Limited Edition Green Vinyl LP!
First Time Ever on Vinyl!
Only 1,000 Copies Pressed!
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 from the Liverpool band's '60s fan club only discs.
Features
- Limited Edition - 1,000 Copies
- Green Vinyl
- First Time on Vinyl
- Liner Notes by Smithereens Drummer & Noted Rock Historian Dennis Diken
- Made in the USA
Selections
Side One:
- Waking Up On Christmas Morning
- Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
- Merry Christmas, Baby
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
- Christmas Time All Over The World
- Christmas
- 'Twas The Night Before Christmas
Side Two:
- Run Rudolph Run
- Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
- Christmas (I Remember)
- Auld Lang Syne
- Christmas Time Is Here Again