THE DEAREST DAY IN ALL THE YEAR

Another year, another set of mixes. A lot of lost gems surface through these 2008 mixes. Who remembers the Albert Finney musical version of 'A Christmas Carol'? Well, this mix features one of my favorites from the musical, and also serves as the inspiration for the name of the seasonal blog. One of these days I am going to quit the rat race and open up a pub named Old Fezziwig's. Good tunes, good drinks, good food, good friends. In the meantime, you are all subjected to these mixes.

December The 25th - Fezziwig (Scrooge Original Soundtrack)
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem - Connie Smith
Last Month of the Year - The Blind Boys of Alabama
Your Christmas Whiskey - Minus 5
Exotic Night - Martin Denny
Purple Snowflakes - Marvin Gaye
Country Christmas - Faron Young
Christmas in the Congo - The Marquees
On A Christmas Day - C.W. Stoneking
We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo - Big John Greer
Christmas Ain't Christmas - The O'Jays
Writing To Santa - Dropkick
Zydeco Christmas - C.J. Chenier
World of Love - Binky Griptite & the Dee-Kay's
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations
My Mom and Santa Claus - George Jones
The Merriest - June Christy
Santa Can't Stay - Dwight Yoakam
Christmas By The Bar-B-Que - Lynn August
Santa's Messin' With the Kid - Eddie C. Campbell
Happy Christmas - Toots and The Maytals
Here Comes The Fattest Man In Town - Bob Chester
Happy Christmas Day - Charley Pride
Rock and Roll Santa Claus - Babs Gonzales
Santa to the Moon - Sonny Cole
Long as I Can See the Light - Ted Hawkins
Jingle Jangle Jump - Dexter Gordon
After New Year's Eve - The Heartbeats
Silent Night - Tom Waits

Download this mix here, or stream the songs in the player below: