The seasonal track “I Saw Three Ships” by longtime A&M recording artist Sting appeared on the A Very Special Christmas 3 compilation. Sting can also be heard on an album of winter-themed songs entitled If On A Winter’s Night.
Category: Holidays
Holiday Track: Jonny Lang’s “Santa Claus is Back in Town”
Blues rocker Jonny Lang has made some impressive A&M albums over the years, and this track comes from A&M’s A Very Special Christmas Vol. 3.
Holiday Track: “Black Santa Claus” by Charles Bevel
Meet “Mississippi Charles” Bevel was an album released on A&M in 1973 by Charles Bevel. This track concluded the album, on side two. Perhaps not a true “holiday” song, but we’ll consider the mention of that big bearded white guy to be “close enough” to include it here. A true obscurity. Because, that’s what we do. Enjoy!
(Apologies for the poor audio quality…)
Holiday Track: U2’s “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)”
From the A&M A Very Special Christmas fundraiser compilation comes this track from U2, a remake of the Spector-produced Darlene Love classic “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home). This is one of the better tracks from the compilation, featuring U2 during their heyday. Nice hat, Bono!
Holiday Track: J&K’s “Little Drummer Boy” (J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding)
What may perhaps be our most unusual sounding holiday track, here is J&K’s “Little Drummer Boy,” buried on their A&M/CTi album Betwixt & Between. This jazz album features trombone legends J. J. Johnson (“J”) and Kai Winding (“K”). This one never made it to any holiday compilation that we are aware of. At any rate, here it is…
Holiday Track: “Jingle Bell Rock” a la Tijuana Brass
Featured on The Christmas Album, Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass give the original Bobby Helms version of “Jingle Bell Rock” a run for its money. Here’s a version with video!