December 20, 2023

HOLIDAY GROOVE 2023 NOW AVAILABLE FREE IN-STORE: 

We put our first Holiday Groove CD together only a few short months after the Septmeber 11th terrorist attacks. It was a chance to express our gratitude, spread cheer and share proof that Christmas music need not be saccharine and stodgy. 

Twenty-two years later and this freebie CD has become a standby for many of you who visit us in December. For plenty of you out there, this was your introduction to Kenny Burrell, Charles Brown and Advance Base. 

This is our last go-round at the helm, and it only seemed fitting to include a track from each year of the holiday groove series. We hope you keep it spinning each season as the year ticks down.

Cheers & Happy Holidays, Ron & Angie (and all of us at Strictly Discs)

2023 TRACKLISTING:

1. Christmas Steve - Advance Base (2020)

2. Zan Vevede - Angelique Kidjo (1996)

3. Christmas Will Break Your Heart - LCD Soundsytem (2015)

4. Cold White Christmas - Casiotone For The Painfully Alone (2006)

5. Christmas And You - Dave King (1956)

6. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Death Cab For Cutie (2004)

7. Go Tell It On The Mountain - Duke Pearson (1969)

8. Listen The Snow Is Falling - Galaxie 500 (1990)

9. The Reindeer Boogie - Hank Snow (1953)

10. Silent Night - Harry Fortenot (1987)

11. Merry Christmas Baby - Kenny Burrell (1966)

12. There Ain't No Santa Claus - Captain Beefheart (1972)

13. Jingle Bell Beat - Linda Blackmore (1968)

14. Time Of The Season - Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell (2010)

15. My Christmas Prayer - Saint Etienne (1994)

16. Winter Song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson (2008)

17. First Snowfall - The Coctails (2004)

18. Oh Heavenly Salvation - The Persuasions (1994)

19. I'll Be Home For Christmas - The Pilgrim Travellers (1952)

20. The Christmas Song - The Ravonettes (2004)

21. Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas - The Staple Singers (1972)

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