They do a cover of Merry Christmas, Baby. Lead Vocal by Dennis Diken. I like the guitars on this track and the Smithereens' harmonic style.
An original song Christmas(I Remember) - lead vocal by Diken - features a lyric that references the albums, "Shut Down, Volume 2, and Rubber Soul."
David Marks plays guitar on this.
On the cover of Run Rudolph Run, I was disappointed in the lyric change from "Away went Rudolph whizzing like a Sabre Jet," to "private jet." "Sabre Jet" is a great lyric which plants the song firmly in the 1950s. I thought the retro appeal outweighed any need to update the lyric.
The album is highly recommended.
The album also features ex-A.M. Chaos Band member Severo Jornacion on bass! Highly recommended.
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