A 1990 CD compilation from the Sony marketing juggernaut that is a textbook example of point #1 in this site's Statement of Purpose. Eddie G. (nee Gorodetsky) is referred to cryptically in the liner notes as an Emmy-award winning writer for "SCTV," "Saturday Night Live" and Penn and Teller (see Wiki link for a more up-to-date curriculum vitae), who crafts mix tapes of favorite Christmas tunes for unrepentant Yuletide partiers from "the largest collection" of pop Christmas records "in the world." There's a lot of jingle-singer schmaltz, along with some half-assed Three Stooges imitators, in between the tunes that make this album sound more like a novelty record than it actually is. But that's the only bad thing I can say about this record. There's jazz, R&B, rock, ska, country, Cajun, blues and Tex-Mex all rolled together into one solid rock 'n roll Christmas record. Anybody who has Louis Prima rubbing shoulders with Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns on one side and Byron Lee and the Dragonaires on the other is obviously doing something right. Great stomping rockers include Detroit Junior's "Christmas Day," Bobby Lloyd and the Skeletons' "Do You Hear What I Hear/You Really Got Me" medley, the surf-car anthem "Santa's Gonna Shut Them Down" by Untamed Youth, Foghat's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," Fabulous Thunderbirds' "Merry Christmas Darling," and other genres include the Tex-Mex "Donde Esta Santa Claus" by Augie Rios, Louis Prima's "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swinging)," Rufus Thomas's soulful answer record "I'll Be Your Santa Baby," Debbie Dabney's rockabilly "I Want To Spend Christmas With Elvis," and "Cool Yule" by Tony Rodelle Larson. Thankfully, this wonderful collection remains available on CD to this day.
Christmas Party With Eddie G., various artists (Strikin' It Rich/Columbia)
A 1990 CD compilation from the Sony marketing juggernaut that is a textbook example of point #1 in this site's Statement of Purpose. Eddie G. (nee Gorodetsky) is referred to cryptically in the liner notes as an Emmy-award winning writer for "SCTV," "Saturday Night Live" and Penn and Teller (see Wiki link for a more up-to-date curriculum vitae), who crafts mix tapes of favorite Christmas tunes for unrepentant Yuletide partiers from "the largest collection" of pop Christmas records "in the world." There's a lot of jingle-singer schmaltz, along with some half-assed Three Stooges imitators, in between the tunes that make this album sound more like a novelty record than it actually is. But that's the only bad thing I can say about this record. There's jazz, R&B, rock, ska, country, Cajun, blues and Tex-Mex all rolled together into one solid rock 'n roll Christmas record. Anybody who has Louis Prima rubbing shoulders with Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns on one side and Byron Lee and the Dragonaires on the other is obviously doing something right. Great stomping rockers include Detroit Junior's "Christmas Day," Bobby Lloyd and the Skeletons' "Do You Hear What I Hear/You Really Got Me" medley, the surf-car anthem "Santa's Gonna Shut Them Down" by Untamed Youth, Foghat's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," Fabulous Thunderbirds' "Merry Christmas Darling," and other genres include the Tex-Mex "Donde Esta Santa Claus" by Augie Rios, Louis Prima's "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swinging)," Rufus Thomas's soulful answer record "I'll Be Your Santa Baby," Debbie Dabney's rockabilly "I Want To Spend Christmas With Elvis," and "Cool Yule" by Tony Rodelle Larson. Thankfully, this wonderful collection remains available on CD to this day.
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