THE BEGINNING OF THE END – GEE WHIZ, IT’S CHRISTMAS SAM SWEETSINGER BELL – HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS We also dip into a Vietnam War period piece and mine some classy disco from The Salsoul Orchestra and The Whispers before signing off with a poignant sermon from the Rt. There’s some festive funk with JB, a cheeky tale from Clarence Carter and a couple from Tramp Records’ great ’Santa’s Funk & Soul Christmas Party’ series. You have here Caribbean flavours from Nassau’s The Beginning Of The End, Granville Williams and the mighty Kitch, a rare take on ‘We Three Kings’ from Jazzman’s brilliant 2015 UK jazz comp A New Life and a Sun Ra doo-wop oddity from The Qualities. The brief was for an alternative Christmas selection (no Slade allowed…) so here’s a soulful, bitter / sweet mix to hopefully get you in the festive mood. Having put together the only (bar perhaps It’s Christmas in Motown) proper Christmas compilation out there a few years ago, our friends at Strut Records have come in with an updated Christmas mix for the sophisticated festive experience, and there’s not a Pogue in sight.įunk, soul, disco reggae, dub, and even Sun Ra-does-doo wop feature. Vibes, Chimes, Marimba, Timpani, Percussion, Bells, Producer - Vincent Montana, Jr.Escape the tyranny of the Christmas playlist, with an hour of festive bangers from James Brown and Sun Ra to Lord Kitchener and the Salsoul Orchestra.Strings & Horns - Don Renaldo and His Little Helpers.Trumpet Solos by Evan Solot on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".Alto Saxophone - John Bonnie on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "There's Someone Who's Knocking".Congas - Larry Washington, Osvaldo Martinez.New Year's Medley: " Auld Lang Syne"/" I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"/" Alabama Jubilee"/" Oh, Dem Golden Slippers"/"Auld Lang Syne (Reprise)"/" God Bless America".Family Chorus Vocals - The Sweethearts of Sigma and Santa's Little Helpers.Christmas Medley: " Joy to the World"/" Deck the Halls"/" O Holy Night"/" O Come All Ye Faithful"/" Jingle Bells"/" Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"/" Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"/" The Christmas Song"/" White Christmas"/" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"/" I'll Be Home for Christmas"/" Winter Wonderland"/" The First Noel"/"Joy to the World (Reprise)"/" We Wish You a Merry Christmas".Children's Chorus - Santa's Little Helpers.Christmas Jollies went on to become the best-selling holiday albums of 19. Side two is semi-instrumental with two different medleys, such as " Christmas Medley" with the family chorus singing and " New Year's Medley" with The Salsoul Singers singing in the background.
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This highly successful album also includes disco renditions of "The Little Drummer Boy", "Sleigh Ride" and so on, plus the orchestrated instrumental version of "Silent Night". himself, entitled, "There's Someone Who's Knocking" with the children's chorus singing, "Merry Christmas All" with his daughter, Denise Montana, singing the lead and "Christmas Time" with the sweet honeyed-voices of the session girl-group, The Sweethearts of Sigma, that features group members Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton and Carla Benson. The album includes a few new Christmas tunes, co-written by Vincent Montana Jr. It was recorded and released on Salsoul Records in November 1976. Christmas Jollies is the third album released by Vincent Montana Jr.