Christmas Spirit ... In My House, Joey Ramone (Sanctuary)

The late punk rock pioneer recorded solo after the Ramones, and this combines a couple cuts from his solo album Don't Worry About Me with a couple of Christmas songs, a full-blown version of Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" from the Phil Spector Christmas album and what his website says is a pre-Ramones demo of the Ramones' only holiday song, "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)." The demo is interesting, slow-tempoed and a little off-key occasionally; you might prefer the original for your mix tape. But if you love Joey -- and who doesn't -- you might want to have this around.