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December, 2011

This little piggy

Another Puerto Rican Christmas record.  “Navidad en el Batey”  Pablo Elvira  Fragoso Records

(29 votes, average: 2.76 out of 5)

Babe in toyland

Alegria y Ritmo  Tropical Records  (Columbia, S.A.)

(42 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)

Sometimes you got to cry a little

“Pathetique”  Tchaikovsky  Philharmonia Orchestra – Nicolai Malko, Conductor  RCA Victor  From a series “Building a basic record library”.

(47 votes, average: 3.77 out of 5)

“Here’s to a good polka!”

“Wine, Girls, and Good Times”  Li’l Richard and his Polka All-Stars  Chicago Polkas Records (1976)   I love this one!

(82 votes, average: 4.32 out of 5)

Heat wave

El Unico Maso Rivera  “CALIENTITO”

(36 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)

“Get your raggedy ass out of bed”

Children’s Bedtime Stories  One of a series of covers on Robin Hood Records with illustrations by Gene Stauffer.

(38 votes, average: 2.97 out of 5)

A ZZ Top Christmas

Les Chaussettes Noires on Barclay Records

(49 votes, average: 3.35 out of 5)

Another side of Santa

Olga and Tony  “Santa Claus A-Go-Go”

(49 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)

Squirrel biz

From Canada on ARC Records its “Christmas with the Chippers’!

(37 votes, average: 2.70 out of 5)

Holiday jeer


Stan Freberg   Green Christmas and The Meaning of Christmas  with the Jud Conlon Chorale and Billy May’s Music.   Capitol Records   “Ho Ho Ho there Matthew, I just found this at an antique store in Healdsburg, Ca.  Good buttoned-down cover.  Be sure to read Stan’s anti-commercialism screed on the back.   Merry Christmas!  Nick in Santa Rosa, Ca.”

(45 votes, average: 3.02 out of 5)