Who: Dhani Harrison
What: Innerstanding
Where: Somewhere In England
Why: Necessary addition to the continuing story of The Beatles post Beatles canon.
When: 2023
Album Of The Week – Dhani Harrison “Innerstanding”
Author Archives: Sean Passmore
2023 Top 20 Albums Of The Week
2023 Top 20 Albums Of The Week
1. Nina Hagen Unity
2. The Polyphonic Spree Together We’re Heavy
3. Plants And Animals La La Land
4. Steel Beans Apricado
5. James Hunter The Hard Way
6. Aldous Harding Warm Chris
7. Arooj Aftab Vulture Prince
8. Sticky Fingers Caress Your Soul
9. Jamie Cullum The Pianoman At Christmas
10. Various Artists Instant Karma (The Complete Recordings)
11. The Black Belles s/t
12. The Bobby Lees Besuty Pageant
13. Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia
14. The Superions Destination…Christmas!
15. Future Islands The Far Field
16. Capital Cities In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery
17. Danny Michel with The Garifuna Collective Blackbirds Are Dancing Over Me
18. Ben Caplan Birds With Broken Wings
19. Public Image Ltd End Of World
20. Cher Christmas
Album Of The Week – Various Artists “Holidays Rule Vol. 2”
Who: Various Artists
What: Holidays Rule Vol. 2
Where: America
Why: A fine contemporary addition to the Christmas canon in the spirit of previous seasonal compilations A Very Special Christmas 1-7 and Maybe This Christmas 1-3
When: 2017
Happy 75th Birthday LP Records!
Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, the LP record (from “Long Playing” or “Long Play”) is an analog sound storage medium – a phonograph record format characterized by a speed of 33 & a 3rd RPM (Revolutions Per Minute), a 12 or 10 inch diameter, use of the “microgroove” groove specification and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.
Album Of The Week – Cher “Christmas”
Who: Cher
What: Christmas
Where: Malibu, California via the greater Los Angeles area, California via Hawaii, via New York City via Aspen, Colorado via El Centro, California
Why: Because Cher. That and because she has taken The Zombies This Will Be Our Year from their seminal 1968 masterstroke Odessey and Oracle and transformed it into a contemporary Christmas/New Years anthem
A Christmas Gift For You 10th Anniversary Edition 2023
A Christmas Gift For You 10th Anniversary Edition 2023
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1. Needle Drop
2. ‘Twas The Night Before Xmas
3. We Three Kings
4. White Christmas
5. Santa Claus 2
6. Santa Claus On Mars
7. Merry Christmas Deep Impact
8. Hallelujah
9. I Like Snow
10. Christmas Time
11. Frosty The Snowman
12. Jingle Bells
13. Jingle Bell Rock
14. Xmas Greeting
15. Joy To The World
16. Trout Town Christmas
17. Christmas In Dartmouth
18. We Wish You A Merry Xmas
19. Silent Night
20. Needle Outro Groove
The Fleshtones’ Underground Garage Christmas Classic
The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band formed in 1976 in Queens, New York. Their first gig was at CBGBs on May 19, 1976. In the early days they shared a rehearsal space with The Cramps on the Bowery in Manhattan. In 1978 they signed with Marty Thau’s Red Star Records and recorded their first album.
Throughout the 70s they earned a substantial local following playing at both CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City in New York. Later they found a favorite spot at Club 57 on St. Mark’s Place. They can boast they are the first band to be booked or to play at several famous venues, including Irving Plaza and Danceteria in Manhattan, Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey, and the original 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.
In the mid 80s, they regularly played the Pyramid Club on Avenue A in the East Village and were instrumental in helping to establish Wigstock, the drag queen festival that became a New York staple. In the late 80s they continued to tour America and Europe including shows with Chuck Berry and James Brown. In 1987 they appeared on the final episode of Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes on MTV. The same year they recorded the title track for the camp-horror film I Was A Teenage Zombie.
Canadian Ken Fox joined the band on bass in 1990. Previously he had been in Toronto’s Raving Mojos, Jason & The Scorchers and Joan Osborne’s band. The Fleshtones lineup has remained stable since his arrival.
In 2001 The Fleshtones were one of the last bands to play Windows On The World atop the World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The following year they played A Night Of Remembrance And Hope at CBGBs and CBGBs 30th Anniversary Show in December 2003.
In August 2004 they played Little Steven’s Underground Garage Festival at Randalls Island in New York City with 39 other bands including The New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Bo Diddley and The Strokes. In 2016, they played China for the first time in a tour organized by Shanghai-based punk band Round Eye.
In 2008 Yep Roc Records released their 11 track Stocking Stuffer Christmas LP. Opening with Hooray For Santa Claus from the infamous holiday classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Stocking Stuffer includes Australian Rolf Harris’ Six White Boomers in the style of AC/DC, Mr. Santa Claus by Detroit R&B wildman Nathaniel Meyer, You’re All I Want for Christmas by Brook Benton and Chuck Berry’s Run Rudolph Run. Originals include Super Rock Santa, I Still Believe in Christmas, Canadian Christmas and Christmas With Bazooka Joe. The entire affair clocks in at just under 27 minutes.
Despite having a large cult following, The Fleshtones have never achieved much commercial success. Their 1982 debut album Roman Gods peaked at 174 on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart, the highest position a Fleshtones record would achieve until 2020.
Billboards Top 200 Albums – Week Of December 16, 2023 (Christmas Albums Only)
5. Michael Buble Christmas
10. Nat King Cole The Christmas Song
13. Mariah Carey Merry Christmas
15. Various A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
19. Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas
23. Pentatonix The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas
24. Frank Sinatra Ultimate Christmas
25. The Philly Specials A Philly Special Christmas Special
26. Andy Williams The Andy Williams Christmas Album
28. Brenda Lee Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
31. Burl Ives Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
35. Wham Last Christmas Soundtrack
37. Gene Autry Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
39. Elvis Presley The Classic Christmas Album
43. Cher Christmas
46. Bobby Helms The Best Of Bobby Helms
47. Kelly Clarkson Wrapped In Red
52. Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album
55. The Philly Specials A Philly Special Christmas Special (The Deluxe Album 2022 & 2023)
56. Bing Crosby Christmas Classics
57. Bing Crosby White Christmas
62. Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album
63. Ariana Grande Christmas & Chill EP
70. Perry Como Greatest Christmas Songs
78. Bing Crosby Merry Christmas
89. Kelly Clarkson When Christmas Comes Around
96. Pentatonix The Greatest Christmas Hits
97. Jose Feliciano Feliz Navidad
117. Sia Everyday Is Christmas
120. Justin Bieber Under The Mistletoe
127. Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve And Other Stories
163. Stevie Wonder The Best Of Stevie Wonder 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection
168. Beach Boys The Beach Boys Christmas Album
173. Carrie Underwood My Gift
174. For King And Country A Drummer Boy Christmas
180. Soundtrack Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
181. Gwen Stefani You Make It Feel Like Christmas
186. Meghan Trainor A Very Trainor Christmas
190. Ella Fitzgerald Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
193. Eartha Kitt The Essential Eartha Kitt
195. Josh Groban Noel
The Top 5 Christmas Albums Of The Past 10 Years
The Top 5 Christmas Albums Of The Past 10 Years
1. Nick Lowe – Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
2013 Yep Roc Records
2. JD McPherson – Socks
2018 New West Records
3. The Mavericks – Hey! Merry Christmas!
2018 Mono Mundo Records
4. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – It’s A Holiday Soul Party
2015 Daptone Records
5. Kacey Musgraves – A Very Kacey Christmas
2016 Mercury Records Nashville
Album Of The Week – Tarja “Dark Christmas”
Who: Tarja
What: Dark Christmas
Where: Helsinki, Finland via Karlsruhe, Germany via Savonlinna via Kuopio via Puhos, Finland
Why: Tarja Turunen (or simply Tarja) is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Her sound is a unique pairing of dramatic Goth aesthetics mashed with orchestral metal, classical music and operatic vocals. Dark Christmas is her third album of seasonal material in 17 years.
When: 2023
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