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Title: Christmas 1977 Post by: Surfer on December 25, 2016, 09:59:45 AM Does anyone know if the Beach Boys released their 1977 Christmas Album/CD
Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: maggie on December 25, 2016, 10:48:26 AM Does anyone know if the Beach Boys released their 1977 Christmas Album/CD Most of what was finished from those sessions is on the CDs called Ultimate Christmas and Christmas with the Beach Boys (the latter is missing one track, a version of "Peggy Sue" with Christmas lyrics). The released tracks are: "Child of Winter" (1974 single) "Santa's Got an Airplane" (Xmas version of "Loop de Loop," same backing track as the Endless Harmony version) "Winter Symphony" "I Saw Santa Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (based on Brian's "Hey There Momma") "Melekalikimaka" (released on MIU as "Kona Coast" with less Christmassey lyrics) "Bells of Christmas" (released on MIU as "Belles of Paris" with non-Xmas lyrics) "Morning Christmas" (Dennis production from Pacific Ocean Blue sessions) "Christmas Time Is Here Again" (released as "Peggy Sue" on MIU)* * only on Ultimate Christmas -- all other tracks on both CDs. "Child of Winter," "Melekalikimaka," and "I Saw Santa Rockin'" are also on the CD called Christmas Harmonies. Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: Robbie Mac on December 25, 2016, 11:57:45 AM "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", featuring the Beach Boys' children singing a la a grade school Christmas concert, was released as the closing track on Carnie's and Wendy's 1993 Christmas album HEY SANTA.
Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: pdas1996 on December 25, 2016, 12:14:44 PM I bought a "promo" copy of the 1977 Christmas album on cassette on eBay a few months ago.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/713/31062755003_1d42cabc9c_z.jpg) Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: Cool Cool Water on December 25, 2016, 01:30:19 PM Didn't the planned 1977 Christmas album get scrapped and then turned into M.I.U album?
Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: jiggy22 on December 25, 2016, 02:13:04 PM Didn't the planned 1977 Christmas album get scrapped and then turned into M.I.U album? Bingo, same with Adult/Child and California Feeling. Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: Sangheon on December 25, 2016, 06:44:03 PM Didn't the planned 1977 Christmas album get scrapped and then turned into M.I.U album? Bingo, same with Adult/Child and California Feeling. “The both albums were recorded in tandem“ see AGD's website http://esquarterly.com/bellagio/unreleased.html Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: RangeRoverA1 on December 25, 2016, 10:11:38 PM "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", featuring the Beach Boys' children singing a la a grade school Christmas concert, was released as the closing track on Carnie's and Wendy's 1993 Christmas album HEY SANTA. Jackson 5 covered it best.Christmas 1977 is good but there's no "Pitter Patter" & I dislike "Morning Christmas". Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: joshferrell on December 26, 2016, 09:31:16 AM Yup that tracklist is weird for a Christmas album, after all there are songs that aren't even christmas songs on it, and to top it off "Christmas time is here again" (Not to be confused with the Beatles song) is absolutely horrible, all they did was take "Peggy Sue" and change the lyrics and to top it off they open up the album with it... :o it's no wonder it was rejected.. so take off the non christmas so songs and "christmas time" and replace them with "santa's got an airplane", "Bells of Christmas" , "Kona Christmas" and add vocals to "Jingle Bells" from the 1960's and you have ,at least, a proper chrismas album...
Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: joshferrell on December 26, 2016, 11:03:13 AM also "seasons" and "Get that girl" should have been on MIU with "Kona Coast" and "Belles of paris" taken off...
Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: Needleinthehay on December 26, 2016, 12:14:25 PM does anyone know where to find online the original 1977 "alone on christmas" version? can only find the new mike love version
Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: Gertie J. on December 26, 2016, 12:36:01 PM yea the new version sucks.
Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: JK on December 26, 2016, 02:33:28 PM does anyone know where to find online the original 1977 "alone on christmas" version? can only find the new mike love version I haven't tried it but it would seem jiggy22 has a download of it here: http://jiggy22.blogspot.nl/2016/11/the-beach-boys-merry-christmas-from.html Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: Needleinthehay on December 26, 2016, 05:51:36 PM Some nice person PM'ed me with it. thank you :)
Also, comment: the new version is way better than the 77 version.... Title: Re: Christmas 1977 Post by: RangeRoverA1 on December 27, 2016, 02:18:13 AM also "seasons" and "Get that girl" should have been on MIU with "Kona Coast" and "Belles of paris" taken off... Don't know what is "Get that girl" but I like "Seasons" & am glad that the BBs decided to sing it. Among their best decisions. Beautifully done. |