CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY


Jared Boxx, one of the nicest record dudes east of the Mississippi, has just put together an awesome “Soul Santa” podcast mix for Daptone.

    1. Jing Jing A Ling ~ Honey and the Bees (Chess)
    2. Merry Christmas, Baby ~ Otis Redding (Atco)
    3. This Christmas~ Donny Hathaway (Atco)
    4. Stevie Wonder Drop (Motown)
    5. Snowflakes~ Betty Lloyd (Thomas)
    6. What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? ~ The Emotions (Volt)
    7. The Gift of Giving ~ Bill Withers (Sussex)
    8. Eddie Kendricks drop (Motown)
    9. Soul Santa~ Funk Machine (Creative Funk)
    10. Silent Night Chant~ Rotary Connection (Cadet Concept)
    11. Christmas in Vietnam~ Private Charles Bowen (Rojac)
    12. Let’s Make This Christmas mean Something This Year ~ James Brown (King)
    13. Without The One You Love ~ The O’Jays (Neptune)
    14. Gwendolyn Berry (The Sisters Love) Drop
    15. Let’s Get It Together This Christmas ~ Harvey Averne Band (Fania)
    16. Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas ~ Carla Thomas (Atlantic)
    17. Back Door Santa~ Clarence Carter (Atlantic)
    18. I Wanna Spend Christmas With You ~ Lowell Fulsom (Kent)
    19. Mr. Santa Claus (Bring Me My Baby)~ Nathaniel Mayer (Munster)
    20. It’s That Time of the Year ~ The Manhattans (Starfire)
    21. Santa’s Got A Bag of Soul ~ The Soul Saints Orch. (Jazzman)
    22. Pull My Sled ~ Raindeer Runners (Soul Fire)
    23. Merry Christmas Baby ~ Charles Brown & Johnny Moore’s 3 Blazers (Hollywood)
    24. Smokey Robinson Drop

Tastier than spiked egg nog.