Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from December 24, 2012 Favoriting

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Favoriting December 24, 2012: Merry Kissmas! (Fillin' in for Therese)



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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra  Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring   Favoriting VA: The #1 Baroque Album  Universal Music Group  2001  CD box set  1990. Cover version of one of Bach's biggest hits.    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bellrays  All I Want To Do Is Shag For Christmas   Favoriting Merry Christmas from the Bellrays  Cheap Lullaby  2006  CD      0:02:57 (Pop-up)
Bob Seger and the Last Heard  Sock It To Me Santa   Favoriting   Cameo  1966  7"      0:05:32 (Pop-up)
Bibi Farber with the Michael Lynch Orchestra  Gonna Ask Santa Claus   Favoriting     2008  CD-R      0:07:35 (Pop-up)
Fleshtones  Super Rock Santa   Favoriting Stocking Stuffer  Yep Roc  2008  CD      0:11:20 (Pop-up)
Sloppy Seconds  Hooray for Santa Claus   Favoriting Lonely Christmas  Taang!  1992  CD      0:13:15 (Pop-up)
Cheap Trick  Come On Christmas   Favoriting Gift  Not Cool  1995  CD      0:15:23 (Pop-up)
Kurt Baker  Christmas in the Sand   Favoriting VA: This Christmas Time 2  Power Pop Academy  2012  CD    *   0:17:27 (Pop-up)
Larry Norman  Christmas Time   Favoriting VA: Sugarplums  Gentleman Joe  2010  CD-R  1973. From WFMU's Gentleman Joe McGasko's 2010 Xmas comp -- he turned me on to this awesome track    0:21:12 (Pop-up)
Chesterfield Kings  Hey, Santa Claus   Favoriting VA: Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents Christmas A Go Go  Wicked Cool  2008  CD      0:24:58 (Pop-up)
James Brown  Go Power at Christmas Time   Favoriting James Brown's Funky Christmas  Chronicles  1995  CD  1970    0:27:14 (Pop-up)
 
Rockfield Chorus  Jingle, Jangle   Favoriting VA: Destination Bomp!  Bomp!  1994  CD box set  1975    0:40:00 (Pop-up)
Zumpano  Mods of Christmas Town   Favoriting VA: Dawn of a New Era  Ptolemaic Terrascope  1997?  CD  CD given out with issue 25 of the "Ptolemaic Terrascope" mag    0:42:47 (Pop-up)
Chris Stamey Group  Christmas Time   Favoriting Christmas Time  Coyote  1985  LP      0:45:23 (Pop-up)
Mockers  (There’s No War On Christmas) When Christmas Is In Your Heart   Favoriting     2012  MP3  Another track I snagged from a YouTube vid -- Did these dudes officially release this one?

Actually, buy it from iTunes right HERE  		*   0:48:56 (Pop-up)
Jerry and the Landslides  Get Off of My Roof   Favoriting VA: You Gotta Have... Moxie, Volume 2  AIP  1999  CD box set  1966    0:52:19 (Pop-up)
Kinks  All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth   Favoriting       MP3  Live on the "Ready Steady Go" UK TV show, December 1965    0:54:58 (Pop-up)
Sonics  Don't Believe In Christmas   Favoriting   Norton  1997  7"  1965    0:56:42 (Pop-up)
Wolf Pack  We're Gonna Howl   Favoriting OST: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood  ABC-Paramount  1965  LP  This is the Animals! This is from a 1965 ABC TV musical comedy show.    0:58:34 (Pop-up)
Youngsters  Christmas In Jail   Favoriting VA: Bummed Out Christmas  Rhino  1989  CD  1956    1:00:20 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry  Run Rudolf Run   Favoriting VA: Rhythm & Blues Christmas  United Artists  1976  LP  1958    1:02:32 (Pop-up)
Wildebeests  Rudolph's Ruin   Favoriting   Norton  2000  7"      1:04:56 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter  Back Door Santa   Favoriting VA: Cool Yule  Rhino  1986  LP  1968    1:07:07 (Pop-up)
 
Procol Harum  Shine On Brightly   Favoriting Shine On Brightly  A&M  1968  LP      1:18:38 (Pop-up)
Twice As Much and Vashti  The Coldest Night of the Year   Favoriting Sittin' On A Fence: The Immediate Anthology  Sequel  1999  CD  1968    1:22:06 (Pop-up)
Majority  All Our Christmases   Favoriting The Decca Years 1965-68  Rev-Ola  2009  CD  1968. Written by the Gibb brothers    1:25:27 (Pop-up)
Oscar  Holiday   Favoriting VA: Maybe Someone is Digging Underground - Songs of the Bee Gees  Sanctuary  2004  CD  1968. Written by the Gibb bros.    1:27:58 (Pop-up)
Who  Christmas   Favoriting Tommy  Decca  1969  LP      1:31:30 (Pop-up)
Monkees  Riu Chiu   Favoriting Missing Links, Vol 2  Rhino  1990  CD  1967.
  		  1:35:58 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye  Purple Snowflakes   Favoriting VA: A Christmas Present From Motown, Volume 1  Motown  2001  CD  1964    1:37:28 (Pop-up)
Beatles  Christmas Time is Here Again   Favoriting Free As a Bird  Apple  1995  CD  1967. 4-song maxisingle    1:40:13 (Pop-up)
Big Star  Jesus Christ   Favoriting VA: WFMU's War on Christmas  WFMU  2012  CD-R  alternate mix of 1975 track  *   1:43:12 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground  Jesus   Favoriting Peel Slowly and See  Polydor  1995  Boxed set  "closet mix" of 1969's "The Velvet Underground" LP    1:45:46 (Pop-up)
Rolling Stones  Cosmic Christmas   Favoriting Their Satanic Majesties Request  London  1967  LP  Hidden track at the end of Side 1 of this LP    1:48:52 (Pop-up)
 
Velvet Haze  Last Day on Earth   Favoriting VA: Aliens Psychos & Wild Things #3  Arcania International  2003  CD  1968    2:03:51 (Pop-up)
Creatures of the Golden Dawn  It Feels Like the End of the World   Favoriting 1000 Shadows  Dionysus  1994  CD      2:06:24 (Pop-up)
Lancastrians  The World Keeps Going Round   Favoriting VA: Doin' the Mod, Vol. 4 - Ready Steady Stop!  Castle  2002  CD  1966. Cover of a Kinks' track written by Ray Davies featuring Jimmy Page on guitar.    2:09:02 (Pop-up)
Mirage  The World Goes On Around You   Favoriting You Can't Be Serious  MR1  2000  CD  1968    2:11:26 (Pop-up)
Twilights  Stop The World For A Day   Favoriting Once Upon a Twilight  Aztec  2006  CD  1968    2:13:36 (Pop-up)
La-De-Da's  On Top of the World   Favoriting How Is The Air Up There? 1966-1967  Ascension  2000  CD  1966    2:17:02 (Pop-up)
Shocking Blue  Send Me a Postcard   Favoriting VA: We Can Fly, Vol. 3  Past and Present  2003  CD  1968    2:19:24 (Pop-up)
Above  Imprisoned   Favoriting   Boppa Do Down  2013  7"  This single is coming soon in 2013  *   2:21:50 (Pop-up)
 
Vipers  Christmas I'll Be Home   Favoriting VA: Oh! No! Not Another... Midnight Christmas Mess Again!!  Midnight  1986  LP      2:33:37 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  The Little Drummer Boy   Favoriting The Christmas Spirit  Columbia  1963  LP      2:36:39 (Pop-up)
Ivy League  Good King Wenceslas   Favoriting VA: Sequel's Sixties Christmas  Sequel  1998  CD  1965    2:39:09 (Pop-up)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos  Christmas Shopping   Favoriting Christmas Shopping  Sundazed  1999  CD  1968    2:41:10 (Pop-up)
Bee Gees  All My Christmases Came At Once   Favoriting Horizontal  Reprise  2006  CD box set  Bonus track on CD reissue of this 1968 LP    2:43:25 (Pop-up)
Michael Lynch  Christmas Bells   Favoriting Warped Xmas 2012  Michael Lynch  2012  CD-R  taking its cue from the Yardbirds' "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"  *   2:46:18 (Pop-up)
Blind Faith  Presence of the Lord   Favoriting Blind Faith  ATCO  1969  LP      2:48:59 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  12:02am
Santa lil helper:

Merry Xmas !
  12:04am
Destroit:

Hello MSin and everyone. A welcome surprise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:09am
Mike Sin:

Good evening, folks!
  12:10am
Andrew Waterloo:

Evening
  12:13am
G:

Holy Cow, fully saturated Xmas colorscheme all up in your face :-)
  12:13am
Scott B.:

huh! Put 'em in the Hall of Fame..in the hall of fame powerstance everyone! now!
  12:14am
adrienne:

tuned in for some religious, secular, and sinful xmas hitz .. diggin the sloppy seconds!
  12:15am
Bluesman:

Happy Christmas Eve Eve dear old friend! I'm counting on you to out Bing Bing tonight!
  12:17am
KP:

Good time to write the cards! Long as in mail by 25th, it's kosher, right.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:20am
Mike Sin:

Folks! Roll with me!
  12:24am
Terre T:

Really luvin' the Xmas songs, Sin! Bell Rays, Bob Seger, Cheap Trick right on! The Kurt Baker cut was fantastic& totally agree w/ the sentiment ! (Was that in the New Bin? Wish I wudda played that!)
  12:27am
tomB:

enjoying the Sinner's Xmas
  12:29am
Terre T:

Heya @Adrienne- Happy & Merry!
And hiya, happy& merry @Bluesman! Maybe Santa's
gunna get u the Who "Quadrophenia" DELUXE box !
  12:32am
zotz:

Hey, that Larry Norman rocked!
  12:34am
zotz:

Hey, you swigging amaretto you're one step away from peppermint schnapps! Jus' fooling, merry Christmas!
  12:34am
adrienne:

hey terre - you too! wrappin some gifts to some very merry holiday toonz from the haus of $in
  12:36am
KP:

Is it ok to write Christmas cards in black ink?
  12:37am
G:

Yes, as long as your fingernails are painted black.
  12:39am
Bluesman:

What happened to your love of Malibu? The bottle not the Hoboken diner (which I passed today on my eyetalyin express run to Lisa's Deli for supreme Mozzarella braids and
  12:40am
BadGuyZero:

BLERG! I keep forgetting that I'm an hour behind the time zone I'm used to. Good evening, everyone. Last night of this visit to Denver. Will listen as late as I can. I have to head to the airport in six hours. :rollseyes:
  12:40am
Bluesman:

...super soprasatta!
  12:43am
BadGuyZero:

Billy Idol used red and green ink in his Christmas card.
  12:44am
Andrew Waterloo:

I must say, I do enjoy a shot of Amaretto in my coffee
  12:44am
amEdeo:

Where are you headed to next BGZ?
  12:44am
KP:

Bach stole the break from the Byrds' She Don't Care About Time for that one.
  12:46am
BadGuyZero:

@ameDeo: Back to Dallas in the morning. No more travels planned until next month. I'm going to Chicago for the Low Times live podcast with Steve Albini.
  12:46am
KP:

Hey BGZ, Merry Christmas! I'm in Va. Almost the Midwest.
  12:47am
KP:

G. Paint the black it is!
  12:49am
BadGuyZero:

@KP: Merry Christmas to you! Some of my friends from Denver are in Virginia right now, too. I never realized that Virginia was THE place to spend Christmas.

I will be driving up to Denton, TX [the city of my birth] tomorrow to see my grandparents. Will probably spend the night with my parents tomorrow. I hope nobody gets stabbed.
  12:50am
G:

You go girl :)
  12:52am
KP:

We are in Old Towne Alexandria. It's one big Christmas card.
  12:52am
vinnie favale:

the mockers song is GREAT and it's available on Spotify as a single cut..it says it's from an album titled the same as the song
  12:54am
KP:

G, thanks!
  12:54am
Andrew Waterloo:

hmmm.. is it only Michigan where it's pronounced ruff
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54am
Mike Sin:

Folks! Thanks for commenting! Well all right!
  12:54am
BadGuyZero:

Does anyone know if there's a copy of Mojo Nixon's Christmas album in the FMU library? 'Cause if not I'm going to rectify that by Christmas season 2013.
  12:55am
KP:

I figure it's better to be miserable with Mrs. KP's family than my own.
  12:56am
G:

@KP: Small world alert. I'm seeing relatives tomorrow morning here in MD who live on Fairfax St.
  1:00am
BadGuyZero:

Looks like that Mockers tune is digital only.

http://themockers.bandcamp.com/album/mockin-around-the-christmas-tree
  1:06am
Joe B:

Hey Mike! sounding great! ready to start wrapping Christmas gifts! Hey TT!
  1:07am
KP:

Uh oh.
  1:08am
KP:

I'm sending cards. How do you spell "B" again?
  1:11am
G:

To spell B, just write a capital I with no bars, then connect to right side of it a backwards-facing E with curvy arms.
  1:12am
Joe B:

Dave Edmunds has the best version!
  1:13am
BadGuyZero:

http://www.foghat.com/fog_rec/runrun.htm
  1:13am
G:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ms2AwuGkE

Foghat from youtoobs
  1:17am
Terre T:

Hey @ Joe B - man everybody's wrapping presents! I gotta do that tomorrow! Happy& Merry my raydeo brother!
  1:17am
chip:

a chance to play shuggie otos' strawberry letter 23 , not xmas but a great sentiment anyhoo
  1:17am
KP:

Mrs KP, (after two days in close quarters here in Va) aren't you sick of all this weird Christmas music.
Mr. KP: No!
  1:19am
Joe B:

TT great party Saturday, bummed I had to split!
  1:20am
KP:

Saw Charlie's My Darling on Tv down here. Unbeeleeevable bubba!
  1:20am
G:

Didn't P.H. also do that Irving Berling adaptation, "A Whiter Shade of Christmas"?
  1:24am
BadGuyZero:

I'm writing postcards right now. But I'll be wrappin' gifts tomorrow night.
  1:25am
KP:

Writing a letter
To make you feel better
  1:26am
KP:

BGZ, right after you buy them!
  1:27am
Terre T:

@ Joe B -YEAH sad u couldn't stay ! Stupid work!
  1:27am
KP:

This is a fantastic one, mike sin!
  1:28am
Andrew Waterloo:

There's been a lot of great Christmas music on WFMU the last few days
  1:30am
Terre T:

@Mike Sin- thx for the Vashti !
  1:30am
tomB:

@Chip, Shuggie Otis is playing NYC 4/18/13
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:31am
Mike Sin:

Folks! Thanks!
  1:32am
listener mark:

Happy Christmas Eve!
  1:34am
tomB:

& Mike, thanks for Tommy's Xmas. DJs tend to overlook this great song. Christ, it even mentions Jesus!
  1:36am
KP:

tomB you're giving away the plot (I saw it too)
  1:36am
KP:

This has the greatest Yeah!
  1:38am
KP:

Sgt Pepper, Tommy ... and the rest
  1:42am
Bob:

This is one of my favorite Christmas songs...I love all the Beatles Christmas records. It's great to hear all this music on WFMU around this time of year. Thanks!
  1:48am
KP:

Gorgeous!
  1:52am
BadGuyZero:

I have a bootleg that compiles all of the Beatles' Christmas singles.

Before I forget, thank you, Mike, for filling in for Therese. It's always a pleasure to hear you on my interwebs.
  1:52am
Bob:

BGZ - I have that boot too! :-)
  1:59am
Julie at the compound:

Hi Mike!!
  2:03am
KP:

BGZ agreed!
  2:03am
BadGuyZero:

"Baby It's Cold Inside"
  2:07am
KP:

Ha ha!
  2:22am
BadGuyZero:

Hmm...is this a subtle request?
  2:23am
BadGuyZero:

[the Shocking Blue song]
  2:24am
Julie at the compound:

sounded like Ray Davies to me..through my tiny bad computer speakers anyway
  2:27am
Joe B:

worldwide debut! Mike Sin exclusive! who are you, Vin Scelsa!
  2:36am
Joe B:

love the Midnight X-Mess comps!
  2:41am
BadGuyZero:

Pumpkin time for me. Thanks again, Mike!

Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you have a pleasant day regardless of who you do or do not spend it with.

Until next time...
  2:49am
Cuz Jerry:

Just got on...I'll listen to the archive on Christmas Eve...what can be better! Merry Christmas Mike & TerreT
  2:51am
KP:

Thanks for this after that version of Holiday.
  2:51am
KP:

BGZ very Merry if I don't see ya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:52am
Mike Sin:

Merry Xmas to all of those celebrating! Thanks so much, folks! It's been great fun!
  2:57am
KP:

Thanks Mike!
Wow it is getting late. Merry Christmas one and all.
  2:58am
Joe B:

Christmas Spirit LP was 1963
  2:59am
Cuz Jerry:

Only one I missed was Melanie Safka'Merry Christmas". That very cool strange voice...the tempo changes...the message and hell its Merry Christmas!
'
  6:13pm
kat330:

Mike, quite a fine Christmas show. I fully get why you would play Shine On Brightly when you're bummed.
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