tomswift2002
Well-Known Member
I guess with the news about the music video being Remastered in 4K, I’ve had WHAM!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas” playing in my head today. WHAM! never released a Christmas album, so “Last Christmas” was all we got.
But another great Christmas album is actually a compilation. The Beach Boys 1998 “Ultimate Christmas” CD features their original 1964 “Christmas Album” as the first 12 tracks, and then the remaining 11 are non-album Christmas singles, the 1963 single version of “Little Saint Nick”, a studio joke version of “Little Saint Nick” (where they sing the words to LSN over the backing track to “Drive In”) and a couple of tracks from their cancelled 1977 “Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys” LP, as well as a PSA and interview that was part of a syndicated radio program in 64 that had Brian Wilson being interviewed between tracks from the Christmas Album.
“Ultimate Christmas” was reissued in 2003 under a different name and missing 1 track, so the 1998 CD is the version to go for.
But another great Christmas album is actually a compilation. The Beach Boys 1998 “Ultimate Christmas” CD features their original 1964 “Christmas Album” as the first 12 tracks, and then the remaining 11 are non-album Christmas singles, the 1963 single version of “Little Saint Nick”, a studio joke version of “Little Saint Nick” (where they sing the words to LSN over the backing track to “Drive In”) and a couple of tracks from their cancelled 1977 “Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys” LP, as well as a PSA and interview that was part of a syndicated radio program in 64 that had Brian Wilson being interviewed between tracks from the Christmas Album.
“Ultimate Christmas” was reissued in 2003 under a different name and missing 1 track, so the 1998 CD is the version to go for.