Any Major Christmas Pop Vol. 2
I posted much of this mix six years ago, and several people have asked me to re-post the 2008 compilation. This isn”t the exact same mix, but what I hope is an improved version. Some tracks on the old mix have been used on others since, and a few songs included now are much better than those they replace.
The Beatles song comes from a 1968 recording for their fan club. It”s not quite in the class of, say, Strawberry Fields, but it is The Beatles, singing an original Christmas song most people have not heard.
Six years ago I suggested that Rosie Thomas” Why Can”t It Be Christmas All Year, then newly released, should become a Christmas pop standard. That hasn”t happened, though it still should. In fact, she has released only one album since her lovely A Very Rosie Christmas, partly owing to illness. Spresad the word about the song; it really is great.
Neil Diamond”s Christmas song is a bit unusual: it riffs on titles from his songs, from Cherry Cherry to the wonderful Amazing Grace in 2005.
This is the 17th Christmas mix I”ve posted. Here are the previous 16 in one pic. Find them all HERE or look at the end of the post for the individual links.
As always, CD-R length, home-wrapped covers, PW the same as every time.
Here”s wishing you a merry Christmas; see you in the New Year. I will be out of here until January 8.
1. Twisted Sister – Deck The Halls (2006)
2. Smashing Pumpkins – Christmastime (1997)
3. Manic Street Preachers – Last Christmas (live) (2003)
4. Rosie Thomas – Why Can”t It Be Christmas All Year? (2008)
5. The Temptations – This Christmas (1980)
6. The Jackson Five – Give Love On Christmas Day (1968)
7. Take 6 – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (1999)
8. Carpenters – Merry Christmas Darling (1970)
9. She & Him – I”ll Be Home For Christmas (2011)
10. Ron Sexsmith – Maybe This Christmas (2002)
11. The Weepies – All That I Want (2003)
12. Neil Diamond – Cherry Cherry Christmas (2009)
13. Chris Isaak – Christmas On TV (2004)
14. El Vez – Santa Claus Is Sometimes Brown (2000)
15. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1985)
16. Dana – It”s Gonna Be A Cold Christmas (1975)
17. B.B. Jeans & the Bobby Sox – Here Comes Santa Claus (1963)
18. Koko Taylor – Merry, Merry Christmas (1992)
19. Nicole Atkins – Blue Christmas (2008)
20. Chris Rea – I”m Driving Home (1985)
21. They Might Be Giants – Santa”s Beard (1988)
22. Weezer – Christmas Celebration (2000)
23. Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Let”s Boogey To The Elf Dance! (2003)
24. The Beatles – Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (1968)
More Christmas Mixes
Any Major Christmas Favourites
Any Major 1980s Christmas
Any Major 1970s Christmas
Any Major 1960s Christmas
Any Major 1950s Christmas
Christmas Mix, Not For Mother
Any Major X-Mas Mix
Any Major Christmas Pop Vol. 1
Any Major Christmas Pop Vol. 2
Any Major Christmas Carols (in pop)
Any Major Christmas Bells
Any Major Smooth Christmas Vol. 1
Any Major Smooth Christmas Vol. 2
Any Major Christmas Soul Vol. 1
Any Major Christmas Soul Vol. 2
Any Major Christmas Soul Vol. 3
Any Major Doop Wop Christmas
Any Major Rhythm & Blues Christmas
Any Major Country Christmas Vol. 1
Any Major Country Christmas Vol. 2
Any Major Acoustic Christmas
Christmas In Black & White Vol. 1
Christmas In Black & White Vol. 2
Christmas In Black & White Vol. 3
Song Swarm: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Hi AMD, Just please let me say MANY THANKS for all your efforts on this fantastic site. As a music collector myself, I can see all the massive amount of EFFORT, LOVE and DEDICATION you spend in preparing and compiling each compilation, story and list for each week. Then each song and finding it’s own label tag, etc. On and on and….. Thank You!!! It’s Appreciated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbbnMXZLPHk
THANK YOU! These are fantastic, and I look forward to enjoying for many Xmases Yet To Come.
It seems redundant to come here every week and thank you for your efforts, but just know that every week, I am grateful for your efforts. Especially your Christmas sets, which are always joys. Best of the holiday season to you and yours. Looking forward to having you back in 2015.
Matt, it really is not redundant. We bloggers live for comments.
Thanks all for your lovely comments!
With all you do sometimes errors can creep in.
Track 17 Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans.
Thanks.
Great compilation as ever. Enjoy your holiday Dude. I enjoy mine in Sri Lanka now.
Love what you do! Thanks Again!!!
Hello, could I please You for re-up of “Any Major Christmas Carols” PLEASE – this is from 11 december and link is not working :(
I’m realizing (listening to this album over and over) that the thing I enjoy most about your collections is that European pop influence that I’m just clueless about. So when you feature Dana, for example, I not only get a terrific Christmas song, but I learn for the first time about an artist with a massive body of work. So thanks again!
A very tasty Christmas concoction, for which many thanks. Looking forward to more musical morsels in 2015 – which reminds me: Happy New Year!
And happy new year to you too.
In case anyone cares…I was listening to this today, and I noticed that Bruce’s “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” is tagged as being the single version. It’s not; it’s from the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, on New Year’s Eve 1980. (The single version was also recorded on Long Island, but on December 12, 1975 at CW Post College.)
Thanks for that info.
@halfhearteddude
Also, the song listed as “Santa’s Beard” by TMBG is actually “When I Get Home For Christmas” by Snow Patrol.
Really good mix. Of the stuff I didn’t know, my favorites were the Sufjan and the El Vez.