Twenty-one pretty melodies. Every once in a while I need gentle music that’s not out to challenge me - or anyone else. Don’t you? I think you do -Moahaha
1 Massimo e Massimo - L'istituto Al Tramonto 2 Louise Cordet - In a Matter of Moments 3 Horst Wende - Ya Laure Houbbouki 4 Jeannine Otis & Heikki Sarmanto - Flowers In The Water 5 Jan Lindblad - Kojo No Tsuki 6 Catherine Spaak - Penso A Te 7 Stanley Wilson - Zulu Love Magic 8 April Stevens - And So To Sleep Again 9 Keith Mansfield - Swingle Song 10 Tina & David Meltzer - I’ll Forget You
11 Johnny Eaton - Quite Early One Morning 12 이미자 - 아직은 멀었는데 13 Yoshiki Kinjoh - Sendo Kouta 14 백설희 - 봄날은 간다 15 Mario Robbiani - Grazie Amore Mio 16 Sarah Brightman - On The Nile 17 Arti & Mestieri - Young Man’s Tale 18 Jack Lesmana - Iramaku 19 Lilis Suryani & Orkes Baju - Gendjer Gendjer 20 David Carroll - Dance of the Slave Maidens 21 Mantovani & Tipica Orchestra - I Wished On the Moon
This year I present to you an almost chronologically correct festive feast for the ears. Kicking things off with a nine decade ol' Danish ditty, it’s all cozy shellac-era oldies on the first half of my selection. Just like you’ve probably grown accustomed to by now. But for the second half I've put together a hodgepodge of heartwarming folksongs, a few loungy jazz/easy listening gems and some classical/early music stunners (nothing new from me about that either, I suppose:). All in a delightfully christmassy mode. On my twelfth ever year of Xmas-mix making, there’s also a first ever version of 12th Day Of Christmas included. I always liked the melody, yet I never really located a version I thought did it justice. But I thoroughly enjoy Geoff Bastow's afterski in the coctail lounge take on it.
Yulephiles and yulephobics alike: I’m wishing you all the jolliest season ever! I think we deserve a good one -Moahaha
1 Teddy Petersen - Julefantasi-Anden Del (1933) 2 Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - Wintertime Dreams (1936) 3 Marimba Novelty Orchestra - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1934) 4 Raymond Scott with Clyde Burke - All Around The Christmas Tree (1940) 5 Lloyd Glenn's Combo - Christmas Sleigh Ride (1947) 6 Helen Forrest - Snowman (1947) 7 Les Brown - When You Trim Your Christmas Tree (1946) 8 Dan Grisson - Wonderful Christmas Night (1948) 9 London String Quartet - Silent Night (1945) 10 Dinah Shore - The Star Of Bethlehem (1949) 11 Mindy Carson - I Want A Television Christmas (A World of Magic All My Own) (1950) 12 Buddy Clark - Merry Christmas Waltz (1949) 13 Emil Stern Et Son Orchestre - Baby, It's Cold Outside (1951) 14 Eva Dahlbeck - Sankta Lucia (early 1950’s) 15 Georgia Gibbs - Winter's Here Again (1952) 16 Rosemary Clooney - Happy Christmas, Little Friend (1953) 17 Ashley Miller - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1961)
18 Bonnie Dobson - The Holly Bears a Berry (1962) 19 Winifred Smith - 'Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime (1962) 20 María Dolores Pradera - Amarga Navidad (1962) 21 Joe "Mr. Piano" Henderson - Swinging Sleigh Ride (1960) 22 Pernell Roberts - The New Born King (1963) 23 Kathy & Carol - Brightest & Best (1965) 24 Dusty Springfield - O Holy Child (1964) 25 Geoff Bastow - 12th Day Of Christmas (1976) 26 Valerie Masters - Christmas Calling (1964) 27 Hagood Hardy - Winter Time (1975) 28 Anthony Mawer - Snowmobile (1976) 29 Fairuz - Moulouk Al Majous (1977) 30 Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band - Personent Hodie (1987) 31 Zola Van - A Virgin Most Pure (2004) 32 Øyonn Groven Myhren - Et Barn Er Født I Betlehem (1998) 33 Nancy Raven - Sleighride (2003) 34 Angelika Garcia, Christian Arevalo & Jonathan Merete - Shchedryk (2017)
Link to all our Delights & XD-V (the latter link you'll find the Pre-DWp's Vol. I-IV) + here's the streams for 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016:
-and as always before my delights wouldn’t be half as delightful without ERNIE NOT BERT and his amazing blog.
