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NOW SOUND OF XMAS
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THE GREAT WOK
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Not a four-star restaurant, but a rant by John Lennon. You can get the 'lyrics' here (beware the pop-up): http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-great-wok-lyrics-yoko-ono.html
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Capitol Records
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SHAKE IT UP SANTA
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Michael Lynch
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WONDERFUL XMAS TIME
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Christine Hunter
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SANTA BRING ME RINGO
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One of many Beatle-for Xmas songs. Here's a cute little video featuring this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZCE9va_CnI. And if you really want a beatle, visit the Ringo Store (get the play on words?): http://www.fented.info/bargains/0-Ringo-1-bin.html
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Debbie and the Darnels
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SANTA TEACH ME TO DANCE
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AKA the Teen Dreams. Here's some info: http://www.blogg.org/blog-65325-billet-967483.html
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Music behind DJ:
Kustard Kings
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LITTLE ST NICK
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This next set comes to us courtesy of Dennis Flannigan from Tacoma, Washington, who is one of my Xmas trading buddies. Dennis is 70-ish, and is a retired Washington State congressman, who has served a few terms in the State House. A Democrat by nature, he is a credit to the party. We could use more like him. Here's a bio: http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/entertainment/guides/2010/08/Best-of-Tacoma-2010-In-Memoriam-Dennis-Flannigan/ [his legislature page has since been taken down]. You can contact him at dennis.flannigan@gmail.com
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Rev J M Gates
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GETTING READY FOR XMAS
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You've heard this in back of Paul Simon's Xmas song for this year, so here's the origiinal. Here's Gates' Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Gates The Simon video has been removed [chicken!!!]
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Mel Henke
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BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
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Here's henke's page at SpeceAgePoop.com: http://www.spaceagepop.com/henke.htm
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Carolleer Singers
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SQUIRREL'S XMAS
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Carolleers were a vocal crew workingwith Peter Pan records. Their home page: http://www.peterpanmusic.net/ Their Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_Records. Some cute pictures of squirrels at Xmas (suitable for Xmas cards next year): http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=squirrel+xmas&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=WWUfTanqCIGglAfYorWDDA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQsAQwAQ
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Commercial Message
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PLANTER'S NUTS (Nickle Bag)
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Dick 'Two-Ton' Baker
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JOLLY OLD ST NICOLAS
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No, he didn't really weigh two tons, but he sure looked like it! Here's his home page; http://twotonbaker.com/ And a YouTube of one of is better-known works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGoVZF0jik
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George Formby
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SITTING ON THE ICE IN THE ICE RINK
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George Harrison was one of his biggest fans. Here's a video of him playing his banjolele: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSc-e-QffTs More info here on his Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Formby,_Jr.
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Halifax III
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MAN WHO WOULDN'T SING ALONG WITH MITCH
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They featured Zal Yanovsky and Denny Doherty, who would brush with fame as the Mugwumps [featuring Cass Elliott and John Sebastion]. Zal and Denny would then hit it big with the Lovin Spoonfull. Here's the Halifax 3's Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Halifax_III
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Dennis Day
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BE HAPPY, GO LUCKY
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Dennis was a regular on the Jack Benny Show, and this is a drawn-out cigarette commercial featuring the whole Benny gang. Here's Day's Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Day and a video from the Benny Show featuring Richard Deacon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SwmiJ-phIg
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Lawrence Welk
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OUTER SPACE SANTA
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Larry really had a warped sense of humor. Here's everyone's favorite clip from his interminably-running show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg and, just to be fair, Larry's Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk
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Spike Jones and George Rock
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RADIO BIT
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Rev J M Gates
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GOODBYE TO THE CHAIN STORES
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Really good advice. How good? Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiSmlmXp-aU Or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATu-WhQ8IsY Or this: http://wakeupwalmart.com/ Am I unfairly picking on Wal-Mart? Watch this: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?page_id=9810
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Music behind DJ:
Count Basie
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JINGLE BELLS
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This next set is from the massive collection of Tim Sewell of Burbank, CA. Tim was my first trading pal back in 1997 or so and is probably the biggest Xmas collector in the country, if not the Galaxy. He tells me he has about 8000 singles (just Xmas) and no idea how many other items in his collection. While I trade with about 8-10 people a year he has over 40 on his list. In his spare time he works for the City of LA in the Water department and is an active ferrett rescuer. All bow to the power of Tim Sewell! He can be reached at xmastrader01@att.net.
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Rentaflop
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10 DAYS OF XMAS
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Probably their only record. Here's what I could find (the Flip is 'A Man and a Woman" - God knows what they've done to it)
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Lord Weatherby
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SANTA CLAUS IS FREAKING ME OUT
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A real video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2BsbXZMXtI and better watch out, because they're on MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/lordweatherby. And just to mess with your head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8L70Favl8A
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Mike Driscoll
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FIGGY PUDDING
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What the hell IS figgy pudding anyway? I've never had it, but here it is: http://www.suite101.com/content/the-history-of-figgy-pudding-along-with-recipe-a176058 While we're at it what are ANY of those stupid carols about anyway? http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2010/12/15/christmas-songs-a-feast-decoded/
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Ludlow
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XMAS SHOPPING BLUES
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No idea who this guy is, but here's another one that's related somehow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxl8K-btX3U
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Heebie Jeebies
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SOX AND UNDERWEAR
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An innocent enough web page: http://www.heebee-jeebees.com/channel4.htm and a plethora of other stuff: http://www.heebee-jeebees.com/music_v2.htm
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Hummingbird
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HOT DOG! YOU MUST BE SANTA!
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Sorry, no info. Probably a sad story.
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Ray Campi and the Sidekicks
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SOMEBODY TOOK MY TEETH ON XMAS EVE
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Ray's actually got cred (and a Wiki): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Campi and a page in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame! http://www.rockabillyhall.com/RayCampi1.html
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Ray Oddis
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HAPPY GHOUL TIDE
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Flipside of that old holiday barfbag 'Randy, the Newspaper Boy', a top-ten sobfest from 1964.
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Homemade Theater
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SANTA JAWS [part 1]
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Here's a video and many others as well. http://wn.com/SANTA_JAWS You can download part 2 here: http://lookwhatwehavefound.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/httpwp-mepnohy-eu/
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Andrea Perry
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FAT AUNT BETTE
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Gotta be a Tim Sewell exclusive
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Carol Roes
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COUNTING THE REINDEER
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Music behind DJ:
Los Straitjackets
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GROOVY OLD ST NICOLAS
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Here's a webpage that features many holiday notables (including Tim Sewell): http://www.jinglebellrocks.com/characters.html And speaking of Jon Solomon (who does the ultimate Xmas Eve show on WPRI in New Brunswick, NJ - we've never met or even texted): http://keepingscoreathome.com/
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Jimmy Barnes
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LOBSTAH FOR XMAS
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Here's a little-known fact about kbc - he is one of the biggest collectors of lobster crap on the planet. It's one of the reasons I want to move to Maine. I literally have over 300 different type of lobster thingies, fom claw-harmonicas to lamps. Help me please...
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Monterreys
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SANTA HAS GAINED MORE WEIGHT
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