Artist	Song
John Denver/The Muppets	We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Nat King Cole	Christmas Song
GHP (a/k/a Too Many JDs)	Christmas In Boston
Burl Ives	Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
Seymour Swine (Porky Pig)	Blue Christmas
Elton John	Step Into Christmas
Bobby Helms	Jingle Bell Rock
Gene Autry	Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
DJ John	Christmas Massacre Of Charlie Brown
Dean Martin	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Johnny Mercer	Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)
Billy May	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo (Malibu Remix)
Poj Masta	Santar Klaws
Harry Connick, Jr.	(It Must Have Been Ol') Santa
Nat King Cole	All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (MJ Cole Remix)
Gayla Peevy	I Want Hippopotamus For Christmas
Bing Crosby	Winter Wonderland (Bent Remix)
CheekyBoy	Biggie's Last Christmas
Rockapella	You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
Duboce Triangle	You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
Thurl Ravenscroft	You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch (from original Dr. Seuss TV-cartoon)

Comment:

Although less than 1/2 of the original tracks from the initial compilation are represented here, the overall feel remains the same. This incarnation includes all-time favourites, mashups, remixes and rare grooves for all to enjoy remastered onto CD format.
John Denver and Jim Henson were good friends in real life and teamed up on several occasions (Muppet Show episode, John Denver and the Muppets Christmas Special, and Rocky Mtn. Holiday) to produce some good old fashioned family entertainment. This CD kicks off with "We Wish You A Merry Xmas". You can't move anywhere --down the radio dial or shopping mall-- without stumbling onto some rendition of "Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" which was co-written by Mel Torme back in 1946. Mark Vidler/GHP released this Boston/Beatles/Greg Lake mashup in 2004 under the monicker TOO MANY JDs and affectionately refers to "Christmas In Boston" as a festive f#%k up. CheekyBoy grants us "Biggie's Last Christmas" by mashing Diddy with George Michael. DJ John uses rapid-fire TV-special samples in "Christmas Massacre of Charlie Brown" atop of "Rhymin' And Stealin" by The Beastie Boys which scratches the drum break intro of Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks". Appearing in their original form we have holiday staples from Burl Ives, Gene Autry, Bobby Helms, Brenda Lee and Thurl Ravenscroft.Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger, was also the singer of the song "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in the 1957 Christmas television special based on the Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His name was accidentally left off of the credits, leading many to believe, erroneously, that the cartoon's narrator, Boris Karloff, sang the song. Shove this FREE 7-track sampler into your mp3 player!!! Shouts to: Rob Conroy, Mixxer, joey de vivre, lo-fi jr, Jenergy, SteveRaglin, jaime b, musicgnome, Shane Brown, losing end of distance, blasikin, g.a.b. l@bs and others here at AotM!!!
Happy Christmas to all you mo-fos!!!

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