Christmas Greetings from Okie Land!

Yup, that's the message of this 1995 release.

That's because St Gregory's is a private Catholic college in Shawnee, OK.

01. Silent Night - Lindner (3:22)

02. Hodie Christus natus est - Sweelinck (3:48)

03. Hodie Christus natus est - Poulenc (2:07)

04. Ave Maria - Keating (2:41)

05. Ave Maria - Biebl (6:58)

06. Lo, How a Rose E'er blooming - Distler (7:16)

07. Singet frisch und wohlgemut - Distler (9:25)

08. Still, Still, Still - Luboff (3:13)

09. The Virgin's Slumber Song - Wagner (2:19)

10. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly - Traditional (2:33)

11. Wassail Song - Vaughan Williams (2:54)

12. Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Willcocks (2:32)

13. Suo-gan - Trant (4:06)

14. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head - Terri (3:49)

15. I Wonder as I Wander - Wagner (2:58)

16. Deck the Hall - Rutter (2:04)

17. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Rutter (1:54)

18. Silent Night - Sargent (3:18)

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Hope you like this fine album of good performances.  See you Monday!

  

It's a Treasure

This is a treasure of an album.  It's a 1988 release I originally bought on cassette, and was thrilled years later to purchase on CD.

01. The Ukranian Bell Carol (4:02)

02. O Magnum Mysterium (5:05)

03. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (3:39)

04. Universe Rejoice / A New Joy Has Come (2:28)

05. Overture & Finale from The Christmas Cantata #142 (5:11)

06. New Spirit (6:21)

07. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (4:17)

08. O Little Town of Bethlehem (4:09)

09. Hodie Christus Natus Est (3:20)

10. The Star Carol (2:45)

11. Tree of Life (6:16)

12. Silent Night (6:01)

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It’s an absolutely enchanting album.  Originally I heard selections on HEARTS OF SPACE.  I confess that for years I thought “Teja” was a girl because it sounds like a girl’s name to me.  Sorry to assume, MISTER Bell!

See you Thursday.

  

Christmas Plucking

"May the message of the music touch your heart this holiday season."  So sayeth some of the liner notes.

01. Angels We Have Heard on High (3:01)

02. Away in a Manger (5:42)

03. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (4:19)

04. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (2:35)

05. Lady Laiton's Almain (2:30)

06. We Three Kings (4:31)

07. Joy to the World (2:11)

08. Do Na Nobis Pachem (3:37)

09. Fortune (2:24)

10. The First Noel (7:56)

11. Still, Still, Still (3:00)

12. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (6:15)

13. Pachelbel's Canon (5:27)

All that is just fine, but just between you and me, I think the title of Track 8 should be “Dona Nobis Pacem.” 

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A few of the tracks bring in some other instruments to give the harp some help.  I disagree that a sexy sax should be part of “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.”

What do YOU think?

  

Volume 1!

From those cute Galliard Boys in 1980 ...

This is another fine release from Musical heritage Society.

01. Angels We Have Heard on High - Edward Shippen Barnes (1:47)

02. Good King Wenceslas - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:29)

03. Greensleeves - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:18)

04. I Saw Three Ships - Anonymous - 19th Century (0:55)

05. Tantum Ergo / Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Anonymous - 17th Century (3:50)

06. O Tannenbaum - Ernst Anschütz (2:50)

07. Silent Night - Franz Gruber (2:05)

08. Sing We Now of Christmas - Anonymous - 15th Century (1:24)

09. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Anonymous - 15th Century (2:15)

10. The Holly and the Ivy - Anonymous - 19th Century (1:07)

11. Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovych (1:09)

12. The First Noel - Anonymous - 19th Century (4:11)

13. We Three Kings - John Henry Hopkins, Jr (1:02)

14. Away in a Manger - James R Murray (2:12)

15. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:17)

16. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Anonymous - 16th Century (2:38)

17. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:03)

18. Coventry Carol - Anonymous - 16th Century (1:47)

19. Gloucestershire Wassail - Anonymous - Middle Ages (1:58)

20. O Maria, Diana Stella - Giovanni Razzi (2:13)

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I think YULE like it.  See you Thursday!

  

Warsh That Neck!

If you're gonna have a Redneck Christmas, at least get it clean!

01. Feliz Navidad in Laredo (2:59)

02. Under the Mistletoe (3:34)

03. Hooterville Christmas Day Parade (4:38)

04. Jingle Bell Pickin' (2:35)

05. Santa's Big Sleigh (3:01)

06. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (4:33)

07. Deck the Halls Dangit (2:42)

08. Jolly Ole St. Nickel Less (1:36)

09. I Saw Mommy Kissing Uncle Claude (2:28)

10. Joy to Moody Holler (2:05)

11. The First Noel For Leon (3:04)

12. Irresistable Santa (3:14)

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Overall this thing is purty cute, even if some of the selections run a little long.  And for listeners who’ve already had their hormones come in, if ya know what I mean.

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See you Monday!

 

Welcome to SPOCKY CHRISTMAS 2025!

As with every other year, we'll have some fine Christmas music, a few stinkers, and a lot of mediocrity.  Every selection might not be YOUR cup o' cheer, but people are different ... someone else might be charmed.

This 2002 release is interesting because the track listing on the CD rear is wrong.  “God Rest Ye” does not appear at all.

The track listing on the disc itself is wrong too.  Track 4 does not contain “God Rest Ye,” either.

CORRECT TRACK LISTING:

MTL - Christmas Classics (27:43)

01. Jingle Bells (2:40)  – Perfectly cheesy Muzaklike, upbeat arrangement

02. Good King Wenceslas (2:19) – Churchlike choir and soloists with organ and orchestral background

03. I'll Be Home for Christmas (2:10)  – Earnest ensemble vocals with swaying background

04. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1:54) – Instrumental that sounds like the Tijuana Brass 

05. The Twelve Days of Christmas (3:46)  – Hep women-vs-men arrangement

06. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (2:05)  – Hep vocal arrangement

07. Winter Wonderland (2:36)

08. White Christmas (2:12)

09. Silver Bells (2:07)

10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:46)

11. Tavern in the Town / For He's a Jolly Good Fellow / Auld Lang Syne (2:16) –  strung together - vocals

12. For He's a Jolly Good Fellow (0:51) – sounds like a circus organ but played by orchestra

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You don't have to let this commercial dog spoil your Christmas.  You can be one of those youngsters who takes everything ironically.

Come back Thursday for something sardonic!  See you then.