Christmas Time This Year - Xmas Night

Christmas Time This Year - More of that long night of Christmas music.

1. John Lennon - Happy Xmas
2. She & Him - Christmas Day
3. John Prine - Christmas In Prison
4. Shawn Colvin - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
5. Rosanne Cash - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
6. Over The Rhine - Darlin' (Christmas Is Coming)
7. Anton Barbeau - Xmas Song
8. Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year
9. Hayes Carll - Grateful For Christmas
10. Sufjan Stevens - O Holy Night
11. Bob Dylan - The First Noel
12. Judy Collins - Angels In The Snow
13. Nina Simone - I Am Blessed
14. The Walkabouts - Christmas Valley
15. Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
16. The Dirtbombs - My Last Christmas
17. Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
18. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus & Lucy
19. Miles Davis - Blue Xmas
20. Jimmy Smith - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
21. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Chilly Winds Don't Blow (Fink Remix)

Christmas Must Be Tonight - Xmas Night

The Christmas Eve mix continues with Part 4.

1. Booker T. & The MGs - Winter Wonderland
2. The Band - Christmas Must Be Tonight
3. Tracy Chapman - O Holy Night
4. T-Bone Burnette - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
5. Patti Smith - We Three Kings
6. Shirley Horn - Winter Wonderland (Christian Prommer Remix)
7. Billie Holiday - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Yesking Remix)
8. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
9. The Beach Boys - (I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
10. Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
11. Elvis Presley - Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
12. She & Him - Little Saint Nick
13. The Ventures - Sleigh Ride
14. Albert King - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
15. James Brown - Soulful Christmas
16. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
17. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby
18. The Carpenters - Sleigh Ride
19. The Temptations - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
20. The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
21. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
22. Willie Nile - We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Christmas Time Is Here - Xmas Night

The third hour of Christmas Eve. Probably dinner time. There are a lot of new favorites on this set and a couple of old ones from the 80's too.

1. Au Revoir Simone - Christmas Time Is Here
2. Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
3. The Polyphonic Spree - Do You Hear What I Hear?
4. The Civil Wars - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
5. Bosque Brown - Silent Night
6. Low - Little Drummer Boy
7. The Raveonettes - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
8. Parenthetical Girls - Festive Friends (Forever)
9. My Morning Jacket - Santa Claus Is Back In Town
10. Los Lonely Boys - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
11. Fiona Apple - Frosty The Snowman
12. The Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling
13. Aretha Franklin - O Christmas Tree
14. Tift Merritt - I'll Be Home For Christmas
15. Johnny Cash - Blue Christmas
16. Rufus Wainwright & Sharon Van Etten - Baby, It's Cold Outside
17. Pretenders - 2000 Miles
18. The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
19. Punch Brothers - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
20. Andrew Bird - Auld Lang Syne

 

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All I Want For Christmas - Xmas Night

All I Want For Christmas - Xmas Mix 2

The Christmas Eve party continues with lots of favorites, new and old. The Sufjan Stevens two Christmas albums are outstanding and last year I played them both during Christmas day.

1. Vince Guaraldi Trio - The Christmas Song
2. Aretha Franklin - Winter Wonderland
3. The Crystals - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
4. The Beach Boys - The Man With All The Toys
5. Rufus Thomas - I'll Be You Santa Baby
6. Ella Fitzgerald - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
7. Laura Nyro - Let It Be Me/The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Empty Fire)
8. Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas
9. The Cathedral Brass - Joy To The World (Mocean Worker Remix)
10. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
11. Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
12. Harry Simone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
13. Sufjan Stevens - Joy To The World
14. Bob Dylan - Do You Hear What I Hear?
15. Art Garfunkel - O Come All Ye Faithful
16. Bing Crosby - Silent Night
17. Isaac Hayes - The Mistletoe and Me
18. The Miracles - White Christmas
19. CeeLo Green - Please Come Home For Christmas
20. Elvis Presley - I'll Be Home For Christmas
21. Willie Nelson - Blue Christmas
22. Joss Stone - All I Want For Christmas

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Merry Christmas Baby - Xmas Night

Merry Christmas Baby - Christmas Mix Pt. 1

This is the first hour of the soundtrack to Christmas Eve in our house. A collection of holiday tunes that are soulful, traditional, quirky, swinging, rockin', solemn and fun that plays for hours.

1. Booker T. & The MGs - Jingle Bells
2. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
3. Sufjan Stevens - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmastime Is Here
5. Mel Torme - The Christmas Song (Sonny J Remix)
6. CeeLo Green - All I Want For Christmas
7. James Brown - Merry Christmas, I Love You
8. Elvis Presley - White Christmas
9. Dean Martin - Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)
10. Nat "King" Cole - Holy Night
11. Judy Collins - I'll Be Home For Christmas
12. The Funk Brothers - Winter Wonderland
13. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
14. She & Him - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
15. The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
16. Bob Dylan - Here Comes Santa Claus
17. Johnny Cash - The Little Drummer Boy
18. The Thorns - Silent Night
19. Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby
20. Eleanor Friedberger - Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
21. Hall & Oates - Jingle Bell Rock
22. The Mavericks - Blue Christmas
23. The Carpenters - Do You Hear What I Hear
24. The Ventures - Jingle Bells

 

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Let The Day Begin - Songs 2013

Let The Day Begin - Songs 2013 Pt. 7. The series continues with a set of rockers that include some more old friends.












Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Let The Day Begin (Specter At The Feast)
The Strokes - All The Time (Comedown Machine)
Superchunk - Overflows (I Hate Music)
Pearl Jam - Getaway (Lightening Bolt)
Wire - Magic Bullet (Change Becomes Us)
Primal Scream - Elimination Blues (More Light)
Iggy & The Stooges - Dying Breed (Ready To Die)
David Bowie - The Next Day (The Next Day)
Of Montreal - Hegira Emigre (Lousy With Sylvianbriar)
Paul McCartney - Save Us (New)
Jonathan Wilson - Future Vision (Fanfare)
Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of It (AM)
Splashh - So Young (Comfort)
Beach Fossils - Generational Synthetic (Clash The Truth)
Mikal Cronin - Weight (MCII)
Arcade Fire - Joan of Arc (Reflektor)
Robyn Hitchcock - Strawberries Dress (Love From London)
The Flaming Lips - Peace Sword [Open Your Heart] (Peace Sword)

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One More Time - Songs 2013

One More Time - Songs 2013 Pt. 6

The spacey freak folk electonica shoegazing psychedelic jams for a cold winter evening from a previous mix in the series continues one more time. Lots of old friends back for this one; Yo La Tengo, Thurston Moore, Thom Yorke, Low, David Lynch, Johnny Marr and Robyn Hitchcock. I'm especially happy to have a new Mazzy Star album around.


All albums released in 2013.


Psychic Ills - One More Time (One Track Mind)
Suuns - Edie's Dream (Images du Futur)
Mazzy Star - In The Kingdom (Seasons Of Your Day)
Califone - Frosted Tips (Stiches)
Deerhunter - T.H.M (Monomania)
Yo La Tengo - Ohm (Fade)
Atoms For Peace - Before Your Very Eyes (Amok)
David Lynch - Star Dream Girl (The Big Dream)
Daughn Gibson - Phantom Rider (Me Moan)
Chelsea Light Moving - Groovy & Linda (Chelsea Light Moving)
Low - Just Make It Stop (The Invisible Way)
The National - Don't Swallow The Cap (Trouble Will Find Me)
Johnny Marr - Upstarts (The Messenger)
Robyn Hitchcock - End of Time (Love From London)

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