bumped from a few years ago...
The
dB’s (& other cool people)
Celebrate
Xmas!
assorted live and studio recordings (none commercially released)
variable audio quality
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| Peter plays Father Christmas and Jeff ... he's, um ... what exactly were you doing, Jeff?!? |
02 It's Christmas Time (Yo La Tengo)
03 White Christmas (Patti Smith)
04 Happy Christmas / War is Over (John Hiatt
with Los Lobos)
05 Christmas Time Is Here (Shawn Colvin)
06 I Saw Three Ships (Don Dixon)
07 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Marti
Jones)
08 Home for the Holidays (The dB's)
09 O Holy Night (The dB's)
10 New Year's Revolution (Graham Parker)
11 Santa Claus Is Back In Town (The Pursuit of
Happiness)
12 Silent Night (Tom Waits)
13 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Sam
Phillips)
14 O Holy Night (Syd Straw & Rickie Lee
Jones)
15 Two Thousand Miles (Syd Straw)
16 Feliz Navidad (The dB's)
Rob sez: Many of these come from the Naughty Dog “Upon This Night” Christmas comp — big thanks to you, Naughty Dog!
TRACK INFO:
1. Idiot's Delight radio session Dec. 5, 1993
2. unknown
3. studio recording c. 1978
4. Los Lobos Xmas special, FM broadcast Nov. 24, 1992
5. FM broadcast 1998
6 & 7. Birchmere, FM broadcast Dec. 1995
8 & 9. KCRW-FM "Snap" session Dec. 1987
10. Idiot's Delight radio session Dec. 18, 1994
11. The World, NYC Dec. 10, 1988
12. Austin City Limits c. 1979
13. FM broadcast Dec. 1991
14. Los Lobos Xmas special, FM broadcast Nov. 24, 1992
15. Pretenders cover, Holiday Hayride, The Fez, NYC Dec. 1993
16. WXRT-FM, Chicago, IL Dec. 5, 1984
Want a great, fun collection of
holiday music? Look no further!
22 tracks available at Omnivore Recordings
(download or CD). Read spavid's review at his Wilfully Obscure blog.
holiday music? Look no further!
(download or CD). Read spavid's review at his Wilfully Obscure blog.
Looking forward to hearing this. That dB's Xmas record in its various versions has been a favorite in this household for years.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy, Bruce. You might think of this as a companion to the official "Christmas Time" comp.
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