Double Crown Records & The Continental Magazine | Surf Music | Surf Rock | Garage Rock | Rockabilly | CD's 7"s & Fanzines » christmas http://www.doublecrownrecords.com Surf Music | Surf Rock | Garage | Rockabilly | CD's 7"s & Fanzines Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Double Crown’s Top Holiday Songs Of 2010 http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/23/double-crowns-top-holiday-songs-of-2010/ http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/23/double-crowns-top-holiday-songs-of-2010/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:55:55 +0000 Double Crown Records http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/?p=484 spotnickswinterlandI’ve posted the lists of a couple surf musicians, but thought I’d contribute my own. This list is a mix of everything that I’ve been diggin’ this holiday season. There’s a little bit of everything, but my main criteria is simply listing the songs that have buzzed around my head the most. The song here include some surf, some classic and some that are just downright cheesy. In no particular order, here goes:

1. Frank Sinatra & Family – I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas
2. The Spotnicks – Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
3. Weird Al – Christmas At Ground Zero
4. Los Straitjackets – Deck The Halls
5. Bryan Adams – Reggae Christmas
6. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Soundtrack – We Are Santa’s Elves
7. Star Wars Christmas Album – Christmas In The Stars
8. The Ventures – Sleigh Ride
9. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Mr. Heatmiser
10. U2 – I Believe In Father Christmas

We’d love to hear what you all are listening to this holiday season – please comment with your personal faves!

]]> http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/23/double-crowns-top-holiday-songs-of-2010/feed/ 0 Dick Chiclet of The Concussions’ Holiday Favorites http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/20/dick-chiclet-of-the-concussions-holiday-favorites/ http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/20/dick-chiclet-of-the-concussions-holiday-favorites/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:15:07 +0000 Double Crown Records http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/?p=478 concussionsliveWell I must say when it comes to Christmas songs, I err on the  vintage/strange side (except for Barbara Streisand’s “Jingle Bells”……aaaarrrggggg……..I’d like to konk her on the head with a yule-log when I hear that!)

I would say any of the old crooner classics i can take year after  year….not crazy on any of the recreations or new twists….

Here are a few off the top of my head…

5) Anything from those cool Rankin & Bass Christmas shows from the 60’s and 70’s. over the top puppets singing with vibrato and reverb drenched vocals is all right by me!
4) The Lawrence Welk Christmas Show are cool…..those chicks with  that hair….why don’t women look like that anymore? pass the cheese please!
3) I have a 45 of “Marshmallow World” by Los Straitjackets that I  really like…with Jimmy on drums.
2) “Sleigh Ride” by The Ventures……never get sick of that.
1) The Vince Guaraldi “Charlie Brown Christmas” record…that record  is great start to finish, but i would say my favorite is the haunting  vocal version of “Christmas Time Is Here”.

Happy Holidays!
Yr Pal
Dick Chiclet
The Concussions

]]> http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/20/dick-chiclet-of-the-concussions-holiday-favorites/feed/ 1 Sound Opinions Christmas Spectacular http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/18/sound-opinions-christmas-spectacular/ http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2009/12/18/sound-opinions-christmas-spectacular/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:38:34 +0000 Double Crown Records http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/?p=475 snowmanIf you are a collector of obscure holiday music, you probably already recognize the name of Andy Cirzan. He is an avid collector of Christmas and holiday music, and each year he puts together an unbeatable compilation of obscure holiday tunes that it’d probably take you or I years to put together (even in the internet age). His 2009 compilation is now available online, and as an added bonus, you can hear him on the current Sound Opinions podcast.

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Over the next two weeks I’ll be asking a few of our favorite surf musicians what their favorite holiday songs are – first up is Micke from the Barbwires:

Non-Surf
5 – Chet Atkins – White Christmas
4 – The Hives and Cyndi Lauper – A Christmas Duel
3 – James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
2 – Chuck Berry – Run, Rudolph Run
1 – The Sonics – Don´t Believe In Christmas

Surf
5 – The Surfaris – A Surfers Christmas List (vocal)
4 - Beach Boys – Santa’s Beard (vocal)
3 – Los Straitjackets – Here Comes Santa Claus
2 – The Ventures – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
1 – The Surfites -  Saint Nick’s AA Fueler
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