Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Count To Twelve

How much Christmas music do I have left to share? It's starting to scare even me, but I promise it's not too much more. Just a few singles between now and the end. Just delete some old college pictures from your hard drive and you'll have plenty of room. Tonight's blast from the hi-fi is Frank Kelly with Christmas Countdown b/w Yuletide Moonshine (Ritz 7" 45 RPM RITZ 062, Stereo, 1983). This is not what you think it is, unless you think it's a retelling of The Twelve Days Of Christmas from a reverse angle. It's long, but it's interesting.

MEGA

Posted by Ernie at 1/03/2023 08:00:00 PM

6 comments:

  1. BusterTuesday, January 03, 2023 8:46:00 PM

    The label looks suspiciously like this could be disco, one of my no-fly zones.

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  2. Chad StevensWednesday, January 04, 2023 8:45:00 AM

    I know this record got at least some airplay as an import in the USA. I can't find any domestic release of the single, but I remember grandmother was talking about hearing "the poor Irishman who was buried in bird droppings for Christmas" that she heard on the radio.

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    1. ErnieWednesday, January 04, 2023 9:01:00 AM

      As I first listened to it, it seemed vaguely familiar. I never know if that's an old memory of hearing it on the radio or of hearing it more recently on a compilation somewhere. Thanks for sharing a memory!

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  3. Chad StevensWednesday, January 04, 2023 7:53:00 PM

    No, thank *you* for posting it! Forty years after she mentioned it, I finally got to hear what tickled her funny bone.
    I've always suspected that DJs in both the US and UK copied records for one another.

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    1. ErnieThursday, January 05, 2023 7:45:00 AM

      I'm sure there's a lot of cross-pollination, especially as the world becomes smaller from faster communication. Local hits have become less and less of a thing over time.

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