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More Thanks
I wanted to sneak into the Saturday sharity with another batch of Christmas cards and another big thank you from Meredith and I. So cool to open the mailbox and find these stacks of cards from people...
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7" Versus 12": Battle Royale With Cheese
As a little bit of a side note to today's selection of 12" Christmas singles, I'm excited to bring you this collection both 7" and 12" versions of a handful of Christmas songs so you can compare and...
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2022 At 78 RPM-Part 51
My goodness, this is a lot of music. I'm trying to clear out the download folder for the end of the year coming up in a couple of weeks, and there's a lot of music to get through. As usual, it's all...
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A 12" Saturday-Part 5
This next 12" single is pulled from an album I shared out a few years ago, but it features an instrumental version on the B side that wasn't on the LP. Actually, I think the vocal mix is longer than...
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Gospel Week-Part 7
Here's another record that's tied to a mega-church preacher from back in the day. I shared out two other albums tied to RexHumbard back in 2019, but I don't think there's any overlap with this one. So...
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A 12" Saturday-Part 6
Is this the first rap title I've brought you? Just this season or ever? Not too sure, but it's certainly rare to find some Christmas rap, and be able to afford it. There was a pretty solid tradition of...
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A 12" Saturday-Part 7 (Solomon Special)
I found another pair of 12" singles for today, both of them by Solomon Burke, and both of them featuring his take on Silent Night. Lucky for us, the flip sides are different, though I'm not sure their...
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Some Disco For Christmas
I've been sharing a bunch of Christmas music today from 12" singles, and some of them have featured Disco versions. But I have a few disco tracks here that are from plain old ordinary 7" inch singles...
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Christmas Chocolate
I think this single will fit in well right about here. This is Chocolate Williams With Casino All-Stars-Put The Merry Back In Christmas (Casino 7" 45 RPM ATP 225, Stereo, 1987). Looks like I may have...
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Saturday Filler-Part 9
Time now for a single from Webb Foley called Littletown Christmas b/w Extra Christmas (M Records 7" 45 RPM M-50-666, Mono, 1966). I keep looking at this artist name and confusing him with Webb Pierce...
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Saturday Filler-Part 10
The next record in this endless train of Christmas records is Tommy Mercer-Jingle Bell Night (Plantation 7" 45 RPM PL*213 Warning Not For Sale Loaned For Promotion (Same on both sides), Stereo, 1983)....
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Saturday Filler-Part 11
Time for a seasonal track, something I like to consider Christmas-adjacent. There's only so much Christmas music in the world, but when you start lumping in all the stuff that sort of fits in with the...
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Saturday Filler-Part 12
Here's another Christmas-adjacent track for you, possibly a little closer than the last one. Snowmen don't really have anything to do with Christmas, but they're very seasonal, and love is always a...
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Saturday Filler-Part 13
From the label that brought you the biggest Christmas single of the following year (The Chipmunks!), this is Kathy Nelson-Orchestra Conducted By Johnny Mann-Santa Dear (Liberty 7" 45 RPM F-55115, Mono,...
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Saturday Filler-Part 14
It's getting late, but I still have Christmas music to share with you. From the forgotten files (if it was ever known at all), this is Jimmy Myers-Is There Really A Santa b/w It Won't Seem Like...
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Saturday Filler-Part 15
One last record before the clock strikes midnight. From the Beatle-adjacent file, this is a Christmas record issued to fans in 1979, Billy J. Kramer-Blue Christmas (Hobo 7" 45 RPM HOS 010, Stereo,...
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One day older and deeper in debt. No wait, that's not right, all this Christmas music is free! And there's more in the archives, which is the whole point of this post. Follow the links and check it...
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Christmas Truckin'
Hey good buddy, how about a whole semi load of Christmas songs about truckers and truckin'? I've been talking about doing a comp like this for years, and this is the closest I've come so far. A big...
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Christmas All Over The Place-Part 2
Time for someplace a little more exotic than DC. How about Spain? That's a good one. Pretty sure I've shared Christmas music from Spain with you a couple times, but the records keep turning up and I...
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Christmas All Over The Place-Part 2.5
Where should we head next on our trip around the world with Christmas music? Well, I've got a lot of records from France, so I think we'll head there and stay there for a while. First up is well-known...
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