Dec 21, 2024
Welcome to episode 130 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I
talk about the Kodama Press sonojournal, “X’mas Dance Music,”
featuring Yasushi Ashida and his Mellow Notes.
I hope you enjoyed listening to and learning what little I was able
to uncover about Yasushi Ashida. The music here really is
fantastic. Collecting these old sonojournals and flexi-discs has
been an adventure unto itself. While I know what I’m getting into
with some of them, others are a complete surprise. Finding gems
like this really makes it worthwhile.
As promised in the episode, here’s the contents of the
sonojournal:
Join me back here on Christmas Day for another great, new episode.
It’s become something of a tradition for me to feature the best,
most exciting albums from my collection on Christmas Day, and this
year is no exception. This time I’ll be covering one of the
ultimate holy grails of Japanese Christmas records, “Rock Christmas
Rock” by the Warner Beatniks. This is one that will truly blow you
away, so make sure you listen in.
As always, any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If
have any suggestions, or if you’d like to recommend a song or album
for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know.
Remember, I've added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you'd like to support me one cup
of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. I’ve also opened
a Redbubble store. I only have a
couple designs up, but keep an eye on it as I’ll be trying to add
more. Half of any proceeds or donations received will be donated to
support the people of Ukraine, while the rest will be used to
purchase new Japanese Christmas music to review for future
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