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Options December 25, 2012: Frosty the Snowman (Fill-in for the Best Show)


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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments Year Approx. start time
The Beach Boys  Frosty the Snowman   Options   Capitol  45    1963  0:00:00 ()
The Three Wise Men  Countdown to Christmas Party Time   Options   Virgin  45    1983  0:02:40 ()
Esquivel  Jingle Bells (Greetings From Esquivel!)   Options WFMU's War on Christmas  WFMU  CD-R    2012  0:06:48 ()
Tony Bennett  Christmasland   Options Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album  Columbia Legacy  CD    2007  0:08:57 ()
Liberace  O Holy Night   Options A Liberace Christmas  MCA  CD    1973  0:11:54 ()
Sammy Davis, Jr.  Christmas Time All Over the World   Options Stay Free! Magazine Presents The Best & Worst Of Xmas  Stay Free!  CD-R    2004  0:13:39 ()
Frank Sinatra  Christmas Memories   Options   Reprise  45    1975  0:16:11 ()
The Burns Sisters  Children Go Where I Send Thee   Options Tradition        1996  0:18:19 ()
Darlene Love  Marshmallow World   Options A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector  Phil Spector Records/ABKCO  CD  Originally released in 1963  1989  0:21:11 ()
 
Joey Ramone  Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)   Options Christmas Spirit ... In My House  Sanctuary  EP    2002  0:27:31 ()
The Fall  Jingle Bell Rock   Options       from an old xmas gift cd-r - sorry i don't have the proper credits...    0:31:47 ()
The Wave Benders  Do You Hear What I Hear?   Options Surfin' Christmas  Dwell Records  CD    1996  0:32:56 ()
Big Star  Jesus Christ (alternate mix)   Options WFMU's War on Christmas  WFMU  CD-R    2012  0:35:39 ()
Queen  A Winter's Tale   Options A Winter's Tale  Queen Productions, Ltd  EP    1985  0:37:55 ()
The Darkness  Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)   Options   Warner Bros  CD  CD single  2003  0:41:44 ()
Ringo Starr  I Wanna Be Santa Claus   Options I Wanna Be Santa Claus  Mercury  CD    1999  0:45:12 ()
The Partridge Family  My Christmas Card To You   Options A Partridge Family Christmas Card  Razor & Tie  CD  "Recorded prior to 1972," according to the notes. Ha! Lost history of the 20th century!  1992  0:48:52 ()
The Osmond Brothers  Christmas Means More Ev'ry Year   Options We Sing You a Merry Christmas  Metro      1963  0:51:21 ()
Hanson  Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree   Options Snowed In  Mercury  CD    1997  0:53:40 ()
The Patrons  12 Days of Christmas   Options   SoundCloud  WAV  Recorded at the Greenwich Village Bistro Dec. 6, 2012 - https://soundcloud.com/kurt-gottschalk/some-bistro  2012  0:56:26 ()
 
Sufjan Stevens  It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!   Options Noel: Songs for Christmas Vol. I  Asthmatic Kitty  CD    2001  1:07:39 ()
Mark Weber  The Christmas Atrocity   Options Brother Can You Spare a Dime I Need a Christmas Tree  Zerx  CD    1998  1:09:31 ()
Gene Autry  Merry Christmas Waltz   Options A Gene Autry Christmas  Columbia Legacy  CD  Recorded in 1953  2003  1:16:22 ()
The Louvin Brothers  Shut-in at Christmas / Shut-in Prayer   Options Fire in the Chimney, Ashes in the Grate  McGasko  CD-R  Skipper Joe McGasko's annual Christmas mix CD!  2012  1:18:52 ()
Johnny Cash  Little Gray Donkey   Options Classic Christmas  Sony Music   CD    1991  1:23:39 ()
Willie Nelson  Christmas Blues   Options Pretty Paper  CBS  CD    1979  1:28:22 ()
Bob Dylan  Must Be Santa   Options Christmas in the Heart  Columbia  CD    2009  1:31:31 ()
Red Simpson  Truckin' Trees for Christmas   Options The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer  Diesel Only  CD  Originally released in 1973  1999  1:34:13 ()
John Fahey  Medley: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful   Options The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album  Fantasy  CD  Originally released in 1968  1993  1:36:39 ()
Elvis Presley  If Every Day Was Like Christmas   Options If Every Day Was Like Christmas  RCA    Originally released in 1966  1984  1:39:40 ()
McPeake Trio  The Jug of Punch   Options Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year  Rounder  CD    2000  1:42:54 ()
Ravenhill Temperance Flute Band  Viny Ridge March   Options Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year  Rounder  CD    2000  1:52:17 ()
Johnny Largo  Christmas Medley   Options The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan  Optigan   CD    1999  1:44:21 ()
Julian Koster  Silent Night   Options The Singing Saw at Christmastime  Merge Records  CD    2008  1:47:36 ()
Lord Beginner  Christmas Morning the Rum Had Me Yawning   Options WFMU's War on Christmas  WFMU  CD-R    2012  1:49:50 ()
Lord Nelson  A Party for Santa Claus   Options Xmas Marks the Spot  Rykodisc  CD    1997  1:52:56 ()
Joe Ferry  Skallelujah   Options Skallelujah  Big Music  CD    1997  1:55:47 ()
 
Nobukazu Takemura  Messiah (Assembler Mix)   Options Messiah Remix  Cantaloupe Music  CD    2004  2:06:34 ()
Phil Kline  On the Waters of the Sun   Options Unsilent Night  Cantaloupe Music  CD    2001  2:10:46 ()
Vaycheslav Guyvoronsky / Andrey Kondakov / Vladimir Volkov   Christmas Waltz   Options A Christmas Concert  Leo Records  CD    2008  2:16:23 ()
Shwan Hansem  Drumming Carol   Options It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas trapped in outer space  Evolving Ear  CD-R    2005  2:26:11 ()
Suicide  Hey Lord   Options WFMU's War on Christmas  WFMU  CD-R    2012  2:29:59 ()
Jimi Hendrix  Little Drummer Boy / Silent Night / Auld Lang Syne   Options Merry Christmas and Happy New Year  Experience Hendrix  EP    1999  2:33:20 ()
The Qualities  It's Christmas Time   Options   Norton  45    2011  2:40:40 ()
Rahsaan Roland Kirk  Christmas Song   Options Kirkatron  32 Jazz  CD  Originally released in 1977  1998  2:43:21 ()
The Respect Sextet  A Merrier Christmas   Options Respect in Yule!  Mode  CD  Composed by Thelonious Monk  2012  2:47:14 ()
Yulenog  Merry Christmas   Options Yulenog8  Hot Cup  CD    2012  2:49:17 ()
Klaus Nomi  Silent Night   Options Za Bak Daz  Heliocentric  EP  Originally released as a cassette given to friends in 1979    2:51:30 ()
 
Gladys Knight & the Pips  What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?   Options That Special Time of Year  Columbia  CD    1980  2:54:25 ()

Listener comments!

  Tue. 12/25/12 9:15pm Frank Booth:

Liberace and then Sammy??? AWESOME KURT GEEZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SKYPE SINATRA AT THE SANDS AND SAAD RIGHT AWAY!!!
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:21pm Richard from Venezuela:

Merry christmas Kurt.
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:22pm das:

MCKG
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:24pm KP:

Nice work.
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 9:35pm DJKG:

Hi yallz! Thanks for tuning in!
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:41pm Listener Schned:

Camus: To do is to be-
Sartre: To be is to do-
Sinatra: Do-bee-do-bee-do!
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:41pm davefromknoxville:

Hey Kurt, regular Best Show listener out to support you tonight! Thanks for working on the holiday, it is much appreciated.
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:43pm Andrew Waterloo:

Isn't that Jingle Bell Rock from the Peel Sessions. I missed it when you played it here but I know there is one on the Peel sessions disc.
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:44pm jrlp:

Hey Hooray and Cheers from Vancouver!
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 9:44pm DJKG:

hey! thanks dave! andrew, i dunno but probably. that's the only ref i found for it online.
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:45pm eastvanhalen:

I am really loving my WFMU Christmas. Cheers from Vancouver, too!
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:45pm Chop Scott:

KURT! Loving the show and company tonight--Cheers!
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 9:47pm DJKG:

thanks guys!
  Tue. 12/25/12 9:48pm cooh john:

Thanks for the music, KG!
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:05pm amEdeo:

Can't believe I missed Hanson. Come to think of it, I missed Hanson the last time AND the first time.

BUT I DID JUST HEAR MICHAEL CAINE! Hello, I keep on going.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:08pm steve:

Kurt! this is a most pleasant surprise.
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:11pm DJKG:

hey STEVE and AMeDEO! thanks for listening!
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:14pm Shanghai Sam:

Greetings from Shanghai, where even though Christmas has passed, we can still enjoy the music. Any chance we'll get to hear William Burroughs' Junkie's Christmas?
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:15pm DJKG:

Hello Shanghai! Might get there. Big stack of stuff to play and we're just starting in on the country music!
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:15pm Peter:

Merry Xmas from Hamilton - great show!
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:19pm Andrew Waterloo:

@Peter Hamilton, Ont?
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:21pm DJKG:

andrew waterloo? do i know you from guelph?
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:23pm Andrew Waterloo:

I dunno.. I've only made the jazz festival recently
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:25pm DJKG:

ah, ok. i've met another andrew there, does a radio project with doug from cfru
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:28pm KP:

Great stuff.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:28pm Peter:

Yes...Hamilton Ont.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:28pm Prattsville Jack:

I forgot Johnny Cash took a lot of acid back in the day. I'd be seeing little grey donkeys too.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:29pm Andrew Waterloo:

I like Guelph, people are friendly there, they all tell me it's a horrible place, but I people won't even say that much to you in other places
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:30pm BSI:

Minotaurs? I have no idea what day/time it is now. Reality all twisty now. Like them green sticks what makes the bread stay inna bag. Thing.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:30pm KP:

This is the best Christmas show ever.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:30pm Danne D:

Merry Christmas Kurt and everyone :D
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:30pm DJKG:

PrattJack, you know that song "Look at Them Beans"? THAT'S a scary trip.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:31pm Jillydg:

Dollar CD Sales Girl Says Hoppy Holiday Kurt. All good things in 2013!
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:31pm travis j:

is there a steely dan christmas song?
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:33pm DJKG:

andrewaterloo, yes, i like guelph
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:33pm DJKG:

KP, are you who i think you are?
BSI, hi!
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:33pm DJKG:

JILLY!
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:34pm DJKG:

travis, i wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:36pm travis j:

bad religion has one though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1TKLwCiFE
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:38pm Prattsville Jack:

DJKG, I just found it. OMG, I'm never eating beans again. It is clearly the gateway drug to deities. RIP JC
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:41pm KP:

I doubt it.
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:46pm DJKG:

travis, can't do it; pratt, ha!; kp, ok.
  Tue. 12/25/12 10:57pm steve:

someone at work casually mentioned a recently unearthed Arthur Russell Christmas album just to toy with me... sadly doesn't actually exist :(
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 10:59pm DJKG:

shame, that....
  Tue. 12/25/12 11:28pm Destroit:

just settling in. Judging from the playlist, I've missed some good stuff. Hope everyone had a nice Xmas.
  Tue. 12/25/12 11:29pm Andrew Waterloo:

Merry Christmas Destroit
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 11:30pm DJKG:

for a long winter's nap, destroit?
  Tue. 12/25/12 11:36pm KP:

Purple Christmas!
  Tue. 12/25/12 11:38pm Destroit:

You too Waterloo. KG, it's up to you dj types to decide when I sleep tonight...I'll just lay down and listen!
Avatar ♥   Tue. 12/25/12 11:39pm DJKG:

we'll do our best to keep you from rest!
  Tue. 12/25/12 11:47pm Andrew Waterloo:

one my current favs.. Kirk!
  Tue. 12/25/12 11:54pm KP:

Santa Klaus
  Tue. 12/25/12 11:55pm KP:

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