We're back with our first episode of 2026 and our next episode in our The History of the Christmas Album series!

In this episode we look at the early days of recorded music, including the first format war between Thomas Edison's wax cylinders and Emile Berliner's shellac discs.

1. Sleigh Ride Party - The Edison Male Quartette
2. Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
3. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
4. The Vincent Lopez Orchestra - Toyland
5. Shchedryk - Bel Canto Choir Vilnius
6. Christmas Chimes - Chris Chapman

• The Great 78 Project
• University of California Santa Barbara: Discography of American Historical Recordings

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Christmas Podcast Day!

In this episode we're celebrating Christmas Podcast Day by taking a look at the band Fishbone and their 1987 EP "It's a Wonderful Life".

Check out more Christmas Podcast Day episode from more Christmas Podcasts at https://christmaspodcasts.com

1. It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)
2. Slick Nick, You Devil You
3. Iration
4. Just Call Me Scrooge

• Into the Unknown - The Blasting Company (Over the Garden Wall Soundtrack)
• World Map - Final Fantasy Tactics OST
• Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
• Sunless Saturday - Fishbone
• Shakey Ground - Fishbone
• Hellhounds On My Trail - Fishbone
• My Name Is Mud - Primus
• Swim - Fishbone
• Jamaica Ska - Fishbone & Annette Funicello

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

A big holiday hug to Alonso for participating in the latest episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

• Linoleum Knife
• Maximum Film
• Breakfast All Day
• Deck The Hallmark

• @aduralde on Bluesky
• @alonso.duralde on Instagram
• @DxAxTREE on Instagram (Holiday Decorations with Dave White)

• Powell's Books
• Barnes & Noble

1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby (Holiday Inn)
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (Meet Me in St. Louis)
3. The Bells of St. Mary's - BOne More Sleep Til Christmas,” Kermit the Frog – The Muppet Christmas Caroing Crosby (The Bells of St. Mary's)
4. Silver Bells - Bob Hope (The Lemon Drop Kid)
5. The Holly and the Ivy - Choir of King's College Cambridge (The Holly and the Ivy)
6. Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Trudy Stevens (White Christmas)
7. Hooray for Santa Claus - Milton DeLugg (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
8. Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? - Nina (van Pallandt) (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
9. I Like Life (Reprise)/Father Christmas (Reprise)/Thank You Very Much (Reprise)/A Christmas Carol (Reprise) – Scrooge (1970)
10. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (Less Than Zero)
11. Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Rev. Al Green (Scrooged)
12. Main Title - John Williams (Home Alone)
13. One More Sleep Til Christmas - Kermit the Frog (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
14. What’s This? - Danny Elfman (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
15. Baby It’s Cold Outside - Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone (Elf)
16. Christmas Everywhere - Fran Alexandre (Christmas, Again)
17. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes (Love the Coopers)
18. It’s That Time of Year - Marli Siu (Anna and the Apocalypse)
19. This Day - Justin Cornwell & Sharon Rose (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey)
20. All I Need Is a Miracle - Mike + the Mechanics (Spencer)
21. That Christmas Mornin’ Feeling - Will Ferrell and the cast of Spirited (Spirited)
22. Medley - The Swingle Singers (The Holdovers)
23. The Point of No Return - Gene McDaniels (Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point)

1. Shake Hands With Santa Claus - Louis Prima
2. White Winter Hymnal - Pentatonix
3. White Winter Hymnal - Kim Wilde
4. Bringin' Back Christmas - Ryan Reynolds (Spirited)

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'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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We took a break in July, but are back with the first episode of a new series: The History of the Christmas Album.

In this series we'll look at the evolution of the Christmas album, from the start of recorded music (and even a bit earlier) to streaming.

In this episode we look at the rise and fall of sheet music in the run up to the advent of recorded music.

1. Ring the Bell of Christmas Morn - Harmony Mixed Quartette
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Champion Quartette
3. Away in a Manger - The Peter Pan Caroleers
4. Here We Come A-Caroling - Ray Bloch, his Choir and Orchestra
5. Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
6. Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her (From Heaven High I Come) - Ernestine Schumann-Heink

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Leon Day! Today Jeff Loftin of The Lost Christmas Podcast and I talk about our favorite Christmas music from bands performing at the 2025 Warped Tour!

So lace up your Vans, grab a can of Monster and let's dive into the pit!

A giant "Thank you" to Jeff for coming on the episode to talk about Christmas music and reminisce about our post-hardcore youths.

You can check out Jeff and his Lost Christmas Podcast at https://lostchristmastpodcast.com.

Also check out all of the other fantastic podcasts in the Christmas Podcast Network at https://christmaspodcasts.com/

1. Right Where You Want Me to Be - A Day to Remember
2. Fool's Holiday - All Time Low
3. I Hate the Holidays - Mat Musto (Blackbear) & Tyler Carter
4. Merry Flippin' Christmas (Happy Freakin' New Year) - Bowling For Soup
5. Holiday - Boys Like Girls
6. The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys
7. Amazing Christmas List Rap - Ekoh
8. December to Forget - Ekoh (feat. Kat Kalling)
9. Christmas Song - Escape the Fate
10. It's a Wonderful Life - Fishbone
11. Slick Nick, You Devil You - Fishbone
12. Somewhere in My Memory - Four Year Strong
13. New White Extremity - Glassjaw (Daryl Palumbo of Head Automatica)
14. Bedford Falls - Knuckle Puck
15. Last Christmas - MGK
16. Lady Rosales - El Mariachi Bronx
17. Holiday in the Sun - Pennywise
18. Christmas Won't Be the Same Without You - Plain White T's
19. Making Christmas - Rise Against
20. I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Senses Fail
21. Ordinary Christmas - State Champs
22. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Too! - The Aquabats!
23. Yule Be Sorry - The Almost (Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, Aaron Gillespie of Underoath)
24. Christmas at 22 - The Wonder Years
25. Threadbare - The Wonder Years
26. White Christmas - We The Kings
27. Baby It's Cold Outside - We The Kings
28. Christmas Lights - Yellowcard

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1. The Rock Show - Bowling for Soup
2. Highschool - Lil Lotus
3. Highway Robbery - DE'WAYNE

• Washington DC
• Long Beach, CA
• Orlando, FL

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

On this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we're continuing our exploration of Disney Holiday Loops by entering the world of yesterday and taking a look at the various holiday loops found in Disneyland's Frontierland.

• Sleigh Ride - Banjomania
• Silent Night - The Nashville Keyboard Section
• A Root'n Toot'n Santa Claus - Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Good King Wenceslas - Banjomania
• Christmas on the Plains - Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
• Let It Snow! - Banjomania
• Silver Bells - Banjomania
• Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Banjomania
• Santa Is Comin' To Town - Banjomania
• It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Nashville Keyboard Section
• It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas - Banjomania
• I Saw Three Ships - Banjomania
• Christmas Carols by the Old Corral - Tex Ritter
• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Banjomania
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• Just a Toy - Babes in Toyland
• Snow Snows - Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
• Sleigh Ride - Larry Groce from the Disney Family Christmas Collection
• That Christmas Feeling - Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
• Donald Duck conducting "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Ring in the Season - Olaf's Frozen Adventure
• Here Comes Santa Claus - Larry Groce from the Disney Family Christmas Collection
• As Long As There's Christmas - Belle's Enchanted Christmas
• The Best Christmas Of All - Disney Very Merry Christmas Songs
• Jingle Bells - Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
• It Feels Like Christmas - The Muppet Christmas Carol
• The Twelve Days of Christmas - Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
• When We're Together - Olaf's Frozen Adventure
• Make Me Look Good - Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas
• The Way We Do Navidad - Elena of Avalor
• Deck the Halls - Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
• What's This? - The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Listen on YouTube

• Jingle Bells - New Birth Brass Band
• Let It Snow - Magnolia Jazzband
• Silent Night - Allen Toussaint
• Santa Second Line - New Birth Brass Band
• Please Come Home For Christmas - Aaron Neville
• Here Comes Santa Claus - Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers
• Silver Bells - Magnolia Jazzband
• Jingle Bells - Travelin' Light
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Magnolia Jazzband
• Christmas in New Orleans - James Andrew
• Silent Night - The Dixieland Ramblers & Michael Bennett
• Louisiana Christmas Day - Aaron Neville
• Winter Wonderland - Allen Toussaint
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• Listen on YouTube
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• Listen on YouTube

• The Sweep Spot Podcast: Disneyland's Frontierland Details, History and More
• Up the Waterfall Podcast: The Early History of Frontierland
• Randomland - Disneyland Time Travel: Frontierland in the 1950s!

• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Banjomania
• Festival of Fools - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
• Blazing Saddles (Signature / Main Title) - Frankie Laine
• Don't Fence Me In - (Various Artists) The Greatest Cowboy Songs Ever
• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Banjomania
• Deck the Halls / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / We Three Kings (Medley) - Banjomania
• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Banjomania
• Deck the Halls - The Trail Band
• Water Lily - Kevin MacLeod
• Christmas Cowboy Style - Michael Martin Murphey
• Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog (from The Muppet Movie)
• What's This? - Danny Elfman (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• Jingle Bells - Billy Hill and the Hillbillies (video from DisneyGeekCom)
• Anything Goes - Banjomania
• Silent Night – The Dixieland Ramblers & Michael Bennett
• Christmas In New Orleans - James Andrews
• Frosty the Snowman - Jambalaya Jazz Band (video from billisa)
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Romantic Guitar Master

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" and featured music "Water Lily" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Pioneer Mercantile photo by Loren Javier on Flickr

Happy Easter!

In this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we take a look at the history of the song, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" and Golden Records.

• Target "Love is in the Air" (2025)
• Walmart "FlexinWithGram" (2023)
• Walmart "Easter" (2009)
• Walmart "Easter Joy" (2015)

• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Gene Autry
• Love is in the Air - John Paul Young
• Tops Drop - Fat Pat
• Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Mervin Shiner
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Danny Kaye
• Scuffy the Tugboat - Alec Wilder & Gilbert Mack
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, The Sandpipers, Mitch Miller Orchestra
• Astro Boy Theme - Cosmic Rangers
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - The Kiboomers
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Heinsight Media Metal Covers
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Lisa Loeb and The Holllow Trees

• Here Comes Peter Cottontail (Special) - Totally Rad Christmas Podcast

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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A giant "Thank you" to Tim for participating in the latest episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

There is also a video-enhanced version of this podcast available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bj1_s8VNH6s

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

You can check out Tim and the Can't Wait for Christmas Podcast at https://cantwaitforchristmaspod.com.

1. it's a small world HOLIDAY (soundtrack)
2. Believe... In Holiday Magic (fireworks show)
3. A Christmas Fantasy Parade (soundtrack)
4. Sleigh Ride - Banjomania
5. Medley: Hark! The Herald Angles Sing/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Joy To The World - Disneyland's Christmas Brass (now the Dickens Yuletide Brass Band)
6. Jingle Bell Rock - Hollyridge Strings
7. The Country Bear Christmas Special (soundtrack)

Listen to the YouTube playlist of Tim's mixtape here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9v9tCeivE_zA4cGgdfV6wMoDGAYIYs-I

Note: Tim's 5th track, the Disneyland Christmas Brass Medley is not available on YouTube, so I substituted a video of the current Dickens Yuletide Brass Band playing a selection of Christmas songs.

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Happy New Year!

In this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we're reflecting on 2024, saying some thank-yous and looking ahead to what's in store for 2025.

• Campbells Soup "Melting Snowman" (1993)

• Let's Start the New Year Right - Bing Crosby
• George Baily - Carolyn Sills
• Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow - Jethro Tull
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - for King + Country
• A Christmas Fantasy (Parade Song) - Disney
• Sleigh Ride - Banjomania
• Best of My Love - The Emotions
• Forever Young - Andrea von Kampen
• I Saw Three Ships - Banjomania

• Ken Kessler (The Sounds of Christmas)
• Gerry D (Totally Rad Christmas)
• Jeff Loftin (The Lost Christmas Podcast)

• Can't Wait for Christmas Podcast

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A giant "Thank you" to Jeff for participating in the second episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

You can check out Jeff and his Lost Christmas Podcast at https://lostchristmastpodcast.com.

1. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
2. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
3. Silent Night - Bing Crosby
4. Christmas Cookies - George Strait
5. Mary Did You Know - Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd
6. With Bells On - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
7. Last Christmas - Wham!
8. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
9. Let It Snow - Boyz II Men
10. Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad - Michael Buble & Thalia
11. Last Christmas - Ariana Grande
12. Cold December Night - Michael Buble
13. Take Me Home for Christmas - Dan + Shay
14. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Te Deseo Muy Felices Fiestas) - Jesse & Joy
15. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - 4 King & Country ft NEEDTOBREATHE
16. Winterlove - Parachute
17. Mookie's Last Christmas (Acoustic Version) - Saosin
18. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays - Issues
19. I Won't Be Home for Christmas - Blink-182

Listen to the YouTube playlist of Jeff's mixtape here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9v9tCeivE_zUt-AbCgiySB7LlBUptBu_

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/