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Favoriting December 25, 2011: Nursery Battalion on Full Christmas Alert

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Nazir Ali feat. Nahid Akhtar and Mehna  Happy Chrismas   Favoriting Life Is Dance! Plugged in Sounds of Wonder at the Pakistani Picture House  B-Music  2011  CD    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Martinis  Holiday Cheer   Favoriting Charles "Packy" Axton — Late Late Party 1965-67  Light in the Attic  2011  CD    *   0:06:16 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Jules and the Nuclear Soul System  Xmas Done Got Funky   Favoriting Santa's Funk and Soul Christmas Party  Tramp  2011  LP  From 1974  *   0:08:16 (Pop-up)
Larry Norman  Christmas Time   Favoriting So Long Ago the Garden  Phydeaux  1974  LP  From 1973    0:11:44 (Pop-up)
The Black Arts  Christmas Number One   Favoriting   Fantastic Plastic  2007  45      0:15:45 (Pop-up)
The Rockfield Chorale  Jingle Jangle   Favoriting The Best of BOMP! Volume One  BOMP!  1978  LP      0:20:04 (Pop-up)
Margo Guryan  I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You   Favoriting 25 Demos  Franklin Castle  2001  CD  From 1967    0:23:15 (Pop-up)
 
The Hep Stars  Christmas on My Mind   Favoriting Hep Stars Jul  EMI  2001  CD  From 1967    0:31:20 (Pop-up)
Shonen Knife  Sweet Christmas (Acoustic Version)   Favoriting   No Label  2011  MP3  digital only release this year  *   0:32:49 (Pop-up)
Lisa Miller  The Loneliest Christmas Tree   Favoriting Within Myself  Sundazed  2010  CD  From 1967    0:36:03 (Pop-up)
Charles Bevel  Black Santa Claus   Favoriting Meet "Mississippi Charles" Bevel  A&M  1973  LP      0:38:35 (Pop-up)
Felix del Rosario  Cascabel   Favoriting Feliz Navidad - No. 1 Hits de Navidad (Vol. 2)  WKAQ  1975?  LP      0:41:22 (Pop-up)
Raulin Rodriguez  Navidad, Navidad   Favoriting Corazon Corazon  Platano  1998  CD      0:44:00 (Pop-up)
I Am the World Trade Center  Rockefeller Tree   Favoriting Kindercore Christmas Two  Kindercore  1999  CD      0:47:47 (Pop-up)
63 Monroe  White Christmas   Favoriting   Savvy  1984  45      0:50:50 (Pop-up)
Hybrid Kids  We Three Kings   Favoriting Claws  Cherry Red  2008  CD  From 1980    0:53:15 (Pop-up)
 
John Prine  Christmas In Prison   Favoriting A John Prine Christmas  Oh Boy!  1993  CD  live version    1:04:08 (Pop-up)
Dee Mullins  Remember Bethlehem   Favoriting The Continuing Story  Omni Recording Corporation  2009  CD  From 1970    1:07:04 (Pop-up)
Loretta Lynn  Shadrack, The Black Reindeer   Favoriting   MCA  1974  45      1:10:19 (Pop-up)
Eddie Bond  Christmas in Heaven   Favoriting Eddie Bond Sings the Legend of Buford Pusser  Enterprise  1973  LP      1:14:23 (Pop-up)
Cranford and Thompson  The Murder of the Lawson Family   Favoriting I'm Going Down to North Carolina: The Complete Recordings of the Red Fox Chasers (1928-1931)  Tompkins Square  2010  CD  From 1931    1:17:23 (Pop-up)
Narvel Felts  It's Not the Presents Under My Tree (It's Your Presence Right Here Next to Me)   Favoriting   Renegade  1991  45      1:19:53 (Pop-up)
John Gardner  Christmas Time Is Jesus Time   Favoriting   WRC  1978  45  at 33 1/3rd, for us slow folk    1:22:41 (Pop-up)
 
  Single Christmas File: a bunch of holiday 45s all in a row
Harvey Averne  Let's Get It Together This Christmas   Favoriting   Fania  1970  45      1:32:36 (Pop-up)
Hasa (Hazy) Ortego  Christmas Eve on the Big Bayou   Favoriting   Swallow  1974  45      1:34:33 (Pop-up)
Bobby Charles  Lonesome Christmas   Favoriting   Rice N'Gravy  1986  45  R.I.P. this year    1:38:44 (Pop-up)
Freddy King  Christmas Tears   Favoriting   Federal  1961  45      1:42:30 (Pop-up)
Jim Backus  Why Don't You Go Home for Xmas   Favoriting   Jubilee  1958  45      1:45:20 (Pop-up)
Randy Brown  At Christmas Time   Favoriting   Sound Town  1975  45      1:47:27 (Pop-up)
Gnags  Gnags' Julesang   Favoriting   Genlyd  1982  45      1:51:58 (Pop-up)
Fudge Lips  Please Come Home for Christmas   Favoriting   Osiris  1975  45      1:55:36 (Pop-up)
 
Rev. C.L. Franklin  The Challenge of Christmas (excerpt)   Favoriting The Challenge of Christmas  Chess  1965  LP      2:08:00 (Pop-up)
Rev. M. Larry Franklin  Little Baby of Bethlehem   Favoriting Can I Get A Witness? Sinner's Crossroads' 2011 WFMU Marathon Premium  WFMU  2011  CD-R      2:14:11 (Pop-up)
Reverend A.W. Nix  Death May Be Your Christmas Present   Favoriting Blues Images Presents 18 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Vol. 6  Blues Images  2008  CD  From 1927    2:19:58 (Pop-up)
Solomon Burke  Silent Night   Favoriting   Savoy  1982  12"      2:23:04 (Pop-up)
Mogwai  Christmas Steps   Favoriting Come On Die Young  Matador  1999  CD      2:28:05 (Pop-up)
Tom Robinson  Truce   Favoriting Cabaret '79  Panic  1982  LP      2:38:36 (Pop-up)
Nilsson  Remember (Christmas)   Favoriting Son of Schmilsson  RCA  1972  LP      2:42:07 (Pop-up)
Edward Bear  Coming Home Christmas   Favoriting   Capitol  1973  45      2:46:03 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton  The Christmas Song   Favoriting Clichés  Ardent  1994  CD      2:49:59 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  12:09am
chris m:

off to a great start! merry xmas
  12:11am
Joe McG:

Hey, Chris! Looking forward to your "Chris"mas special later on tonight!
  12:11am
Chop Scott:

Joe!

Ho Ho Ho---best wishes to you my Friend!
  12:13am
Joe McG:

Hey, Chop Scott! Thank you, my friend! I hope this is a season of VERY good cheer for you!
  12:16am
Santa Claus:

I'm just about to touch down in Jersey City. Did anyone leave cookies out for me at WFMU or will I just find cigarette butts and a refrigerator fill with putrid old Chinese food again this year?
  12:17am
Joe McG:

Hey, Santa! Funny you should mention it, but there are some cookies and a half a bottle of wine upstairs for you if you drop by...
  12:18am
Mike Sin:

Yeah -- Larry Norman! Happy Xmas to JoeMcG and his listeners!
  12:18am
Chop Scott:

Joe-
All good wishes and cheers to you!
  12:19am
Joe McG:

Happy Xmas, Mike Sin!
  12:32am
Josh:

Digging the show so far!!!
  12:37am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Josh! Happy happy!
  12:41am
kevin:

wait did Shonen Knife write that Christmas song, or is it a cover?
  12:43am
Josh:

Hands down best wfmu Xmas show of 2011 so far!!!
  12:43am
Joe McG:

Hey, Kevin--As far as I know, they wrote it. It has all of their usual topics in the lyrics. @Josh: Thanks, man!
  12:45am
Sue:

I agree with Josh. Awesome xmas show, Joe!! Merry merry :P
  12:45am
kevin:

yeah I didn't hear all the words, but it sounded really familiar to me. great song! great show!
  12:46am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Sue! :) Thanks, Kevin!
  12:50am
Joe McG:

So, how's everybody spending the holiday?
  12:52am
T-Zero:

Merry Christmas, Joe Mc. Nice of you to come in and not get a fill in.

I'll be spending the day listening to WFMU of course (Family is out of state so they'll gather locally, my mom came here last week.).
  12:54am
Joe McG:

Hey, T-Zero! Yeah, I'd never done a holiday show on the day, so I wanted to try it out. Having fun so far! Glad you're tuned in. Merry merry!
  1:04am
Yule Brynner:

Loved that Hybrid Kids track. Very cool. I'll have to check out the DVD. Thank you, Joe. Merry Xmas to all!
  1:11am
Joe McG:

Merry Xmas, Yule! (Love the name.)
  1:15am
DJKurtG:

Merry Christmas, King Joe!
  1:15am
cavafany:

sublime (dee mullins)
  1:17am
Joe McG:

@cavany: "Fish that twitch"--lovely! @Kurt: Amazing Xmas show yesterday, Kurt!
  1:19am
samuel henry:

ol' shadrack. merry christmas.
  1:20am
Joe McG:

Hey, Samuel! I have mixed feelings about that song. Happy merry!
  1:21am
yoman:

Shadrack - didn't know that one, thanks and happy holidays to all.
  1:22am
Joe McG:

Yo, yo man!
  1:22am
DJKurtG:

thanks, joe! enjoying your cuts very much.
  1:23am
Julie:

holy cow I forgot it was saturday! Merry Christmas Joe & Kurt!
  1:25am
Joe McG:

Merry Christmas, Julie! I can't believe you didn't play the Kinks on your Xmas show.
  1:25am
Julie:

@Joe I played Father Christmas last year. Tried not to repeat myself.
  1:25am
Julie:

I DID bring the 45 with me in case I felt the need, but somehow never got to it.
  1:26am
david:

I do remember Joe saying he'd be here Xmas, and man is that paying dividends
  1:28am
T-Zero:

Just realized Blumin will be ringing out the year and you'll be ringing in the new.
  1:28am
Julie:

yeah you guys won't have a normal night for a while, xmas, new year's then party!
  1:29am
Joe McG:

Thanks, david! @T-Zero: Yeah, Blumin and I are going to have a New Year's blowout. I don't know who gets to say "Happy New Year."
  1:29am
Julie:

Will there be a New year's kiss?
  1:31am
maybe...:

there'll be a commitment ceremony at midnight
  1:33am
david:

now I want to hear that john gardner at 16 2/3
  1:35am
Julie:

the reindeer is on meth
  1:39am
Josh:

Picture this if you will: I'm in bed with my wife. She's watching the trump roast. I have my iPhone and earbuds and am totally digging your show!!
  1:41am
maybe:

that's what she said
  1:43am
Joe McG:

I like the picture, Josh! Better off not to tell her what you're up to. It is Christmas, after all....
  1:45am
DJKurtG:

hey julie!
  1:52am
Julie:

Can't sleep, Yule cat will eat me
  1:54am
Yule Cat:

Nom Nom
  1:55am
Brian in UK:

Merry Xmas Joe & friends. Still dark here, what am I doing typing this? I know cats woke me up for food.
  1:55am
Julie:

hey there kurt!
  1:56am
Julie:

Do you suppose Joe is wearing one of those hideous Christmas sweaters? With a cup of nog in his hand? @Brian oh no!
  1:59am
Joe McG:

Hey, Brian in the UK! Happy Christmas! Enjoy Boxing Day tomorrow!
  2:00am
Julie:

okay I had to go look up 'julesang,' funny how I'd never seen it before
  2:01am
Brian in UK:

Can I just say Joe, Thanks for all your hard work this year. Priceless. Still at it with these sounds!!!
  2:02am
Julie:

Fudge lips? There's a band called fudge lips?
  2:06am
Julie:

Julesang is Danish for carol
  2:07am
yancy grady:

you killin it tonight, Joe!
  2:11am
Santa:

I needed the regular DJs to help me pack up the sleigh and then clean up the workshop
  2:13am
Joe McG:

Thanks, yancy! Doin' my best to vary the menu. No Sonics on this show, much as we love them.
  2:15am
Brian in UK:

Elmer Gantry come on.
  2:22am
david:

aha I felt Kevin Nutt in the air
  2:23am
Joe McG:

I'm not going to make a joke about Kevin's chestnuts.
  2:24am
Julie:

too late
  2:47am
T-Zero:

Must go off to sleep now... Have a great holiday day y'all!
  2:47am
Joe McG:

G'night, T-Zero. Merry holidays!
  2:48am
T-Zero:

Thanks.... off right after Nilsson... love this song. :)
  2:56am
Joe McG:

Have a great holiday, everyone! See you next week.
  2:57am
yancy grady:

merry/happy xmas :D
  2:59am
osvi:

Feliz Navidad, Joe! Partying in the Best Coast to your beats. It is about to be over...
  6:45pm
Joe McG:

If you can stand it, here's more Xmas music: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/34063
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