Each December, Brian Reese at Big Rock Candy Mountain deals out a month’s worth of holiday esoterica from the far corners of vintage twang, fuzz, scuzz, r&b, blues, country, garage, lounge and beyond. Keeping it loose, he trims his tree with Red Simpson and Mae West, then tops it off with The Sonics, Hank Snow and Champion Jack Dupree. It’s a heady brew. For those of you with SIRIUS/XM radio, Reese is my guest December 21st…for those of you sans satelite radio, the below 33 track mix is a taste of what your can catch over on the Mountain every December. Go ahead, deck them halls.
Download and tracklisting after the jump. . .
Download: Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree: A Vintage Holiday Mixtape (116 mb)
Jack Scott – There’s Trouble Brewing [A-Side Version]
The Sonics – I Don’t Believe In Christmas
Mae West – Put The Loot In The Boot, Santa
Roosevelt Sykes – Let Me Hang Your Stockings In Your Christmas Tree
Patsy Raye – Beatnik’s Wish
Big John Greer – Santa Do The Mambo
Kay Martin And Her Body Guards – Santa’s Doing The Horizontal Twist
The Marquees – Christmas in the Congo
Tony Rodelle Larson and The Saints – Cool Yule
Babs Gonzales – Be-Bop Santa Claus
Champion Jack Dupree – Santa Claus Blues
Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials – Santa Came Home Drunk
Andre Williams – Poor Mr. Santa
Hasil Adkins – Santa Claus Boogie
Thee Headcoatees – Santa Clause
The Wailers – Christmas Spirit
Nathaniel Mayer – Mr. Santa Claus
Tom Waits – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Brenda Lee – I’m Going To Lasso Santa Claus
Hank Thompson – I’d Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas
Eddie and De Havelon – Christmas Party
Jimmy Butler – Trim Your Tree
Hank Snow – Reindeer Boogie
Red Simpson – Truckin’ Trees For Christmas
Loretta Lynn – To Heck With Ole Santa Claus
Roger Miller – Old Toy Trains
Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours – I’ll Be Walkin’ the Floor This Christmas
Pee Wee King – Rootin’ Tootin’ Santa Claus
Rev. J.M. Gates – Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail?
The Youngsters – Christmas In Jail
Buck Owens – Santa Looked A lot Like Daddy (Daddy Looked A Lot Like Him)
The Everly Brothers – Christmas Eve Can Kill You
Red Sovine – Here It Is Christmas
Related: Spotify people, you don’t want to miss this, Aquarium Drunkard – The Eggnog Is Spiked: Part 2
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1 | Peppermint Stick Forest « usedrecordsandtires December 13th, 2012 at 8:44 ami concur ^
2 | Mitch Freedom December 13th, 2012 at 10:09 amI make sure to visit Big Rock Candy Mountain at least once a day during the holidays, sometimes twice, just in case I missed something.
3 | Ernie (Not Bert) December 13th, 2012 at 11:12 amDitto! Sounds excellent.
4 | Dave December 13th, 2012 at 11:26 amI am finding myself strangely fixated on that image…..
5 | Mookie December 13th, 2012 at 1:01 pmLove AD mixes. Happy holidaze, y’all.
6 | Madeline December 13th, 2012 at 2:29 pmRe-Upped
7 | Satisfied '75 December 13th, 2012 at 2:48 pmThank you ever so much, can’t wait to give it a “spin”
8 | UrbanCannibal December 13th, 2012 at 2:58 pmAwesomeness! Thanks.
9 | Todd December 13th, 2012 at 5:10 pmM E R R Y C H R I S T M A S done come early this year
10 | Carter December 13th, 2012 at 5:37 pmStill can’t download from the spammy, horrible filesharing site. You sure this is still working? Am I missing something?
11 | Mike B December 13th, 2012 at 6:01 pm@mike b – yeah, it works, you just have to navigate that (admittedly) awful hosting site.
12 | Satisfied '75 December 13th, 2012 at 6:04 pmBig Rock is THE holiday music destination. He even posts when he is hungover.
By the way, how did you get a picture of my grandmother decorating her aluminum tree?
13 | Mark December 13th, 2012 at 7:49 pmOn second look, not aluminum. But definitely Grandma.
14 | Mark December 13th, 2012 at 7:52 pmGood looking mixtape, but link isnt working?
15 | Russell December 14th, 2012 at 4:10 pm@russell – just checked it, working fine. — AD
16 | Satisfied '75 December 14th, 2012 at 5:16 pmYup, it was my firefox that wasnt working. Thanks!
17 | Russell December 14th, 2012 at 6:54 pmListened to this one the whole way through today – awesome!! Thanks a lot!
18 | Martin Luther Presley December 15th, 2012 at 3:50 pm(Btw, I think the Wailers track is cut off.)
So good! Burning copies for all my coworkers for xmas.
19 | Brandon December 16th, 2012 at 7:11 amCan’t get link working. Just downloads iLivid
20 | LJD December 16th, 2012 at 10:26 amTip for above link: Firefox Right-click open new tab.
Psyched! been waiting all of December for a mix like this, as all of mine are on dead drives.
21 | JP December 16th, 2012 at 12:47 pmSanta would never say “Sorry the free services is at full capacity.”
22 | Pete December 19th, 2012 at 7:51 am@Pete – try ‘er again. just checked it and all systems go
23 | Satisfied '75 December 19th, 2012 at 3:53 pmThanks for this! should work well for holiday festivities
24 | Matt December 20th, 2012 at 4:38 pm[...] the season. Download the vintage Holiday mixtape, HERE. . [...]
25 | Aquarium Drunkard » SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35) December 21st, 2012 at 9:00 amLink is working–thank you!
26 | Pete December 22nd, 2012 at 9:22 am[...] Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree: A Vintage Holiday Mixtape [...]
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