Christmas Eve 2020 Spiff-tacular!

Okay, making a note here, next time stop at three hours, or else do it in the AM on Christmas Day. I didn’t log out of Second Life until after midnight UK time, and didn’t get to sleep until nearly 1am! 😫

But on the plus side, I had a load of fun putting this show together, with a little help from Apple Music. 🙂 Pulled together soul, jazz and reggae covers of various Christmas songs and carols, plus some of my favourite songs of the season. And yes, a couple of songs get repeated in different versions. 😛

I’m now taking a break from DJ-ing and radio until the New Year. Hope you’re all staying safe out there!

Tracklisting

Festive Voice-bed: Dubstep Christmas Robot — Jaywalker Jack

O Come, O Come Emmanuel — Enya
Purple Snowflakes — Marvin Gaye
Walking In the Air (Duet) — Aled Jones
Jah Rasta Claus Aka Christmas Time — Cosmo
Good King Wenceslas — Mel Tormé
Mull of Kintyre — Wings

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) — John Holt
Back Door Santa — Clarence Carter
King Tubby’s Snow Dub — Roots Radics Meet Scientist And King Tubby
Ecce Novum — Ola Gjeilo, The Choir of Royal Holloway & 12 Ensemble
O Christmas Tree — GIVĒON
Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul — Soul Saints Orchestra
In the Bleak Midwinter — James Blake

I Want To Come Home For Christmas — Marvin Gaye
White Christmas — Bing Crosby, Pentatonix & London Symphony Orchestra
The Twelve Days of Christmas — Peter Broggs
Simple Gifts — Alexis Ffrench
We Wish You A Merry Christmas — Victoria Monét
Deck the Halls — Herbie Hancock
Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troika — Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

O Tannenbaum — Vince Guaraldi Trio
In dulci jubilo — Mike Oldfield
Just Another Christmas Song (This Time I’ll Sing Along) — Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
This Christmas — Donny Hathaway
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus — Johnny Clarke
Ave Maria — Jax Jones
Rich Man for Christmas — Lady Saw
Es Ist Ein Ros’ Entsprungen — London Brass

My Favorite Things — Tony Bennett
Christmas Will Really Be Christmas — Lou Rawls
Frosty the Snowman — The Mighty Diamonds
Little Saint Nick — The Beach Boys
All I Want for Christmas — Bria Skonberg
Wonderful Christmastime — Paul McCartney
Winter Wonderland — Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
Happy Christmas (feat. Toots and the Maytals) — Byron Lee & The Dragonaires

Santa Baby — Eartha Kitt
Wish You a Merry Christmas / Ahameric Temple — Jacob Miller
Last Christmas — Joy Crookes
The Nutcracker Suite — Les Brown & His Band of Renown
The 12 Days of Christmas — Straight No Chaser

O Holy Night — Mickey Guyton
Jingle Bells — Ella Fitzgerald
Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas — The Staple Singers
Stop the Cavalry — Jona Lewie
Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto — James Brown
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Andy Williams
Portsmouth — Mike Oldfield
Cool Yule (feat. The Commanders) — Louis Armstrong

What Christmas Means to Me — Stevie Wonder
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) — Nat “King” Cole
All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) — Spike Jone & His City Slickers
A Christmas Carol — Tom Lehrer
Winter Wonderland — Macy Gray
Baby It’s Cold Outside — Ella Fitzgerald
Fairytale of New York — The Pogues

Apollo 8’s Christmas Eve 1968 Message — Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, William Anders
I Believe in Father Christmas — Greg Lake