Hey gang !

Some fab news by way of The Big Apple: Hot on the heels of the publication of his hugely successful epic tome on the history of Def Jam Records label, our esteemed Christmas music collector, Mr. Bill Adler, has upped the ante yet again this year with an extra special edition of "Christmas Jollies". The 2011 compilation is being hosted by the good folks over at Complex Magaine !!! Replete with amazing visuals and astute commentary, its an absolute MUST SEE & HEAR this Christmas season: 

http://www.complex.com/music/2011/12/bill-adlers-christmas-jollies-32-songs-to-beat-the-holiday-blues/

In his missive on the opportunity to collaborate with Complex Magaine, Bill had this to say:

"The good people at Complex magazine are now streaming all of  "Xmas Jollies 2011" -- my annual CD compilation of holiday tunes -- on their website.  I'd be over the moon in any case, but they've enhanced my presentation by giving every song its own page, featuring a wonderful photo of the performer and "liner notes" by yours truly.  A thousand thanks to Complex's Rob Kenner and his crew.  As far as I'm concerned, Christmas came today".

Clarence Clemmons Christmas Tresures Discovered !!!

Some incredible news...We lost The Big Man in June of this year...But waaay back before then, during his pesak early 80s (1981 to be exact) Clarence recorded TWO Christmas tunes which have not seen the light of day until this week.

Two Christmas songs that he recorded back in 1981 have been located and released through iTunes, Amazon and other download sites by Oceangate Records.

The release includes Clemons' take on There's Still Christmas, written by Dennis Bourke and the late Stevie Betts, along with the classic Christmas Song (Chestnuts).

You can grab these two nuggets courtesy of Oceangate Records via Amazon or iTunes  and a few other select music sites !!!

Read more: http://theseconddisc.com/2011/12/08/christmas-other-big-man-unreleased-clarence-clemons-holiday-recordings-discovered/

"jingle Bells" & the final frontier....

A friend reminded me of the fact that "jingle Bells" was the FIRST song to ever be played in space...
boing boing wrote a great piece about it here !

John Lennon / Rest In Peace

RIP

October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980

Coldplay release NEW Xmas Song...

Brit rockstars Coldplay have released a somber Christmas song for all those with broken or soon to be broken hearts this season...listen and weep

The Xmas mp3 onslaught has begun !!!

Over the next several weeks I'll connect you to some of the merriest music being shared on the world wide web...The first, and one of the best (esp. if you dig classic country and western and rockabilly) is Big Rock Candy Mountain. In addition to a slew of rare singles, the good folks over... there are posting full mixes every weekend !!!

This is Hilarious !!! SAVE THXGIVING !!!

A few days ago, at least a dozen radio stations in the USA went to an 24 hour / ALL-CHRISTMAS Music format as of the stroke of midnite on ALL HALLOWS EVE...and the local Kansas City Jack FM affiliate has taken issue with this EARLY arrival of Christmas music into peoples lives...and started a protest !

Click HERE for the news report !