Advent Calendar - 24 - The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas

So … we come to one of my favourite Christmas songs, I have been singing its praises on social-media for a few years - not that I suspect anyone has noticed - but it’s a work of genius - the problem with it is that most people will probably shrug it off as a novelty song from a kids TV show. #PopMusicAdventCalendar #PopMusic #AdventCalendar #Christmas #Xmas #TheWombles #MikeBatt #WomblingMerryChristmas

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Advent Calendar - 23 - Eux Autres - Another Christmas at Home

Annoyingly I don't own a physical copy of this although it did get a vinyl release in 2009 - but I keep hoping one will turn up in my xmas stocking some time. This is an absolute gem, and sometimes it's my absolute favourite xmas song.
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#EuxAutres #IndiePop #Slade #TheJacobites #NikkiSudden

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Advent Calendar - 22 - Adam Faith - Lonely Pup in a Christmas Shop

There's something so beautifully conventional about pre-Beatles (or maybe pre-Stones) British pop music - Adam Faith was a teen-idol, but definitely with his good looks, and well turned out appearance a teen-idol your parents were probably OK with.
#PopMusicAdventCalendar #PopMusic #AdventCalendar #Christmas #Xmas
#AdamFaith

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Advent Calendar - 21 - Elvis Presley - Santa Claus is Back in Town

Written by Leiber and Stoller in 1957 and a bit of an Elvis/Lieber/Stoller xmas-by-numbers track - but quite enjoyable despite that. My copy dates from 1980 and the sleeve is disappointingly unseasonal.
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#ElvisPresley #SantaClausIsBackInTown

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Advent Calendar - 20 - Lionel Bart - Give Us A Kiss For Christmas

Lionel Bart was a treasure - things went a bit to crap in his later years but his contribution to British popular music in the late-50s and early-60s is pretty special.
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#LionelBart

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Advent Calendar - 19 - Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Aggain

I notice that the world’s recent (re-)discovery of Kate sadly hasn’t extended to her seasonal masterpiece - a single that didn’t get the attention it deserved on first release either, barely scraping into the top 30 before fading into an obscurity that it still enjoys. #PopMusicAdventCalendar #PopMusic #AdventCalendar #Christmas #Xmas #KateBush #DecemberWillBeMagicAgain

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Advent Calendar - 18 - Luna - Egg Nog

Egg nog (the drink) isn’t something I was familiar with - partly because it may be more of a North American Xmas tradition. Egg Nog (the single) was a promo only 7” that Luna put out in both red and green vinyl in 1992.
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#Luna #EggNog #DeanWareham

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Advent Calendar - 17 - Christmas With The Springfields

Dusty and Tom/Dion and Tim trot out a quartet of Christmas faves in their own inimitable way - fun and jaunty and warm, the way Christmas (and therefore a Christmas EP) should be.
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#TheSpringfields #DustySpringfield

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Advent Calendar - 16 - John & Yoko - Happy Xmas (War is Over) / Listen, The Snow is Falling

I do rather like John's Xmas record - it has sleigh bells and 'choirs of children' but it does rather plod along. But yes, the second best Xmas song by an ex-Beatle.
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#JohnLennon #YokoOno #JohnAndYoko #MerryXmasWarIsOver #ListenTheSnowIsFalling #Galaxie500 #DeanAndBritta

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Advent Calendar - 15 - Mud - Lonely This Christmas

The golden age of Christmas pop was clearly the mid-70s but I haven't really raided that period as much as I expected. Mud are so very mid-70s it would be painful to imagine them in any other era, but their contribution to the canon is a rather tired sounding one.
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#Mud #LonelyThisChristmas

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