route planning device) for their take on Chris Rea's immortal 'Driving home for Christmas'.

Tin Men & the Telephone - Driving Home for Christmas

The X in X-Mas


Really want to know who put the X in Xmas? See Wikipedia.

Let's put the X back in Xmas, Candye Kane and Country Dick once sang (see here).
Now the Dutch Tiny Little Big Band sings: You put the X in Xmas. Let's make Xmas mean something this year, I say!

Funky Yuletide Mix


In addition to this great compilation (sound quality debate aside, it IS a great compilation), Jan Kohlmeyer made a VERY funky Christmas mix for the Paris DJS blog. Go HERE to see the tracklist and download the mix for FREE.

Christmas: DIY style

What's more fun than receiving Christmas wishes (or maybe even better: presents!) that are handmade by the sender? Our Twitter friends @karinjeurink (kazoo/vocals) and @martijnen (guitar/vocals) did just that: in 2010 they recorded their own cute little xmas video for all their friends. One year later it's here for everyone to enjoy:

Lauren Laverne giveaway


Every day, until December 20th, BBC Radio6 presenter Lauren Leverne gives away a free Christmas song mp3. So far, My Morning Jacket and Lucy Rose songs were made downloadable. Check her site.

Lex Land


Husky singer (think Julie London) Lex Land recorded two heartwarming versions of Christmas classics, for all to enjoy for free. Go here to download her This Year's Santa Baby (orig Eartha Kitt) and the loungey Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

Ho Ho Hoes!



Can't see the video? Go HERE

Curt Smith


Curt Smith, one half of Tears for Fears, recorded a Christmas song (like he did last year) and put it on Bandcamp for all to enjoy. Name your price (can be 0 too):

The soothing saccharin sounds of Winter Wonderland



Hiding under boxes of faded Christmas balls your mom keeps with the Christmas crafts you made back in grade school, Schnauzer Radio Orchestra pulled out an orange and brown Bakelite version of Winter Wonderland, complete with a SuperNES, a Stylophone, a Wurlitzer and an all girls 60s choir. What more could any mortal want for Christmas, besides a dry Martini and a big fireplace, I ask you.

In the words of keyboard player and all around Dutch cheese master Rob Geboers, "Do with this track as you please. Blog about it, remix it, give it away to your worst enemies, or just do a little nerdy dance to it."

Schnauzer Radio Orchestra - Winter Wonderland

Kids Christmas Album Links Still Active







I just looked back at some Christmas postings from 2006 and 2007 on Check The Cool Wax. I was surprised to find a lot of links to downloads still working. Click on the album cover above if you want to recapture a little of that childhood Christmas feeling. Get them while the links still work!

Merry Christmas!

Last Christmas

The header of this blog reads: 'You won't find any Wham! here'. True that, but it doesn't mean we can't post nice Last Christmas-covers, right? There's a great blog dedicated to covers of this seasonal smash. On Bandcamp, you can pick up some really cool covers for (almost) free. Here's a list:

















Not on Bandcamp, but still free:
Last Christmas

(Thx Stubby)

Shonen Christmas




Everyone's favourite Japanese girlie punkateers released a special Christmas single. Featuring their rendition of We Wish You A Merry Christmas, and their own Sweet Christmas. Gotta love these gals.

Shonen Knife - Sweet Christmas

Some Tracks Of Me Singing!

This is a bunch of love songs that I recorded for an audtition tape about 16 years ago when I was trying out for the very first Wal-Mart Associates Choir in 1995, and I made it. I just came across the file the other day so I thought I'd share them with you all:

Dave's Love Songs

Christmas 1958

I was recently scanning a bunch of our family slides that I inherited from my Dad. I came across this photo of the Christmas tree at his parent's house on Christmas Eve 1958. I was barely 2 years old that Christmas. I don't recall them ever having a Putz Style Village like you can see under the tree. The two handsome babies in the photo to the right of the tree are my Older Brother and I. Jim sadly just passed away last month. I rememeber in later years playing with that orange road grader you can see at the bottom of the photo. I also rememeber that little drum and the teddy bear. I don't recall that fire engine though. All of these toys stayed there at my Grandparent's house so we would have them to play with when we came to visit later on.

The furthest back I can remember is around the time I was 5 years old which would have been December 1961. They didn't have the Village then so they must have gotten rid of it. One thing I do always remember being on their trees are the Spinner Ornaments you can see on this tree. I was fortunate enough to have been given those ornaments by my Grandmother around 1996. They can be found for sale quite often on ebay, but usually go for as much as $30.00 per ornament.



HERE'S A CLOSE UP OF THE SAME TREE THAT SHOWS THE SPINNER ORNAMENTS BETTER. I THINK WHY MY GRANDPARENTS MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE VILLAGE WAS AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE WAS ALWAYS A SHORT ONE THAT THEY HAD ON A TABLE IN THEIR DINING ROOM. SO PERHAPS THERE WAS NO LONGER ROOM FOR THE VILLAGE. MY GRANDPARENTS AND BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE GONE NOW SO I HAVE NO ONE TO ASK ABOUT WHERE THE VILLAGE WENT TO. MY OLDER BROTHER DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. I ALSO REMEMBER IN LATER YEARS THAT THEY ALWAYS HAD A STRING OF BUBBLE LIGHTS ON THEIR TREE EVERY YEAR. GREAT MEMORIES THAT I WISH MY DAD HAD TAKEN MORE PHOTOS OF. I HOPE THE PHOTO BRINGS BACK SOME FOND NOSTALGIC MEMORIES FOR YOU:





Here's a photo of how my Grandparent's table top Christmas tree would look in the corner of the dining room. Not sure what year they got the bubble lights, but they aren't on the tree in this photo. My Dad had it dated as 1960 which was the first year they moved their tree to this corner:

My Older Brother Passed Away

My older Brother JIm passed away this past Tuesday of heart failure. He had been ill for a long while with only 4% kidney function for around 2 years now. The past couple of months he had been so sick, and not able to keep food down that he missed several dialysis treatments. I think it was the last straw for his body to take. He was finally admitted to the hospital in Rochester, NY last weekend. His heart stopped around 5 AM EST on Tuesday, and they never were able to get it restarted.

Please keep his wife Luann in your thoughts and prayers as Jim's death was totally unexpected so soon. She is now left holding the bag trying to straighten out her life on her own from now on. Needless to say I haven't much been in the mood for any kind of music ripping lately. Jim was cremated yesterday, and his wife will take his ashes with her back to PA where she's from. Thanks all!

The Glory Of Christmas (Columbia Musical Treasury D2T 5358)

THIS RECORDING IS OOP AND PUBLIC DOMAIN, AND NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO FILE A DMCA CLAIM FOR IT!!!

I recently discovered factory released Reel To Reel tapes, and that's what this recording comes from. It was still sealed as well. It only contained 36 of the original 3 LP set of 48 songs. However thanks to Der Bingle from the FaLaLaLaLa.com Forum I was able to include his mp3 files for the 12 missing songs. It's amazing how crystal clear reel to reel recordings are. Every bit as good as CD sound I feel.




Here's a list of the song that are missing from the reel to reel version I have:

I SAW THREE SHIPS
HERE WE COME A-CAROLING
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
PATAPAN
PETER AND THE WOLF (EXCERPT)
IN DULCI JUBLIO
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
GESU BAMBINO
PRAYER FROM "HANSEL & GRETEL"
JOSEPH DEAREST, JOSEPH MINE
THE HOLY CITY
O COME, O COME EMMANUEL

You may come across an mp3 file now and then. That is because those 12 songs are missing from the R2R copy of this recording.  So I spliced in Der Bingle's mp3 files (from the FaLaLaLaLa.com Forum) for those 12 songs.  I hope that is ok Der Bingle?

Here is the link for the Zip Files of all 48 Songs:

LINK TEMPORARILY REMOVED UNTIL COUNTER CLAIM IS FILED The Glory Of Christmas Mostly Reel To Reel Rip 1411 Wav Files



Ok. All of the zip files for this recording are now uploaded to the MediaFire link that I provided earlier. Enjoy!

Next I will be working on the "Merry Christmas" Columbia Musical Treasuries Set. My R2R is short 6 songs, but I've found someone with the Cassette copy of the original recording which contains 36 songs. They are going to rip the missing 6 songs from their tape for me. It will be coming soon!!! Here's some scans of the LP that I found online:



JACK JONES "THE JACK JONES CHRISTMAS ALBUM" (KAPP RECORDS 1964 KL 1399)

THIS RECORDING IS OOP AND PUBLIC DOMAIN, AND NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO FILE A DMCA CLAIM FOR IT!!!

THIS WAS THE ALBUM THAT INTRODUCED ME TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC. MY DAD GOT THIS LP SOMEWHERE IN 1964 WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD. I USED TO LISTEN TO IT A COUPLE OF TIMES EVERY WEEK FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF DECEMBER BACK THEN. EVEN NOW 44 YEARS LATER I LISTEN TO IT ON MANY OCCASSIONS AT CHRISTMAS TIME. I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT IT REMAINS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE CHRISTMAS LP IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THE MEMORY RUSH I GET OF THOSE CHILDHOOD CHRISTMAS' EVERY TIME THE FIRST NOTES OF "SLEIGH RIDE" COME THROUGH MY SPEAKERS. TIME MOVES ON WAY TOO QUICKLY. JUST FOR A MOMENT THOUGH WHEN THIS LP STARTS TO PLAY IT IS 1964 ALL OVER AGAIN.





LINK TEMPORARILY REMOVED UNTIL COUNTER CLAIM IS FILED JACK JONES "THE JACK JONES CHRISTMAS ALBUM" REEL TO REEL VERSION ZIP FILE

UPDATE: IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THIS WAS NOT THE 1964 LP COVER OF THIS RECORDING. I'M GOING TO BE AT MY DAD'S ON THE 20TH, AND I'LL HAVE TO CHECK. I'M HOPING HE'LL LET ME BRING HOME ALL OF HIS CHRISTMAS LPs BECAUSE I'M MISSING SCANS OF ABOUT 95% OF THEM. HERE IS THE 1964 LP COVER OF THIS SAME RECORDING. NOW THAT I SEE IT I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THIS WAS THE COVER ON MY DAD'S LP. HOWEVER, I'M NOT 100% POSITIVE. I KNOW HIS LP IS MONO, AND THIS ONE SAYS STEREO:



HERE'S SOME SHARES FROM LAST YEAR!!!

HERE'S JUST A FEW OF THE CHRISTMAS LPS I AM WORKING ON GETTING RIPPED TO MY PC TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL HERE. KEEP A WATCH OUT FOR THE DOWNLOAD LINKS TO SHOW UP UNDER THE PHOTOS:

GUIDEPOSTS "TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS":





GUIDEPOSTS "TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS" ZIP FILE


"THE ROGER WHITTAKER CHRISTMAS ALBUM" (AKA "A TIME FOR PEACE"):



"THE ROGER WHITTAKER CHRISTMAS ALBUM" ZIP FILE


ROGER WHITTAKER - "THE CHRISTMAS SONG":



ROGER WHITTAKER - "THE CHRISTMAS SONG" ZIP FILE


SUPER HEROES CHRISTMAS LP POWER RECORDS/PETER PAN #8199:





SUPER HEROES CHRISTMAS LP ZIP FILE


"BLACKWOOD BROTHERS/STATESMEN QUARTET CHRISTMAS LP":
EDIT: AS YOU CAN SEE I HAD THE WRONG LP COVER POSTED. THIS IS THE ONE I HAVE. I ONLY CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE CASSETTE I MADE OF THIS LP YEARS AGO. AS I WAS RIPPING IT I REALIZED SONG #4 CUT OFF EARLY BECAUSE THE TAPE ENDED, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT. I'LL SHARE IT AS IS FOR NOW. THIS LP, AND ABOUT 10 OTHER CHRISTMAS LPS I OWN ARE AT MY DAD'S HOUSE. I'LL HAVE TO GET IT AND THE OTHERS TO SHARE LATER BEFORE CHRISTMAS GETS HERE.




"BLACKWOOD BROTHERS/STATESMEN QUARTET CHRISTMAS LP" ZIP FILE


THE CARPENTERS CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT" LP:





THE CARPENTERS CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT" ZIP FILE


"CHRISTMAS WITH THE KING FAMILY":
THIS IS ANOTHER OF THE MANY LPs MY DAD OWNS THAT I GREW UP LISTEING TO. I REMEMBER WATCHING THE KING FAMILY SHOWS EVERY YEAR WHILE I WAS KID. YOU CAN FIND THIS LP SHARED BY ERNIE AT HIS GREAT BLOG HERE.





"SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS":
I GOT THIS LP ABOUT A YEAR AGO OFF EBAY. YOU CAN FIND THE LP SHARED BY ERNIE HERE.





"THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PAST" NIMBUS RECORDS:



"THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PAST" ZIP FILE


SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN CHRISTMAS LP:



SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN CHRISTMAS ZIP FILE


MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL READ ALONG:



MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL ZIP FILE


DISNEY'S "THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS" LP:





DISNEY'S "THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS" ZIP FILE


"CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS":





"THE CHIPMUNKS - CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS" ZIP FILE


HANNA BARBERA CHRISTMAS MUSIC:





HANNA BARBERA CHRISTMAS MUSIC ZIP FILE


"SCOOBY-DOO CHRISTMAS STORIES"





"SCOOBY-DOO CHRISTMAS STORIES" ZIP FILE


PAC-MAN CHRISTMAS ALBUM:





PAC-MAN CHRISTMAS ALBUM ZIP FILE


CAPTAIN KANGAROO - "NUTCRACKER SUITE":



CAPTAIN KANGAROO - "NUTCRACKER SUITE" ZIP FILE


"FROSTY'S WINTER WONDERLAND":





"FROSTY'S WINTER WONDERLAND" ZIP FILE


"MONSTER CHRISTMAS MASH":





"MONSTER CHRISTMAS MASH" ZIP FILE


"DARK SIDE OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE":









"DARK SIDE OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE" ZIP FILE


"THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS" FROM BIG N (LATER THEY SOLD OUT TO K-MART):



"THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS" FROM BIG N (LATER THEY SOLD OUT TO K-MART) ZIP FILE


"MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG":



"MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG" ZIP FILE


"MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS LIVE":



"MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS LIVE" ZIP FILE


"A WALTON'S CHRISTMAS":



"A WALTON'S CHRISTMAS" ZIP FILE


"TIS THE SEASON" FROM HALLMARK WITH VINCE GILL & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN:





"TIS THE SEASON" FROM HALLMARK WITH VINCE GILL & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN ZIP FILE


"A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS SOUNDTRACK" LP:





"A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS SOUNDTRACK" LP ZIP FILE


JOHNNY CASH "CLASSIC CHRISTMAS":



JOHNNY CASH "CLASSIC CHRISTMAS" ZIP FILE


JOHNNY CASH "PERSONAL CHRISTMAS COLLECTION":



JOHNNY CASH "PERSONAL CHRISTMAS COLLECTION" ZIP FILE


"MITCH MILLER TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS SONGS AND CAROLS":
ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I BOUGHT WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE THE DISNEY "IT'S A SMALL WORLD - 18 FAVORITE FOLKS SONGS" #1239 WITH A LOT SET OF A BUNCH OF CHILDREN'S LPs. WELL A COUPLE WEEKS WENT BY, AND I FINALLY WENT TO LISTEN TO THE LP. WELL THE RECORD INSIDE WAS THIS MITCH MILLER CHRISTMAS LP. I WAS GOING TO UPLOAD IT, AND SHARE IT HERE. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT LOOKING FOR THE LP COVER FOR THE MITCH MILLER LP I FOUND THAT ERNIE (NOT BERT) HAD SHARED IT AT HIS BLOG HERE. THE POST WAS FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THE RAPIDSHARE LINK IS STILL ACTIVE. SO PLEASE DO GO DOWNLOAD THE LP, AND ENJOY THE VAST NUMBER OF OTHER CHRISTMAS LPs ERNIE HAS SHARED ALREADY THIS YEAR!!!







"TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD "A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL":
LINK HAS BEEN CORRECTED!!!






"TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD "A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL" ZIP FILE


"TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD "A STAR CAROL":



"TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD "A STAR CAROL" ZIP FILE


"MR. MAGOO's - A CHRISTMAS CAROL"
FOLLOW THE READ ALONG PAGES BY GOING HERE:






"MR. MAGOO's - A CHRISTMAS CAROL" ZIP FILE


"THE DRIFTERS CHRISTMAS ALBUM":



"THE DRIFTERS CHRISTMAS ALBUM" ZIP FILE