VARIOUS – Get Ready For A Groovy And Bluesy Christmas – LP – Green Vinyl [DEC 13]

LP – Limited Edition Green Vinyl.

Whenever it’s time for Santa Claus, tree trimming, and holiday celebrations, you can safely anticipate Bear Family assembling the perfect Yuletide soundtrack.

Our 2024 holiday compilation focuses solely on vintage blues and R&B material, and it comes in two formats (the other being CD) to please everyone.

The vinyl version offers 14 festive tracks ranging from beloved classics from Clyde McPhatter‘s Drifters, B.B. King and Charles Brown to obscure gems by The Jackson Trio, blues guitarist Ralph Willis and Bay Area keyboardist Lonnie Hewitt, whose You’ve Been A Bad Little Girl is a Yuletide revelation.

This is the ultimate stocking stuffer that any dedicated R&B fan will be overjoyed to find under her or his Christmas tree.

A most enjoyable Christmas album with a total of 14 great songs, favourites of the Bear Family Records team.

Black music from the heyday of rhythm ‘n’ blues and blues, a balanced mix of familiar and obscure recordings.

Notes and short bios by Chicago’s Bill Dahl on each song on the back of the LP sleeve.

Carefully remastered original recordings in Bear Family‘s trademark brilliant sound quality.

Pressed on high-quality coloured vinyl.

Also available as a compact disc (CD) with 28 tracks: BCD17766

Tracklist:

Side A
1 The Jackson Trio – Jingle Bell Hop
2 Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & The Clowns – Rock And Roll Santa Claus
3 Ray Agee – Merry Christmas, My Love
4 B.B. King – Christmas Celebration
5 Freddie King – I Hear Jingle Bells
6 Sonny Boy Williamson – Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues
7 The Voices – Santa Claus Boogie

Side B
1 Jimmy Butler with Blues Express Orchestra – Trim Your Tree
2 Titus Turner – Christmas Morning
3 Lonnie Hewitt – You’ve Been A Bad Little Girl
4 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Christmas Time For Everybody But Me
5 Washboard Pete – Christmas Blues
6 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters – White Christmas
7 Charles Brown – Please Come Home For Christmas