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Robert C. Gilbert's avatar

Like this album a lot - never been lucky to find a copy in the wild. Love the version of 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' here with a lovely guitar onliggato at the end (fairly certain it's Tommy Tedesco).

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Dan Epstein's avatar

Yeah, that totally sounds like Tommy!

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DB Edmunds's avatar

I've had the Hollyridge Strings Beatles LP for years but would love to find a copy of this now that I know it's so damn groovy! Will keep my eyes peeled while crate digging!

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Dan Epstein's avatar

As they say in Scrooged, Yule Love It!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Will definitely be on the look out for a copy of this! One thing about WI garage sales; there’s almost always at least 1-2 Christmas records up for grabs.

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Dan Epstein's avatar

Keep yer eyes peeled!

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Toni DelliQuadri's avatar

Clicked back to your Dec. 23 JTL...Link Ray was one of John's favorite guys...just so you know. Never heard of Hollyridge StringsLP , but I certainly know now! Thank you

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Dan Epstein's avatar

Oh yeah - Uncle John and I talked a lot about Link.

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Tim Burnell's avatar

I cheated and just hunted this up on iTunes. Imagine my surprise when I realized I knew track two (Jingle Bells) from the Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails CD from the ‘90s. I’m sold.

In other news … it was only about an hour ago that I remembered I needed to hunt through the archives and find the Music To Watch Christmas Elves By post from 2022. I saved it correctly this time around!

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Dan Epstein's avatar

I'm actually reposting a new, improved MTWCEB on Monday — a lot of the embeds from the original post don't work anymore, plus I've added some new (old) mixes since then!

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Michael K. Fell's avatar

I don't have this album. This will probably sound Scrooge'ish, but I'm not a big fan of Christmas music (I know, I know...bah, humbug). However, I do have a minty pair of Pioneer SE-30s complete with their original black box. Come to think of it, I, too, need to do more headphone listening in the New Year!

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Dan Epstein's avatar

Nah, it’s okay to not dig Christmas music - I know many who love it, but probably just as many who don’t. But yeah, definitely bust out those SE-30s and see where they take ya!

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Garrick Rawlings's avatar

I did listen to those 'round xmastime, lovely with all the guitar.

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