Can’t say where ‘cos I’m buying my wife’s prezzie. Anyway, they are playing the best Christmas playlist I’ve ever heard. All the hits, obvs, but also Kate Rusby (swoons), 70’s Jackson 5 and some Nat King Cole I don’t have. Best of all was an instrumental version of God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (Comfort and Joy) that I would swear had the sainted Jerry Douglas on Dobro.It Scherwiiiiings! Any other ‘off piste’ Christmas songs that you love?i
I’m in the pub.
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You’re buying your wife’s present in the pub? Hope she appreciates it!
Ha! If I say which pub it will give away the town, which will give away the shop (trust me. )
Yes, thought as much. But makes buying for the other half much more pleasurable!
Not sure how “off-piste” this is, but it’s certainly made it onto my Christmas playlist for the past couple of years: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects”
That version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen wouldn’t, perchance, be this one, Niall?
No, @lando-cakes but, thanks. Good stuff.
Having had a trawl on the internet there is a Jerry Douglas CD called Jerry Christmas, which has a version of GRYMG on it, not available on YouTube however.
@hubert-rawlinson Thank you. Just done the same thing, and THAT’S the one. Downloaded.
Here it is:
I will be spitting sprouts to this one
Old Crow Medicine Show – Breaking Up Christmas
A lovely top-tapper from hit-makers Coil
They appear to have taken down all of the Eels’ “Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas” videos, which is a shame.
https://m.soundcloud.com/thereminworld/sets/a-theremin-christmas-pudding
Off piste and odd.
Glad to have helped @niallb
The only Christmas record I can listen to 12 months a year: the Staple Singers’ ’25th Day of December’: