Well it's that time of year again. The smell of pine permeates the house (and this time it's not in spray form from the second bathroom where your uncle has been holed up for hours), cookies are baking in the oven, and guests are arriving. It's Christmas week with all the mayhem you've come to expect and I've got just the thing to make your life a little less chaotic. Here's this year's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #299),the 7th Annual Christmas Special, with three hours of great music to relax everyone at home.
Today I'll be serving up THE BEATLES 'White Album' 50th anniversary release in a white Christmas 'mash up' with various carols, The Beatles 1968 Christmas Fan Message, and a host of other surprises during the third set.
And that's not even the main course! I've got CHRIS BUTLER'S holiday mainstay, 'Christmas Wrapping,' served three ways this year; as THE WAITRESSES traditional cut, with a side lullaby by MIKE BAIARDI, and as an ALBERT AYLER inspired dessert ala MARS WILLIAMS. And you better have a big plate because I've added THE PRETENDERS '2000 Miles' served two ways, plus RALPH CARNEY'S Happy Solstice' song and DEVO'S 'Beautiful World' to a platter all inclusive during the fifth set.
Grab your favorite beverage because there's other Christmas music from JORMA KAUKONEN, THE VENTURES, THE CHRISTMAS JUG BAND, RODNEY CROWELL, DANNY ELFMAN, OVER THE RHINE, SUFJAN STEVENS, and believe it or not, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART plus plenty of jazz with JIMMY SMITH, DUKE ELLINGTON, and ESQUIVEL too. Happy Holiday's to all!
Today's set list:
SET #1
DANNY ELFMAN 'Making Christmas (Demo)' - Nightmare Before Christmas: Nightmare Revisited
CARLA BLEY 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Pt. 1)' - Carla's Christmas Carols
KLEZMER CONSERVATORY BAND 'The Dreydl Song' - A Jewish Celebration
SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER 'You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch' - Happy Christmas Vol. 2
JOSHUA BELL 'Let It Snow' - Musical Gifts From Joshua Bell & Friends
CHRISTMAS JUG BAND 'I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Christmas Card' - Mistletoe Jam
RJD2 'Christmas Eve Montage' - Nightmare Before Christmas:Nightmare Revisited
SET #2
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND 'There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evening Stage' - The Spotlight Kid
RODNEY CROWELL 'When The Fat Guy Tries The Chimney On For Size' - Christmas Everywhere**
CATHEDRAL BRASS & CHIOR 'Joy To The World (Mocean Worker Remix)" Six Degrees Collection: Christmas Remixed
JOSEPH BYRD 'Silent Night' - A Christmas Yet to Come
OVER THE RHINE 'Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem' - The Darkest Night of the Year
ZEE AVI 'No Christmas For Me' - This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 1
VINCE GUARALDI 'My Little Drum' - A Charlie Brown Christmas (OST)
BRAVE COMBO 'Little Drummer Boy (Quaguanco)' - It's Christmas, Man!
SET#3
THE BEATLES 'Blackbird (Take 28)' - The Beatles (50th Ann. Edition)**
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Sleigh Bells' - Mash Up
THE BEATLES '1968 Christmas Fan Club Message (Pt. 1)' - The Beatles Christmas Album
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Here Comes Santa Claus & Let It Snow' - Mash Up
THE BEATLES 'Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da (Take 3)' - The Beatles (50th Ann. Edition)**
THE BEATLES '1968 Christmas Fan Club Message (Pt. 2)' - The Beatles Christmas Album
THE BEATLES 'Lady Madonna (backing vocals Take 3)' - The Beatles (50th Ann. Edition)**
THE BEATLES 'The Inner Light (take 6-instrumental)' - The Beatles (50th Ann. Edition)**
THE BEATLES '1968 Christmas Fan Club Message (Pt. 3)' - The Beatles Christmas Album
VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Hark! The Heard Angels Sing' - Mash Up
THE BEATLES 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Take 19)' - The Beatles (50th Ann. Edition)**
THE BEATLES '1968 Christmas Fan Club Message (Pt. 4)' - The Beatles Christmas Album
TINY TIM 'All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth' - Tiny Tim's Christmas Album
THE BEATLES '1968 Christmas Fan Club Message (Pt. 5)' - The Beatles Christmas Album
THE BEATLES 'Paul's Happy Christmas Song (1968)' - The Beatles Christmas Album
SET #4
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES (with ALASH ENSEMBLE) 'What Child Is This/Dyngyldai' - Jingle All The Way
SUFJAN STEVENS 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing' - Hark! Songs For Christmas Vol. 2
BRUCE COCKBURN 'Riu, Riu, Chiu' - Christmas
THE CIVIL WARS 'I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day' - Holidays Rule
TAJ MAHAL 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' - Christmas Guitars
FIONA APPLE 'Frosty The Snowman' - The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs
JORMA KAUKONEN 'Christmas Rule' - Christmas
LOS STRAITJACKETS 'Holiday Twist' - Oh Santa! New & Used Christmas Classics
THE VENTURES 'Jingle Bells' - Hot Rod Holiday
SET #5
MIKE BAIARDI 'Christmas Wrapping' - Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions
of Christmas Rock Classics
THE WAITRESSES 'Christmas Wrapping' - The Edge of Christmas
MARS WILLIAMS PRESENTS 'Love Cry/Christmas Wrapping' - An Ayler Xmas Vol. 2**
RALPH CARNEY 'The Happy Solstice Song' - Mp3 Single
MIKE BAIARDI '2000 Miles' - Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Christmas Rock Classics
THE PRETENDERS '2000 Miles' - Learning To Crawl
DEVO 'Beautiful World' - New Traditionalists
SET #6
MARTIN DENNY 'My Favorite Things' - Ultra-Lounge: Best Of Christmas Cocktails
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'We're All Connected' - Let's Go Everywhere
DUKE ELLINGTON 'Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)' - The Nutcracker Suite
ALMA COGAN 'Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo' - 101 Christmas Songs
ESQUIVEL 'El Cabale' - Fiesta De Navadid: A Latin Christmas
RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO 'Sleigh Ride' - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection: Christmas Jazz Vol. 2
GREGG STAFFORD & THE HERITAGE HALL JAZZ BAND 'Silver Bells' - Putumayo Presents: New Orleans Christmas
JIMMY SMITH 'The Christmas Song' - Christmas Cookin'
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music
For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/
For more information on MARS WILLIAMS music:
http://www.marswilliams.com/
https://marswilliams.bandcamp.com/album/mars-williams-presents-an-ayler-xmas
