Holiday track 2-fer: Rare Bryan Adams “Reggae Christmas” and “Christmas Time”

This is one of those “should have been a hit” tracks.  “Reggae Christmas” was the B-side of Bryan Adams’ “Christmas Time” single, released on 7″ and 12″ vinyl, and has yet to appear on any Adams anthology thus far.  It also flies past the radar of most holiday programming as well.  Here is a video of the track, shot at MTV’s studios in 1984.  Those who followed MTV at the time will notice that the on-air personalities appear in the video, and part of it co-stars Pee Wee Herman, another hot property at the time.

 

 

And here is the A-side: