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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

#37: A Christmas Gift for You - Phil Spector (1963)

If you know me, you probably know that I don't mind listening to a Christmas album in September. However, I typically don't whip out the Christmas iPod until at least after Halloween.

I was a little torn over this one though. It did feature the song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love, which I'm sure you all know as the opening song from 
Gremlins. But it also has Phil Spector's name on it. I tried to not think about the fact that he was just convicted for murder earlier this year. I was fine until the very last track, "Silent Night," which was an instrumental version with Spector thanking me for listening to his album. How ironic is it that just yesterday I said I appreciated Ray Price for thanking me? This was just too creepy, so I had to listen to the Bob Dylan album again.



Favorite Tracks: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" by The Crystals.

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