MORE Christmas Disco! (MP3s)
1. Deck the Halls (3:18)
2. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (3:52)
3. Hark the Herald Angels (3:37)
4. O Christmas Tree (2:53)
5. White Christmas (4:04)
6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (3:18)
7. We Three Kings (3:32)
8. Auld Lang Syne (2:34)
9. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (2:57)
10. Twelve Days of Christmas (3:51)
I very nearly fell over when I discovered this album at a flea market during the summer. Christmas Disco (or, if you prefer, Disco Noel) is a staple of the Christmas blogs and regularly runs out the bandwidth at my own wee blog.
I'd heard rumors about additional tracks, maybe even a second album, but it wasn't until I had this 1980 sequel from Phoenix Records in my hand that my belief in the magic of Christmas disco was validated. Yes, Virginia, there is more Christmas disco by the Mistletoe Disco Band, or at least whichever group of session musicians they could stick the name on for this outing.
To be honest, this isn't quite as good as the first Christmas Disco. The first two tracks are heavy on the synth, and "Deck the Halls" is set to a reggae beat, which just doesn't say disco to me. Horrible overdubs by a disinterested singer bring "Hark the Herald Angels" crashing down.
But then it starts to get good. The "Oh, Momma" intro on "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is priceless, and by this point the album has found its way back to the mix of vocals, synth and session funk that made the first outing a campy Christmas classic. There's even a version of "Auld Lang Syne" to get the boogie shoes moving on New Year's Eve.
While this can't compare to the original Christmas Disco, fans of that album will certainly want to have this to complete their collections. Digging through the second part of the album should yield some new holiday favorites for everyone else.
MORE Christmas Disco!? as if one is not enough
Posted by: John McCabe | December 11, 2008 at 02:05 AM
Anyone got any other links to download the original?
The one at the link seems to be out of bandwidth.
Merry Christmas all :)
Posted by: art | December 11, 2008 at 08:07 AM
I'm gonna put on my boogie shoes and dance all day long!
I think the original is here:
http://christmasyuleblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/mistletoe-disco-band-christmas-disco_26.html
Posted by: Ernie (Not Bert) | December 11, 2008 at 09:35 AM
Fantastic stuff. Both albums available to stream here:
http://free.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12779164
Posted by: em2 | December 11, 2008 at 07:50 PM
Can u please post the Deco Disco - Camp Galore on this site?
Posted by: fullundie | December 12, 2008 at 01:26 AM
Fullundie,
Just a bit of patience. I'll have bandwidth back on my blog on December 21. If it blows out again, I might move that album over here, but I always try to come up with something new or different for this blog.
Posted by: Hear It Wow | December 12, 2008 at 10:18 AM
ok and thanx .....:-))
Posted by: fullundie | December 13, 2008 at 01:46 AM
You have been kissed under the Christmas Mistletoe (-:
Posted by: santa | December 17, 2008 at 06:20 AM
I'm a huge fan of Disco Noel. My personal favorite is Little Drummer Boy. I even have two of them (both found at separate times at the same Salvation Army) in case something happens to one of them. Rudolph!
Posted by: Lainey490 | December 20, 2008 at 10:32 PM
thanx for the upload :-) see my blog.
Posted by: fullundie | December 21, 2008 at 06:10 AM