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1. All I Want for Christmas Is You by Keli Rutledge
2. Christmas Is Finally Here by Analog Outlaws 3. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town by John Caufield 4. What Child Is This by Vintage Wednesday 5. Christmas Time by Jam Now 6. Baby Please Come Home by Callie Young 7. Dear Santa by Ironkill 8. Last Christmas by People Who Could Fly 9. Christmas Is the Time by Kailin Kay 10. Rockin' around the Christmas Tree by Good Boy Daisy 11. Hallelujah by Elizabeth Tighe 12. Jingle Bells by Innocent Elaine 13. Little Drummer Boy by Night 3 Nations 14. Song for Winter by Aaron Honda |
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Every year, Alice Cooper throws a rock n roll charity bash he calls Christmas Pudding. Alice lives in Arizona, so that's where the event is held. I suspect that there's a digital download album every year as well, but they always get by me for whatever reason. In spite of the big name talent Christmas Pudding draws, the "Taste of Christmas Pudding" releases primarily (if not exclusively) showcase the local talent. If there are hard copy CDs, I imagine they'd be given to the artists or, at most, available for attendees, but I've never seen a hard copy CD, so I'm gonna take a leap and say its strictly a digital thing. At least the 2016 edition didn't get by me. "Alice Cooper's Taste of Christmas Pudding 2016" was released October 4 and you'll find it on all of the usual platforms, including Amazon.
With the Alice Cooper name, you gotta figure the album is Rock N Roll, but that leaves plenty of room for variety. Ironkill gives us a Death Metal "Dear Santa" right next to Callie Young sounding just a bit like Dolly Parton on the Spector classic "Baby Please Come Home". And I gotta say my personal favorites were the one above by Analog Outlaws and Good Boy Daisy's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree". Just sayin'. Also, A+ on the cover art. That's awesome.
With the Alice Cooper name, you gotta figure the album is Rock N Roll, but that leaves plenty of room for variety. Ironkill gives us a Death Metal "Dear Santa" right next to Callie Young sounding just a bit like Dolly Parton on the Spector classic "Baby Please Come Home". And I gotta say my personal favorites were the one above by Analog Outlaws and Good Boy Daisy's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree". Just sayin'. Also, A+ on the cover art. That's awesome.
You might remember us telling you, some time ago, about the Dutch Americana band Hidden Agenda Deluxe that was touring with one of America's treasured resources Carter Sampson. We pointed you towards a free sampler of the Christmas record they were working on which, almost immediately, was no longer free. Well, we've got the relevant information on the album, now, and we can pass it along. "Christmas From Amsterdam to Oklahoma" releases overseas on December 2. Best case scenario is that Amazon U.S. might get the CD a week later or the digital version around that time. There's also a chance they'll have it available through Bandcamp, but they don't as yet. "Christmas Eve In Amsterdam" (above) is the rough mix and the same tune I used in the earlier piece, but I really really like that tune. Based just on those early samples, this one is definitely going to be worth looking for.
1. I'll Be Home For Christmas
2. Coming Around
3. For Saviour's Sake
4. Drivin' Home For Christmas
5. Hard Candy Christmas
6. Snow
7. Blue Christmas
8. Christmas In Oklahoma
9. I Shall Be Released
10. Christmas Eve In Amsterdam
HIDDEN AGENDA DELUXE WEB SITE
CARTER SAMPSON WEB SITE
2. Coming Around
3. For Saviour's Sake
4. Drivin' Home For Christmas
5. Hard Candy Christmas
6. Snow
7. Blue Christmas
8. Christmas In Oklahoma
9. I Shall Be Released
10. Christmas Eve In Amsterdam
HIDDEN AGENDA DELUXE WEB SITE
CARTER SAMPSON WEB SITE
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