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Episode Seven - Stocking Stuffed With Fun!

 Hey everybody! 

That's right, back from hiatus and ready to spin the platters again! I did honestly consider doing a Christmas-themed show, for about all of ten seconds, but to be honest it's kind of my least favorite kind of music. I would rather be subjected to Christian rock and early 2000's emo for sixteen consecutive hours, than listen to bland seasonal songbook of your in-store-muzak variety. Are there some great Christmas tunes? Yeah, a few. Maybe there are some fun lost gems I'm missing out on, but overall, it's a bleak plateau.

All that aside, I decided to forego any sort of genre conventions this time around and do a mixed bag, all in the spirit of cultivating a fun 90 minutes or so.

Playlist below!

1) The Surfaris - Point Panic (Decca, 1963)



2) Devo - Find Out (Warner Bros., 1982)




 

3) Gene Simmons - Hey, Hey Little Girl (Hi, 1964)


 

4) De John Sisters - Hotta Chocolotta (Epic, 1956)


 

5) The Bongos - Zebra Club (Fetish, 1982)




 

6) Googie Rene - Wiggle-Tail Part 1 (Class, 1958)


 

7) The Coasters - Charlie Brown (ATCO, 1959)


 

8) Annette with the Afterbeats - Luau Cha Cha Cha (Vista, 1960)


 

9) The Moog - You Raised A Vampire (MuSick, 2009)




 

10) Bill Black's Combo - Peg Leg (Hi, 1967)


 

11) The Damned - Generals (Bronze, 1982)




 

12) Shitbirds - Canadian Carwash (Sympathy For The Record Industry, 1994)




 

13) Gus Backus - Queen Of The Stars (Fono Graf, 1962)

 


14) Mary Bell - Vultures (Danger, 2015)




 

15) The Croc-O-Dolls - Jungle Hootenanny (Exec, 1963)


 

16) Doug Harrell - Exsanguination Blues (Colonial, 1956)




 

17) Volcanos - You Knock Me Out (Tailspinn, 1960)


 

18) 999 - Found Out Too Late (Radarscope, 1979)




 

19) Dorothy Ellis - Must Go Out And Play (Federal, 1952)


 

20) Tennessee Ernie Ford - Shot-Gun Boogie (Capitol, 1950)



 

21) The Dustaphonics - Burlesque Queen (Dirty Water, 2009)




 

22) The Accents - Dreamin' And Schemin' (Brunswick, 1958)


 

23) The Pop - Shakeaway (Arista, 1978)




 

24) Jim Bakus and Friend - Delicious! (Jubilee, 1958)


 

25) Jokers - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool (Greco, ?)


 

26) Yachts - Now I'm Spoken For (Radarscope, 1979)



 

27) Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires - Do The Clam (RCA Victor, 1965)


 

28) Del Vikings - The Voodoo Man (Mercury, 1958)


 

29) Big "T" Tyler - Sadie Green (Aladdin, 1957)


 

30) Bonnie Lou - Daddy-O (King, 1955)


 

31) Archie Bleyer - Hernando's Hideaway (Cadence, 1954)


 

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