My Christmas Wish List songs and records I'm searching for

Well, it wouldn't be a record collector's website unless I published my wish list - songs I'm still hunting down, and songs for which I'd happily barter from my relatively vast treasure chest. Almost by definition, these records are pretty rare - that is, if I don't already own them, they're tough to come by. Let's hope some entrepreneurial record label is surfing the web and lifts this list for ideas when compiling next year's reissues.... Until then, if you have a copy of any of these (vinyl, CD, or high quality MP3), let's talk! Drop me a line...

Randy Anthony

Songs & Singles. I don't own a hard copy (vinyl or CD) of these songs, nor do they appear on any Christmas record I still reasonably hope to find. These are the "lost songs," ones that fallen between the cracks in the record industry and, hence, in my voluminous Christmas collection. I'd love to locate them any way possible - hope you can help out! (Both sides of the 45's are listed when possible. Also, look below to browse the hard-to-find albums I'm trying to locate.)

Note that I've already purchased (or scammed) an MP3 copy of the songs marked with an asterisk, and I may not be able to do any better than that for a couple of reasons. First, many of these songs have not been issued as either singles or on Christmas albums - and I don't make a habit out of buying entire albums just to get one track. In a few cases, they have appeared on Christmas albums, but the rest of the record sucks so hard that I can't bring myself to buy it... And finally, at least a few of these may not even exist in a hard format - that is, they were released only as digital downloads. C'est la vie, Virginia.

Albums. Like any hopelessly addicted record collector, I constantly have a number of full-length albums on my "want list," including records I'll review for inclusion in Hip Christmas when I obtain them (are you listening, record labels?). Many of them prove tough-to-find, but the ones listed below are the ones I need special help with - rare and/or out-of-print platters that some helpful reader might be willing to part with. If you don't want to sell your copy, perhaps you'd be amenable to swapping some MP3s? Drop me a line...

1. Infant Kings, Jingle Up High, Jingle Down Low (Collective Fruit CD, 1997)
2. Dusty Springfield & The Springfields, We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Universal, 1996)
3. Starland Vocal Band, Christmas At Home (self-released, 1980)
4. various artists, Better Than Fruitcake: Nourishing Holiday Classics By St. Louis' Finest Rockers (unknown label, 2000)
5. various artists, Blue Blue Christmas (P-Vine CD, 1988)
   - not to be confused with the Document 2-CD set Blues Blues Christmas (2005)
   
6. various artists, Chilly: The Flagpole Christmas Album (Flagpole CD, 1995)
   - hey, does this even exist?
7. various artists, Hark, The Rock and Rollers Sing (self-released cassette, 1986)
8. various artists, Red-Headed Stepchild Of The Flagpole Christmas Album (Flagpole CD, 1993)
9. various artists, Rockin' Bethlehem (Timberyard CD, 1989)
10. various artists, Soft-Spoken Beatnik Cousin Of The Flagpole Christmas Album (Flagpole CD, 1996)

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