Various Artists - Rhythm & Blues Christmas [Mono]

Vinyl LP pressing. Having noticed that Christmas tends to be an annual event and that vinyl is suffering a resurgence, the folks at Ace Records have put the two together and extracted 14 blues, R&B and doo wop sides from their Christmas R&B compact discs and turned them into a seasonal vinyl platter. A mostly upbeat selection that will certainly help you and yours get through these fraught times. Blues stars like B. B. King and Lowell Fulsom, with their ripping up-beat guitars join forces with the mellower mistletoe sounds of Hadda Brooks and Jesse Belvin. This positive view of seasonal goodwill was probably down to the fact that all these sides were cut in Los Angeles in the warm California sun. Neither of Crazy Santa Claus' reindeers was hurt in the making of this record.

• 1 Christmas Celebration - B.B. King
• 2 Christmas - Smokey Wilson
• 3 Xmas Baby - Riff Ruffin
• 4 Christmas Bells - Bobby Nunn
• 5 Gonna Have a Merry Xmas - the Nic Nacs
• 6 Crazy Santa Claus - the Debonaires
• 7 Merry Christmas Baby - Mari Jones & Johnny Moore Orch
• 8 I Wanna Spend Christmas with You Part 1 - Lowell Fulsom
• 9 Merry Xmas - Little Willie Littlefield
• 10 White/Hot Christmas - the Elves
• 11 Santa Claus Baby - the Voices
• 12 Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Oscar McLollie & the Honey Jumpers
• 13 White Christmas - Hadda Brooks
• 14 I Want You with Me Christmas - Jesse Belvin