Christmas With The Smithereens Set For Limited Edition Reissue
(Hello Wendy) Christmas With The Smithereens will be released as a limited edition green vinyl reissue on November 18, 2022 via Sunset Blvd. Records, and it will be limited to just 1000 copies.
Christmas with The Smithereens is more than a Christmas- time cover album. This quartet does an impressive job of channeling the spirt of 1960s rock, and solidly interpreting each memorable tune.
The band's originals add a nice twist to the disc and are written with such '60s-savviness that without prior knowledge it would almost be difficult to decide which songs were covers and which were originals.
Lead singer Pat DiNizio wraps his husky voice around a smartly selected collection of classic seasonal rockers such as "Run Rudolph Run" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," along with more obscure fare. It's the latter that makes this such a delight, as the band tears into rugged re- workings of the Ramones' "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)," the Who's crunchy "Christmas"(from Tommy) and even a rare Beatles track grabbed fromthe Liverpool band's '60s fan club only discs.
In the words of drummer Dennis Diken "...Beginning at a tender age, records became my favorite and the most meaningful gifts I received at Christmas. Kiddie" 45s and 78s and the scant Christmas records that my parents bought served as my introductions to the wonderful world of recorded sound when I was 2 or 3 years old. I'd sit hypnotized in front of the small "Pal" phonograph.
"My earliest recollection of owning any kind of LP was Sing A Song Of Christmas With Woody The Chipmunk And All The Gang, a cheap, rather weird knockoff of Alvin & company, with garish sleeve art, bedecked with tin-foil snow flakes. Around this time, my mom turned me on to a 10" long-player of a capella Carpathian Christmas carols, sung by a soulful, wailing choir that chilled me to the bone. I still listen to it. Although I swore allegiance to all things non- square (as much as my pre-school barometer could detect) I gave special dispensation to Christmas records."
Track listing:
Side 1
Waking Up On Christmas Morning
Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Christmas Time All Over The World
Christmas
Side 2
'Twas The Night Before Christmas
Run Rudolph Run
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
Auld Lang Syne
Christmas Time Is Here Again
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