{"id":15190,"date":"2017-04-30T22:51:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T02:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=15190"},"modified":"2021-12-23T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T20:53:18","slug":"2021-a-christmas-gift-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=15190","title":{"rendered":"2021 &#8211; \u201cA CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span> (ignore April 30, 2017 publish date &#8211; this was published on December 23, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Why the quotation marks? Because it\u2019s the name of an album produced by Phil Spector that I consider to be the best Christmas album ever. It\u2019s also a Christmas gift for you (without the quotes) because it\u2019s part of this Christmas post &#8211; also for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The entire Spector album can be found all over the Internet, but most of the YouTube ones make you play \u201cwhole albums\u201d by clicking on one song after the other (there are 13 songs if you include Phil\u2019s &#8220;Silent Night&#8221; blurb at the end).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I selected a couple that supposedly played all the songs in the correct order nonstop, but some were missing a song or two and another started with cut #13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I finally found one that plays from start to finish, but if gives you any problems, let me know and I&#8217;ll dig up another one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Meanwhile, ENJOY! (and I don&#8217;t know why only the first and last vids popped up ready to play, so click the others &#8211; most of which, unfortunately, begin with ads).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"White Christmas\" width=\"904\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q9BJIPDu8dM?list=PLL-NbN8uTOighonNOY1keK0f0jPkqjYzm\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">So that\u2019s Phil\u2019s gift to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">My gift: I\u2019m adding ten of MY favorite Christmas songs that were released between 1962 and 1995 (with a story or two included). We\u2019ll start (and end) with 1995:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>1 &#8211; \u201cThe 12 Days of Christmas\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Gary Hoey: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5QqmpLzZ5_A\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5QqmpLzZ5_A<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>2 &#8211; \u201cSanta Claus Is Coming To Town\u201d<\/u> &#8211; The Four Seasons\u00a0(1962): <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6I1WujBgK64\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6I1WujBgK64<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>3 &#8211; \u201cSanta Claus Is Coming To Town\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7X3uzZv900\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7X3uzZv900<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This was recorded on December 12, 1975 at the C.W. Post College campus of Long Island University in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I was there with my girlfriend and another couple. The other guy knew the person who was doing the recording of the show in a mobile unit (I think it was the Stones\u2019 mobile unit), which we visited before the show. They were both from the same town in NJ and both in local bands. If you know the name \u201cThom Panunzio\u201d (he\u2019s quite well-known), that\u2019s who the engineer of that recording was.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Here\u2019s a shot of Bruce from that show (and from my site):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15205\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Bruce-at-C.W.-Post-09-091-12-12-75-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"787\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>4 &#8211; \u201cChristmas Is The Time To Say I Love You\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Billy Squier: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QPf2snTB2wo\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QPf2snTB2wo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Recorded at MTV Studios on December 22, 1981 (kinda late to be making a Christmas video, don\u2019tcha think?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I was at this one too, but I was working. It was MTV\u2019s first Christmas video (MTV had only just come into existence on August 1, 1981).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">If you go to <span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18px;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bobleafe.com\/\">https:\/\/bobleafe.com\/<\/a><\/span> and go to the MTV listing, the first 3 pictures were taken at this taping. And I\u2019m not so sure about that \u201cI\u2019m in the finished product\u201d story, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>5 &#8211; \u201cChristmas In Hollis\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Run-DMC: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>6 &#8211; \u201cFather Christmas\u201d<\/u> &#8211; The Kinks: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fPPCPqDINEk\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fPPCPqDINEk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>7 &#8211; \u201cLittle St Nick\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Beach Boys: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xp9rK8FmYog\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xp9rK8FmYog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>8 &#8211; \u201cRun Run Rudolph\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Keith Richards: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KDMDMLF2j1A\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KDMDMLF2j1A<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>9 &#8211; \u201cSilent Night\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Dickies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"> <strong>CRANK THIS ONE UP!<\/strong> (This has to be the first time you\u2019ve ever heard someone say that about \u201cSilent Night\u201d!):<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pKcwjs4iZc8\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pKcwjs4iZc8<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><u>10 &#8211; \u201cGod Rest\u201d<\/u> &#8211; Gary Hoey (<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">You should probably keep the volume up on this one too):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"God Rest\" width=\"904\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pytm-ebBq54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I hope you enjoyed those (though I\u2019m sure you\u2019re familiar with all\/most of them).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">If you want to burn a 33:05 CD of all of them (how old-fashioned, Bob) or just add some\/all to your MP3 music library, there are lots of free YouTube to MP3 converters online (just Google \u201cYouTube to MP3 converter\u201d and insert the vid&#8217;s URL).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This one works pretty well and offers you 5 different MP3 quality levels to choose from: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/320ytmp3.com\/en30\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/320ytmp3.com\/en30\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Merry Christmas!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To be removed from the blog emailing list, reply with \u201cRemove\u201d in the subject box.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (ignore April 30, 2017 publish date &#8211; this was published on December 23, 2021) &nbsp; Why the quotation marks? Because it\u2019s the name of an album produced by Phil Spector that I consider to be the best Christmas album ever. 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