 | A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector by Phil Spector
Buy used from: $7.78 The first Christmas CD I fell in love with. Some great tracks. A must have! Note: the old version had a few tracks from Elvis - some crooks must have petitioned to take them off, so the CD is abridged but still excellent.
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 | The Ventures' Christmas Album by The Ventures
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.98 A surfin Christmas safari! awesome instrumentals, upbeat fun
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 | Christmas Collection: 20th Century Masters by James Brown
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.97 A funky Christmas! Don't sleep on this one, it is packed with jams, but not over-the-top.
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 | It's a Spike Jones Christmas by Spike Jones
Buy used from: $4.94 Easily the funniest Christmas CD ever, with over 20 quirky tracks to keep you having a good time. A classic from my childhood
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 | Christmas with Jimmy McGriff by Jimmy McGriff
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $32.72 Some smokin tracks from one of the jazz organ greats. I like this better than Jimmy Smith's albums, a lot more lively and fun. Will definitely get your party started!
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 | A Motown Christmas by Various Artists
Buy used from: $5.99 This is a great CD for the most part--some cheesy elements. Also, Amazon.com has the incorrect artist listed for most of the tracks, so don't be fooled/worried, these are classic gems from the golden era of Motown. Vol.2 doesn't really have much to offer, but there are a couple of good tracks also.
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 | Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part One by Various Artists
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.59 Some swingin tunes, perfect for your Christmas Tiki party. Good background music, very chill. I like this volume the best (there are three).
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 | Hipsters' Holiday: Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.99 Great swingin collection of hip Christmas tunes
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 | Soulful Christmas by Various Artists
Buy used from: $3.83 This is a good collection of some more awesome tracks. 2-discs!
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 | White Christmas and Other Doo Wop Christmas Classics by Various Artists
gotta have these tracks...might be on the Soulful Christmas CD below, not sure.
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 | Now That's What I Call Christmas! by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.89 Normally I despise these collections--but if you cherry-pick between the three volumes and download the tracks you like you can really find everything you need (I'm referring here to the oldies, not the new crapola).
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 | In the Christmas Spirit by Booker T. & the MG's
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.85 Funky instrumentals from the great Stax heroes, and some slow tunes.
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