Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Xmas (1977-1996)
In 1994 through 1995, Rhino Records compiled and released fifteen volumes in their exhaustive series Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s. In 1996, they released an additional Christmas themed volume. A final Halloween themed volume capped off the series in 1998.
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Xmas is a fun compilation of mostly irreverent Christmas tunes. It's not all strictly "New Wave," but, honestly, why pick nits? After all, it is music from a bygone era and does contain the greatest Christmas song of all time, The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York."
Check out the music videos for Squeeze's "Christmas Day," The Pogues' "Fairytale Of New York," The Pretenders' "2000 Miles" and David Bowie & Bing Crosby's "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy":
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Xmas (1977-1996)
1. XTC - Thanks for Christmas [1983] (3:47)
2. Squeeze - Christmas Day [1979] (3:48)
3. The Pogues / Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York [1988] (4:29)
4. Los Lobos - Rudolph the Manic Reindeer [1988] (1:56)
5. The Pretenders - 2000 Miles [1983] (3:33)
6. Throwing Muses - Santa Claus [1989] (3:45)
7. Miracle Legion - Little Drummer Boy [1985] (3:32)
8. Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band - Xmas at K-Mart [1978] (2:38)
9. David Bowie / Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy [1982] (2:36)
10. Captain Sensible - One Christmas Catalogue [1984] (3:57)
11. Timbuk 3 - All I Want for Christmas [1987] (3:21)
12. Wall of Voodoo - Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas [1987] (4:02)
13. They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard [1988] (1:51)
14. The Buzz of Delight - Christmas [1983] (3:19)
15. Chris Stamey Group - Christmas Time [1985] (3:43)
16. Sun 60 - Mary Xmess [1993] (4:15)
17. Mono Puff - Careless Santa [1996] (2:15)
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9 comments:
Whoohooo! Awesome Kevin! I would like that Halloween one you mentioned next year if possible... :)
Kevin,
Hope your holidays are going well!
Happy New Year. Thank you for what you are doing!! Keep it up!!
Steve Cape Cod
Download link was expired/deleted. Re-uploaded and available for download again!
Has anyone heard of a record called, I believe, The Burbank Symphony. It is not a classical record, and it has a Civil war type photo on the cover. It has a lot of Contrabass sax work on it. Do you know if it is posted anywhere?
Sorry, haven't heard of that one...
''Thanks for X-mas'' from XTC (Three Wise Men) (X-mas 1983) is one of the most UNDERRATED x-mas songs EVER.
I own the original CD-single (Japan 1989) and cherish it deeply.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been looking everywhere for this!
The Pogues belongs to the Playlist from Hell.
Finest Christmas song of the New Wave/Indie times was JESUS CHRIST by the FAMILY CAT.
Its a cover of a song written by Alex Chilton and is actually a rewrite of Angles from the Realms of Glory.
The Family Cat are now defunct which is why I seized their name
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