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Merry Christmas
12.24.10 | Permalink | Comment?

I recently appeared as a guest on the podcast of the fantastic record shop; Flashback in Essex Road, London. It was a Christmas special featuring exclusively Christmas records (which I wholeheartedly agree with) and they even let me do a reading of How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Suess, one of my all time [...]
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The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
01.10.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Yesterday the copy of The Jethro Tull Christmas Album I’d ordered arrived. Now I’ve mentioned before that I’m a big fan of Christmas records particularly Christmas albums by one specific group. I’ll buying pretty much any Christmas album. I’m also no stranger to buying Christmas records out of season (even if this time only slightly). [...]
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A Winter’s Tale by David Essex
12.24.09 | Permalink | Comment?

A Winter’s Tale by David Essex is yet another favourite Christmas song of mine, and another that doesn’t mention Christmas at all. Now you won’t earn any cool points by liking this song, or David Essex in general but it is just a very good record. Sentimental, yes, but fuck you it’s Christmas. Jarvis Cocker [...]
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Dean Martin
12.22.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1959) by Dean Martin is another Christmas song favourite of mine. I file it under the category of Christmas song despite not mentioning Christmas once, only that it’s a bit cold. It’s also one of my favourite Dean Martin songs, period. It plays up on his persona so well. The song [...]
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What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? by The Emotions
12.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I first introduced to this song just a couple of years ago via my good friend Beezer B’s blog, and it’s now easily one of my very favourite seasonal Christmas records. I put it under the category of “Heartbreaking Christmas”, but Christmas or no Christmas this is just a fantastic Soul record and here it [...]
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Jingle Bells by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
12.06.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

The instrumental version of Jingle Bells by easy listening favourites Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass is another one of my favourite Christmas records. Herb Alpert & TJB have sold over 72 million records over the years. They are most famous for providing the theme tune the original movie version of Casino Royale and for [...]
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Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto by James Brown
12.03.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Well it’s December 3rd and I’m already struggling with my task, but I’m doing my best. I haven’t mentioned yet that being December it’s also now advent which means Christmas is coming as if the return of THAT Coke ad to our screens hasn’t already proved that, which means I can start writing about all [...]