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November 24, 2006

'Santa's Boots' and more for your alt--holiday mix CD

Too much Bing? Today is a great day to make a mix CD of new holiday tunes and alt-versions of the Christmas music of your childhood. It's a gift your friends and selected relatives will appreciate, it's Buy Nothing Day, and it'll ease your own tired ears.

BigO 'zine of Singapore has already made such a CD, and is posting the mp3s a few at a time.

Santa's Boots is the page link. You can get the first four today.

Here's how the BigO blog Talkin’ About My Revolutions describes them:

In keeping with the holiday season, here are some songs for you to enjoy.

We have three CDs’ worth of Christmas rarities that will be offered from now till December 21. Every two days or so, we’ll be uploading four to five tracks for you to singalong to.

For a start, here are four tracks from the Santa’s Boots compilation (thanks to Dave G who shared these tracks a while ago):

1. Christmas Song - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Chris Isaak
3. Silent Night - Tom Waits
4. Winter Wonderland - The Warren Zevon Trio

Click here to download the tracks.

Note that Santa's Boots is not new, so the links to right to other mp3 CDs are old, and their download period is over. The latest ROIO of the Week is Spontaneous Music Ensemble, and the links on the right of that page do work.

I expect to be adding to this post this weekend as I cruise the mp3 blogs for my own CD. If you spot holiday tunes worth adding, please post the details and links at the comments link below.

More:
The 2006 Holiday Mixtape from jefitoblog:

Les Brown And His Band Of Renown - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Psapp's Lady Remix)
The Weepies - All I Want
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Winter Weather
Peggy Lee - I Like A Sleighride (Jingle Bells)
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
Nancy Wilson - The Christmas Waltz (Away Team Remix)
Barenaked Ladies - Hanukkah O Hanukkah (live)
Aretha Franklin - Winter Wonderland
Jethro Tull - Ring Out, Solstice Bells
Ella Fitzgerald with The Frank Devol Orchestra - What Are You Doing New Year' Eve
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Deegan DeWitt & The Sparrows - Christmas Light
Charles Brown - I´ll Be Home for Christmas (Ohmega Watts Remix)
Zakk Wylde - White Christmas
The Nat King Cole Trio - All I Want For Cristmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (MJ Cole Remix)
Fats Domino - Frosty The Snowman
Don Dixon - I Saw Three Ships
Booker T. And The M.G.'s - Jingle Bells
The LeeVees - Nun Gimmel Heh Shin
The dB' - Christmas Time
Shakin´ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
Twisted Sister - Deck The Halls
Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong
Billy Pilgrim - Auld Lang Syne
Gary Hoey - Silent Night

More #2: From Randy's Rodeo, A Christmas Gift For You "For a brief time, I'm offering free MP3's of a five treasures from my voluminous collection - songs I love and that I'm confident you can't find easily at any store." They are,

Marshall Crenshaw, "Sock It To Me Santa" (1997)
Screaming Santas, "I Love Xmas’ (1995)
Three Courgettes, "Christmas Is Coming" (1982)
Dada, "My Baby Fell For Ol' St. Nick" (1993)
Hank Snow,"Reindeer Boogie" (1953)

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