You ought to know most of these by now. The first two are for the people who can't get enough of Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" and/or those fiend enough of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound to cringe at the thought of it's dismantling. The first version is in glorious mono, the way Spector intended it to be heard, and the second is what many consider blasphemy, mixed to simulate stereo. Sounds wrong if you ask me. After that are a couple standards, Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run", which has yet to be improved on by Keith Richards, Dave Edmunds, Lemmy, or anybody else, and Clarence Carter's "Back Door Santa" (sampled in Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC, blah, blah, blah). Then there's a newie but goody by JD McPherson, a promising young throwback. Rounding things out are the Ronettes, two because Ronnie Spector was so hot, and the Sonics, because I'm a goddamn Sonics booster.
~ NOTE: ALL MEDIA IS HOSTED BY THE BLOGS & SITES NAMED BELOW ~
Listen:Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) mp3 at AM Then FM Simulated Stereo
Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run mp3 at AM, Then FM
Clarence Carter - Backdoor Santa mp3 at AM, Then FM
JD McPherson - Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights) mp3 at KEXP
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride mp3 at Side One Track One
The Ronettes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus mp3 at Obscure Sound
The Sonics - I Don't Believe in Christmas mp3 at Obscure Sound
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