gloria, in excelsis deo!: holiday 2008 disc one.

Artist Song
darlene love  christmas (baby please come home) 
the rondelles  angels we have heard on high 
the ramones  merry christmas (i don't want to fight) 
boyracer  every day is christmas with you 
six cents and natalie  secret santa (you could be the one) 
the long blondes  christmas is cancelled 
tuscadero  holidays 'r hell 
the gwens  christmas love 
sonic youth  santa doesn't cop out on dope 
daniel johnston  rock around the christmas tree 
holly golightly  christmas tree on fire 
the dandy warhols  little drummer boy 
the raveonettes  christmas song 
saturday looks good to me  blue christmas 
the flaming lips  christmas at the zoo 
tammy wynette  one happy christmas 
pedro the lion  the first noel 
low  just like christmas 
yo la tengo  it's christmas time 
of montreal  my favorite christmas (in a hundred words or less) 
the essex green  deck the halls 
phantom planet  winter wonderland 
the trekky yuletide orchestra  all i want for christmas is you 
metronome  hanukkah girl 
vince guaraldi trio  hark! the herald angels sing (a ch*rlie brown christmas) 
johnny cash and june carter  christmas with you 

Comment:

71 minutes, 91.7 MB. every year my collection of holiday music gets more and more ridiculous. i love it all: holiday standards, country tunes - if it's about christmas or december holidays i'm all over it. nothing on this earth tops darlene love belting out "they're signing deck the halls - but it's not like christmas at all." my family has never been religious but lately i've been going to mass every year just to hear the music, and handel's messiah is the best part of the holidays by far. can't. get. enough.
there's no theme here other than holidays. i could have put all the depressing songs on one mix but then 1)i'd have to listen to "blue christmas" eight times and 2)i wouldn't ever want to listen to the depressing mix. i have enough music left for about four more discs which may be posted here at some point - trades requests are welcome. happy holidays everyone.

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avocado rabbit
Date: 11/14/2008
I'm sorry but I just can't listen to or post a holiday mix until after Thanksgiving. But this one looks so good that I'll download now and listen in a couple weeks.
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Funky Ratchet
Date: 11/14/2008
You had me at Darlene Love. I'll be grabbing this for a listen in a couple of weeks too. Many thanks!
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doowad
Date: 11/15/2008
Seeing all these familiar faces is a great holiday present for all of us. Love teh 15-17 run, and of course Vince Guaraldi is the king of Christmas, topped off with Johnny & June!
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doowad
Date: 11/17/2008
We really liked the Rondelles track as well...
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tornadoZ
Date: 11/27/2008
oh. I thought this was going to be an Italian Laura Branigan tribute mix.
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Odysseus
Date: 12/23/2008
A nice one. The Flaming Lips song is very cool.