2018 version on gold vinyl with a new cover - a soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frosty
Christmas cuts. In that season of music’s
traditional descent into threadbare schmaltz,
Merry Christmas to You restores joy and
wonder to a blizzard of bland. Under this
tree, find undiscovered classics for our cynical
age: the buoyant “Jesus’ Birthday,” the hot
and bothered soul of “Merry Christmas,” the
ridiculously catchy wallet-opener “Shopping.”
The world of records produces just a precious
few yuletide keepers: Spector’s A Christmas
Gift for You; Fahey’s The New Possibility;
Guaraldi’s indelible Charlie Brown Christmas.
Down another nog and file Joseph Washington
Jr. comfortably next to those.
| A1 | Let Me Hang My Mistletoe |
| A2 | Jesus' Birthday |
| A3 | Rudolph |
| A4 | Merry Christmas |
| B1 | Sharing Christmas With You |
| B2 | Snowing in the East on Christmas |
| B3 | Whatcha Gonna Bring Me |
| B4 | Shopping |
| B5 | New Year |
