DJ Jack Rabid and Jim and Paul (song: Vince Guaraldi/Lee Mendelson – “Christmas Time is Here”)
Darker My Love – Talking Words (2) 2008
Telephone Numbers – Be Right Down (Scarecrow II) brand new
Redd Kross – Super Sunny Christmas (single) 1991
Pencil Test – Runaway Christmas (various, Santa’s Got A GTO! – Rodney On The ROQ’s Fav X-Mas Songs) 1997; Bill Bartell/Jeff McDonald/Ken Stringfellow song
Sloan – Collect Yourself (Based on the Best Seller) brand new
Tombstones in Their Eyes – I See You Looking Out My Door (Under Dark Skies) brand new
The Playboys – The Night Before Christmas (b-side “Mope De Mope”) 1963
The Penguins – Jingle Jangle (b-side “Christmas Prayer”) 1955
DJ Jack Rabid
Special Set: Four Bands Interviewed in the Brand New Big Takeover #97
The Saints – Run Down (live) (Live at the Hope and Anchor, London, Nov. 26, 1977, All Times Through Paradise box set; (I’m) Stranded box set) recorded 1977, released 2004
Sugar – Helpless (live) (The Late Show BBC 2, November 30, 1992; released: 20th Anniversary Edition of Copper Blue); recorded 1992, released 2012; for Bob Mould interview
New Model Army – Where I Am (live) (Live at SO36) new; recorded 2022
Mission of Burma – That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate (live) (Bradford Ballroom, Boston, March 23, 1983) for Peter Prescott interview
Jesse Welles – Red (live) (TV: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, November 19, 2025)
Hank Snow – Christmas Cannonball (single) 1966
The Tamlins – Christmas Island (various, Patrice Presents Rocksteady Christmas) 2024; Lyle Moraine song with altered lyrics
DJ Jack Rabid
The Who – Christmas (Tommy) 1969
Acopia – Last Word (Blush Response) brand new
Summer of Hate – Joy (Blood & Honey) brand new
Altin Gün – Neredesin Se (Garip) brand new
Soft Science – A Marshmallow World (A Christmas Comp. For You From Sacramento) 2014; Carl Sigman/Peter Rose song
The Goods – Freshly Fallen Snow (single) brand new
The Rolling Stones – Winter (Giles Martin 2020 remix) (Goats Head Soup) 1973
DJ Jack Rabid
The Three Stooges & the Music Wreckers – Down Through the Housetop (Sing 6 Happy Yuletide Songs EP) 1959; Benjamin Handy’s “Up on the Housetop” with altered lyrics
Ash (featuring Graham Coxon) – Ad Astra (Ad Astra) brand new
Bad Brains – Riot Squad (live at CBGB, 1980—via InnerTube NYC)
Last Throes – Dirty Faces (Living In… EP) brand new
Green Day – Xmas Time of the Year (single) 2015
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (narrated by Nick Offerman) – Colbert’s Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel (animated comedy short; December 18, 2025)
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (Eva Taylor vocals) – Santa Claus Blues (single) 1925; Charley Straight/Gus Kahn song
DJ Jack Rabid
Judy Garland – Merry Christmas (In the Good Old Summertime (Hits From The MGM Motion Picture)) 1949; George Evans song
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