HAVE YOURSELF A BIG "O" CHRISTMAS

by R. Wayne Oldham


INDIGO SPECIAL PRODUCTS
ISP-0002
1983





SIDE A:



SILENT NIGHT 2:52
BLUE CHRISTMAS 3:04
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2:10
SILVER BELLS 2:10
WHITE CHRISTMAS 2:10

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SIDE B:



WINTER WONDERLAND 2:05
RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 2:30
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN 2:35
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 4:30

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Editor's note: it's a mystery to me why this record is called what it is but with a pervy looking Santa on the cover I figured that the "O" meant orgasm and that this would be a naughty little record. Nope. It's a jazzy classical instrumental sit by the fireplace kind of record. For what that introduction is worth I like it just fine.

I think the article below explains the "O" sort of.

SLEIGH RIDE B/W WHEN SANTA CLAUS GETS YOUR LETTER

by Captain Kangaroo & Mr. Greenjeans


GOLDEN RECORDS
FF560
45 RPM


SIDE A:



SLEIGH RIDE

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SIDE B:



WHEN SANTA CLAUS GETS YOUR LETTER

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Editor's note: scratchy as all hell but not much I can do about a thrift store find at the bottom of a box of other scratched up records. I like it just the same.

CHRISTMAS WITH THE CANADIAN BRASS

and the Great Organ of St. Patrick's Cathedral with John Grady, organist


RCA RECORDS
ARL1-4132
1981
STEREO




SIDE A:



Jingle Bells (1:45)
O Come, All Ye Faithful/Joy to the World 2:44
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2:30
O Holy NIght 2:55
O Little Town of Bethlehem/It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 3:07
The Holly and the Ivy 1:58
Silent Night 2:50
Angels We Have Heard on High 2:39

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SIDE B:



Good KIng Wenceslas 1:14
Coventry Carol 2:17
O Come, O Come, Emannuel/I Wonder As I Wander 2:29
What Child Is This? 2:36
The First Noel 2:41
Angels from the Realms of Glory/Away in a Manger/O Christmas Tree/Deck the Hall 5:06
Hallejulah Chorus 4:05

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Editor's note: not a favorite Christmas record of mine mainly because it's very typical of mainstream holiday music. Plus the second side sounds very classical

A RIVERSONG CHRISTMAS

by Various Artists


RIVERSONG RECORDS
ZLP8507
1986





SIDE A:



God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by The Cathedral Quartet 1:49
Go Tell It On The Mountain by Henry & Hazel Slaughter 1:51
O Holy Night by Anthony Burger 3:19
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 2:29
Truth Rings The Bells by The Hemphills 2:54

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SIDE B:



Born A King by Jeff Gibson 2:40
Angels We Have Heard On High by Grady Nutt 2:53
Joy To The World by Singing Americans 1:37
Silent Night by The Cathedral Quartet 2:30
Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem 2:58

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Editor's note: about what you'd expect from a Nashville made Christmas album: country musicians playing straight-up Xmas songs with little variation or improv. That's not a bad thing especially when it comes to Christmas standards.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN PERCUSSION

with Patricia Wilde on Organ and Chimes


ACORN RECORDS
692
1960s
STEREO





SIDE A:



Adeste Fidelis
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
The First Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
What Child Is This
Good King Wenceslaus
Rejoice Rejoice Believers
Christians Awake

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SIDE B:



White Christmas
Joy To The World
Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night, Holy Night
Good Christian Men Rejoice
We Three Kings
Lo: How A Rose E'er Blooming
Away In The Manger
Jingle Bells

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Editor's note: I like the record well enough even though the sound is horrendous but I'm sure some of you who like to tinker with the reproduction aspect of sound can fix it on your end. I prefer to keep it as it is for the blog. Yeah, I know, one lump of coal under your music tree so far this year. Cheers!

THE BUCKEYE BEAT B/W THE WOLVERINE STOMP

by The Buck-Nuts


CORONET RECORDS
6025
1973
STEREO


SIDE A:



THE BUCKEYE BEAT

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SIDE B:



THE WOLVERINE STOMP

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Editor's note: there's nothing more despised by Michigan football fans than a Buckeye. It's very apropos that a stupid nut is used to represent the most boring football program in the history of college football. More appropriate that the most boring football program perfectly suits one of the most humdrum states in America. Either way and despite Michigan and Ohio State being a heated rivalry, both programs are garbage now playing in a garbage conference, all records aside.  Tomorrow starts the Christmas tunes.

BREL LIVES!

from the Detroit Production of "Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris"


SYNCHRONICITY RECORDS
1306
STEREO
1974





SIDE A:



MARATHON 3:18
YOU'RE NOT ALONE 4:36
FANETTE 5:40
I LOVED 4:10
PORT OF AMSTERDAM 2:58

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SIDE B:



BRUSSELS 3:30
TIMID FRIEDA 3:45
MARIEKE 4:55
THE DOVE 8:46
NEXT 2:29

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Editor's note: normally I'm not a fan of musicals whatsoever but this is pretty good. Mainly because the songs are from the famous singer Jacques Brel and also due to the fact that singing is very competent and the songs are almost pop tunes rather than showtunes. Nothing's worse than showtunes! This is pretty enjoyable though.

IMPRESSIONS VOLUME 1 1983

by June Lowe


JET-EYE RECORDS
JL-101
1983





SIDE A:



INTRODUCTION
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO

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SIDE B:



LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITARIUS
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
CLOSING

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Editor's note: the delivery of the information is sadly lacking and the constant "likes" are kind of embarrassing. That's not to say that her reading is not valid because of this but it sounds pretty unprofessional especially for somebody who was a radio personality. I'm guessing she tried to wing it to keep it genuine but obviously a final polished product needs a script. I still like the record though because it's a local independent effort and that's what I'm all about.

CIRCLE

by Circle


FULL CIRCLE RECORDS
FC-001
1977
33 1/3





SIDE A:



Spindrift
Never Ending Circle

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SIDE B:



Blue Man Fantasy
Risin'

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Editor's note: you never know what you're going to find at a thrift store but seeing as this one came with a note to Bob (which is my name; well...the shortened version of Robert) I just assumed that it was waiting for me so I took it. Okay, I lie...I didn't actually find the note until just now but my inner-ear heard it and I picked it up in anticipation of my inner-eye catching up. Seeing as the original Bob and Norma (she was given special thanks) didn't feel the need to present this to the world I shall be the stand-in Bob who rejoices and thus the circle be continued. Pass it on hippies and we'll all live in peace, joy and schadenfroh.

DR. MURRAY BANKS TELLS MORE JEWISH STORIES

MURMIL ASSOCIATES
MB-105
1960


SIDE A:



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SIDE B:



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Editor's note: this one came with the wrong sleeve (How To Live With Yourself...Or What To Do Until The Psychiatrist Comes) by the same author. Not that it matters because either way it fooled me into thinking that this was going to be a more serious talk and not a comedy album. Something in line with Don Lonie but it's not to be so instead for your weekly dose of religion you get an earful of bad jokes.

Enjoy because this will be the last Religious non-Christmas album of the year. Yeah, it's that time of the year and will start the day after Thanksgiving (for you non-natives that's next Friday).

LIVE IT UP

with Hugh Borde and The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band


ROOTS PRODUCTIONS
1980s
STEREO





SIDE A:



Live It Up 5:18
The Will 4:52
One Draw 4:37
Cyncopation 5:58

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SIDE B:



Rebecca 4:57
No One 4:09
Babylon Games 4:03
Motherland 8:39

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Editor's load: I believe that these guys are an Ypsilanti outfit which has been quite successful in their genre. Whether that translates to fame and fortune is beyond my call of judgment. They are very good at what they do but it's not something I would listen to other than for this blog. I might stand and watch a song or two at a festival but despite its richness and quality of sound the music just doesn't do much for me.

STETHOSCOPIC HEART RECORDINGS REVISED

by George David Geckeler, M.D.


COLUMBIA RECORDS
CKL 4240/CKL 4976
1973





SIDE A:



ARRHYTHMIAS
ARRHYTHMIAS CON'T
SOUNDS
SOUNDS CON'T

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SIDE B:



MURMURS
MURMURS CON'T
MURMURS CON'T
MURMURS CONCLUSION
ILUSTRATIONS ONLY

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SIDE C:



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SIDE D:



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Editor's note: it's about hearts, folks.

MUSICAL GADGETS

REPLICA RECORDS
FB-519
1950s
MONO





SIDE A:



Orchestral Regina
Hohner Harmonica
Street Piano
Mills' Violin

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SIDE B:



Operators Piano
Piano-Flute
Seeburg Electric Grand
Nelson-Wiggen Better Automatic
Marquette Piano

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Editor's note: I don't know quite when the Electric Organa starts playing on the first side since the titles don't seem to match up but that fucking instrument is bad-ass. It's like an early drum machine with whistles and bells. I don't know why none of the modern music makers haven't gotten a hold of this thing and made an album from it. The rest of the album is okay but the parts where the Organa are featured are sterling.

PIANO RED LIVE AT MUHLENBRINKS

WARPED RECORDS
V-1508
1970s?
STEREO





SIDE A:



Let's Get It On 2:12
Right String, Baby But The Wrong Yo-Yo 1:59
Shake, Rattle and Roll 2:29
Boogie Time 2:40
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 1:55
Corina, Corina 2:26

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SIDE B:



Please Don't talk About Me When I'm Gone 1:50
Do She Love Me 2:52
Rockin With Red 2:00
Pine Top Boogie/Red's Boogie 2:53
St Louis Blues 2:16
Right String, Baby But The Wrong Yo-Yo 1:55

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Editor's note: this guy was the original Dr. Feelgood and lauded by such musical luminaries as Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Paul McCartney. Pete Ham of Badfinger even wrote a song in his honor but to be honest he's just another piano guy to me. He's ood but nothing others haven't done before and won't do again. I will say this for him though: he's the best black albino piano player I've ever heard.

THE POTERY OF CAROL LYNN PEARSON

read by the author


TRILOGY ARTS RECORDS
TAR-1105
STEREO





SIDE A:



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Editor's note: this lady is no Ted Hughes and thank Gawd for that because that smug ass wears on you after a while. Although I laughed at a few points on this record I have to say that she is basically just as good as T. H. but doesn't try to cover it with an intellectual veneer. Maybe she could/couldn't but that doesn't matter because all poetry is emo and though she wasn't as emo as T. H. she also didn't send her life mates running to the oven for earthly release.

TRAVELLER'S KLINGENDE WAHLPARADE

by Die Travellers


SABA RECORDS
SB 3058
1950s?





SIDE A:



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Editor's note: despite my love of Nietzsche, Brahms and Wagner there are a few things german which I loathe: namely the language itself and the Hofbrauhaus! I love good beer and in my estimation no good beer is served in a big house with a bunch of drunks! Let drinking be a solitary thing or at worst a social occasion with only close friends. Of course, any smart fellow has few social occasions and even less close friends. As for what this record is all about: sounds like Nazi propaganda that Himmler never got around to. Actually, I have no clue what's being said, sung or played.