Andy Cirzan's Annual Holiday Spectacular

Sound Opinions

Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Our most mirthful musical meeting of each year- holiday music collector Andy Cirzan's spectacular yearly collection of strange tunes. This year the theme is song poems, which came from an odd corner of the music industry that hired studio musician to transform customers' poems into songs- for the right price.

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Featured Songs:

Lenny Dee, "Sleigh Ride," Happy Holi-Dee, Decca, 1961

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Randall Dienna, "The Snowman Song," (Single), unknown, unknown

Amelia Ferencz, "Bright Star Shining In The Sky," (Single), unknown, unknown

Eugenia Adams, "I’m Santa Claus," (Single), M.S.R., unknown

Beatrice Seira, "Stranger In The Manger," 1978 Christmas Album, M.S.R., 1978

Donald J. Nason, "Green Christmas Blues," (Single), Unknown, Unknown

Unknown, "Santa Claus is Comin' (Electro Cheese)," (Single), Unknown, unknown

Raymond F Moberly, "What Is Christmas?," 1977 Christmas Album, M.S.R., 1977

Dick Kent, "Is Santa The Man In The Moon?," (Single), M.S.R., unknown

Cara Stewart , "On Christmas Eve," (Single), Blue Moon, unknown

George Kovacs, "Merry Christmas Someone," (Single), unknown, 1963

Sue Meadows, "My Christmas Tree," (Single), unknown, 1970

Lenny Dee, "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer," Happy Holi-Dee, Decca, 1961

Heather Noel, "Santa Came On A Nuclear Missile," (Single), unknown, 1974

Bobbie Boyle (w/ the Sisterhood), "Santa Claus Goes Modern," Peace Is A Song To Cherish, M.S.R., unknown

The Sisterhood, "The Rocking Disco Santa," (Single), M.S.R., unknown

Mary White, "Rudolph Pouts," (Single), Cowtown, 1960

Boygenius, "20," the record, Interscope, 2023

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey there if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon,
0:04.0	you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:08.0	Hello, Chicago! Oh. You're listening to sound opinions and this week is not like all the other weeks.
0:36.0	We have our holiday crate-digging expert Andy Surzan with us.
0:41.2	It's the holiday spectacular. I'm Jim De Regattis. And I'm Greg Cot.
0:45.7	This is one of our most popular episodes every year and it's thanks to the care
0:50.0	and consideration of our old friend Andy Sirzan.
0:53.0	Andy works for Jam Productions, concert promoter based in Chicago,
0:57.5	does a lot of stuff throughout the Midwest,
1:00.0	but his first love is finding lesser-known Christmas music to share with everyone at this time of year.
1:07.5	Every year, Andy makes a themed mixtape of related fines,
1:11.6	and we are always lucky to have him share it with you
1:15.2	our listeners and it is so good to see you welcome back to sound opinions thank you
1:20.2	for having me back guys you've been doing this for decades, Andy.
1:24.4	How do you come up with an idea each year?
1:26.7	Because each year has its own theme, theme,
1:29.3	and you've got a new one for this year.
1:31.2	When do you start thinking about that? and how do you come up with it?
1:34.0	Well, the short version of the backstory is I'm of a certain age in a vinyl collector, Parlance, and maybe about 50 years ago I started collecting
1:45.0	final records because that was the primary format at that ancient time and
1:50.0	plays and I never stopped so place. Yeah, it's true.
1:53.0	And I never stopped.
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