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Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns – Rock and Roll Santa Claus (‘Twas the Night Before Christmas) 1962
Buzzcocks – Queen of the Scene (Attitude Adjustment) brand new
Twen – Tapdance in Limbo (Fate Euphoric) brand new
The Black Watch – There Are Solutions to Each and Every Problem (single) brand new
Salt Collective (featuring Lynn Blakey) – A Brief History of Blindness (A Brief History of Blindness) brand new
The Saints (modern) – Empires (Sometimes We Fall) (Long March Through the Jazz Age); recorded circa 2018, released now.
Pink Floyd – It Would Be So Nice (single) 1968
Elvis Presley – Santa Claus is Back in Town (Elvis’ Christmas Album) 1957; Lieber & Stoller song
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Special Set: Four Bands Interviewed in the Brand New Big Takeover #97
Neko Case – An Ice Age (Neon Grey Midnight Green) brand new
Jeanines – Coaxed a Storm (How Long Can It Last) new
Scenic – Hole in the Wall (Incident at Cima; now on the new The Well compilation) 1995
Salem 66 – Sinking Ship (Salem 66 EP) 1984
13 Frightened Girls – Christmas Lights (Good Natured) 2017
Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation (Peter Cook) – Bedazzled (Bedazzled soundtrack) 1967
Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas (single) 1963; Thomas/Steve Cropper/Vincent Trauth song #23; R.I.P. guitarist Steve Cropper (1941-2025), age 84
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Rachel Dratch & Jack White – Debbie Downer: Christmas Eve with Santa Claus (spoken word, comedy skit) – SNL (Saturday Night Live, December 17, 2005)
Colin Blunstone – Say You Don’t Mind (live) (One Year And More: Live from Union Chapel) brand new; recorded November 25, 2024
Corin Ashley – Head Full of Holly (EP 1) brand new
Guided By Voices – The Lighthouse Resurrection (Thick, Rich and Delicious) brand new
Girl Tones – Burnout (single) brand new
Lemondaze – Terra (Subtext) brand new
Wet Leg – Pokemon (moisturizer) new
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Jack Loyd vocal) – Santa’s On His Way (b-side “When It’s Christmas on the Range”) 1949; Erwin King/Steve Edward Nelson song
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Richard Stoute (acc by the Blue Rhythm Combo) – Rocksteady Christmas (single) 1969
Ratboys – What’s Right? (Singin’ to an Empty Chair) brand new
The Divine Comedy – All the Pretty Lights (Rainy Sunday Afternoon) brand new
Will Coffey & the People’s Poets – When We’re Gone (Slam) brand new
The Church – Sacred Echoes (Part 2) (single) brand new
Sonny Boy Williamson – Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues (b-side “Pontiac Blues”) 1951
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Dick Robertson – Don’t Wait Till the Night Before Christmas (single) 1939; Abel Bear/Sam Lewis song
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