Christmas Wax

It's finally done. Here is Check The Cool Wax, Volume 2 - Christmas Wax. A dusty mix of Christmas music from the island of misfit songs. I hope you enjoy it.

1 :: CHECK THE COOL WAX :: KING AD-ROCK
2 :: HOLIDAY ON ICE “A RIDE WITH SANTA” :: WALT JACKOBS
3 :: SLEIGH RIDE :: LENNY DEE
4 :: SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN :: THE THREE SUNS
5 :: NUTTY JINGLE BELLS :: AL HIRT
6 :: CHRISTMAS ALL OVER THE WORLD :: JIM NABORS
7 :: ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS :: LIBERACE
8 :: ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE :: MIRROR IMAGE
9 :: WINTER WONDERLAND :: THE GOLDDIGGERS
10 :: THE CHRISTMAS SONG :: SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL ‘66
11 :: SNOW :: CLAUDINE LONGET
12 :: WHAT CHILD IS THIS? :: THE BORDER BRASS
13 :: WHAT SANTA WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS :: WALT JACOBS
14 :: THE REINDEER BOOGIE :: HANK SNOW
15 :: A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS :: BUCK OWENS & SUSAN RAYE
16 :: SANTA’S BIG PARADE :: THE LOUVIN BROHERS
17 :: I’M GONNA TELL SANTA CLAUS ON YOU :: FARON YOUNG
18 :: OLE TEX KRINGLE :: TEX RITTER
19 :: WHITE CHRISTMAS :: HANK THOMPSON
20 :: TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS DAY :: BUCK OWENS & SUSAN RAYE
21 :: SANTA AND THE KIDS :: CHARLIE PRIDE
22 :: HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS :: BIG TINY LITTLE
23 :: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER :: FRED WARING AND THE PENNSYLVANIANS
24 :: LET’S TRIM THE CHRISTMAS TREE :: LINE MATERIAL
25 :: HO, HO IT’S CHRISTMAS :: The CAROLEERS
26 :: SANTA CLAUS’ PARTY :: LES BAXTER OCHESTRA & CHORUS
27 :: MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS :: CAPTAIN KANGAROO
28 :: MISTER SANTA :: LENNY DEE
29 :: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN :: THE CAROLEERS
30 :: CHRISTMAS CHIMES ARE CALLING SANTA :: RANKIN/BASS
31 :: CAROL OF THE BELLS :: HANNA BARBERA ORGANS & CHIMES
32 :: SILENT NIGHT :: KOREAN ARTIST
33 :: HOLIDAY ON ICE “A RIDE WITH SANTA” (FINALE) :: WALT JACOBS
34 :: CHRISTMAS LULLABY :: CARY GRANT

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CHECK THE COOL WAX CHRISTMAS

Great Christmas Art

I love the cover art on old 45's. I really miss the great art you would get for each single that an artist would put out. No mp3s here, just great art.

Check The Cool Wax Christmas Mix

Check back tomorrow for the Check The Cool Wax Christmas Mix. Because there has been so many problems with servers and downloading files, I've whipped together a mix of the best songs I had to offer this year. Just finishing up the artwork.

Once again. I apologize for all the broken links to files. It seems some Grinch out there is having all of my files removed from different servers. They must be having fun because they are being taken down as soon as I can put them up...

Al Hirt :: Nutty Jingle Bells

One last mp3. I just had to post this one. It comes off of Al Hirt's Have A Merry Little. It's called Nutty Jingle Bells and it's great. Enjoy.






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Christmas In Hawaii With Jim Nabors

Just getting a few quick ones in here right before the big day. Here are two tracks from The Jim Nabors' Christmas In Hawaii TV Special. He has some pipes on him. You just wouldn't know it from watching Gomer Pyle. The songs here are Christmas All Over The World and Doodle Eee Do.

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Merry Christmas From Japan

Ahhhh! Look out for the Godzilla-sized kid walking down the road! If this isn't from Japan, I apologize. That's my best guess. Don't even know the names of the performers. I can't help but chuckle when the singing kicks in. They start out like any Christmas song, then HUH? Here are seven cuts.

UPDATE: This is from Korea. I was wrong, wrong, wrong.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM KOREA

The Caroleers :: Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells

Here is my 2nd Caroleers post of the season. Actually labeled this time as The Caroleer Singers and Orchestra. This one is a bit more peppier and has all original songs. A real gem that deserves not to be overlooked. Here's the entire album.



THE CAROLEERS :: SLEIGHRIDE

Bing And Company Sing Snow

Ed Grimley: The Fella Who Couldn't Wait For Christmas

Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Trailer

Frosty's Winter Wonderland

Another Rankin/Bass post for ya'll. This time it's Frosty's Winter Wonderland. Definitely not as good as the original, but a nice little story nonetheless. Andy Griffith tells the story of how Frosty gets married. This one is growing on me. It's nice that they got the original voice for Frosty back.



RANKIN/BASS :: FROSTY'S WINTER WONDERLAND

The Complete Hank Snow

Because there were a lot of requests, and to the best of my knowledge this CD is out-of-print, here is the complete album rip. This has quickly become one of my favorites this year. Give it a shot even if you aren't a fan of country music.


HANK SNOW :: CHRISTMAS WITH HANK SNOW

How To Track Santa

NORAD is still tracking Santa and has been for over 50 years.

Want Your In-laws To Leave Early On Christmas?

Play this and they will leave... Here is Little Marcy with two very odd Christmas songs. They are Christmas Is On It's Way and Colored Christmas Lights.






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Combustible Edison

Combustible Edison (named after a drink) was my favorite bands from the resurgence of lounge about a decade ago. I was fortunate enough to see them once at the Uptown Bar in Minneapolis. I, Swinger is one of my favorite cds to this day. They worked a little with Esquivel before he died too. I caught them once on Conan O'Brien singing Christmas Time Is Here. I searched all over for this and finally found it on a Sub Pop Sampler. I was excited to see they had two songs on this cd. Christmas Time Is Here AND Sleighride. Anyone know what these guys are up to these days?

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Not Much Christmas Cheer I'm Afraid...

SERVER UPDATE - I'm not sure what I'm going to do about hosting my files. I do know that all non-Christmas files will be down until after the holidays. Sorry about that. For people who don't know, the high volume of Christmas music traffic crashed the server. I've since been hosting my files on one-click hosting sites like Rapidshare and FileHo! None of which work that great. I constantly read comments about these sites not working for visitors. I have a bunch more Christmas albums that I'd like to post, but this new system just sucks. If anyone has any ideas to help me get the files out smoother, please leave a comment.

Super Sonic Christmas

Minnesota is a long way from Southern California. Christmas here is snowy and cold. When I listen to this song I imagine what it's like to celebrate Christmas in a sunney climate. I've always liked this song. It's by Redd Kross.



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Look What I Just Got From Pee-Wee!

Yogi's Christmas

Here are two songs from the Hanna Barbera Christmas Sing Along CD that is out-of-print. I'm pretty sure they were both from Yogi's First Christmas cartoon, but I could be wrong.

UPDATE: I was wrong. The song Comin' Up Christmas Time was on Casper's First Christmas.

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How to Make Beer Nog

Fred Warring And The Pennsylvanians

One of my first Christmas memories is looking at this cover and listening to Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. I listened to it over and over. It's still one of my Christmas favorites. Here are three songs off of Fred Warings gread record. I always wondered why this never made it to cd. I did find it on cassette once...

UPDATE - I fixed Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The ending was clipped off but now it is fixed.

FRED WARING :: 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Tijuana Christmas

Yes, it's the record you see at almost every Goodwhill. This will sit nicely next to your downloads of previous novelty/Herb Alpert knock-offs (Sour Cream & Col. Sanders). Here is The Border Brass with 4 Mexican-fueled favorites.




THE BORDER BRASS :: TIJUANA CHRISTMAS

Christmas With Melis

Here is one that was strictly bought for the cover. Turns out it's pretty good. The record isn't in the greatest condition though. Here is the latin piano sensation - Jose Melis.





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Heat Miser

Snow Miser

Christmas With Hank Snow

A great classic record with a great classic cover. Here are six tracks from Christmas With Hank Snow. Some great country Christmas music.






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Why Change The Cover?

Ever wonder why they change the cover of an album when they release it on cd? This Chet Atkins cover is just soooo cool and they felt like they had to change it to this. I was almost going to post some songs from this album. It is on cd, but I've read many places that the mastering on the cd was wrong and the album sounds way better. At the last minute I decided not to. Don't want to post songs that appear on cd.

The Flintstones' Christmas

Two Christmas songs from an episode called Christmas Flintstone. If you want to see this cartoon, it's on Season 5 of the Flintstone box sets. These are from an out-of-print cd called Modern Stone Age Melodies.

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Jerry Lewis :: I've Had A Very Merry Christmas

People who have visited here for a while know I'm a big Jerry Lewis fan. I know he isn't for everyone one. Love him or hate him, you just have to love this song if you love Christmas music. This is from an out of print Jerry Lewis cd called The Capitol Collector's Series.

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A Beatnik's Wish

Here is a song from a record previously posted here at Check The Cool Wax. It's called Beatnik's Wish. I thought I repost it seperate from the whole album. If you are looking to download both albums, I'll fix the link after Christmas.

UPDATE: I totally goofed up and had the wrong song loaded. It has been corrected. Download again for the correct song. Thanks to SWAK!

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Early Christmas

Hey everyone. I'm sorry for not ripping entire albums lately. My time has been consumed by a little bundle of joy. My second child was born three weeks ago and it's been consuming much of my time. I think you'll understand...