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Holly Jolly X'masu


Jul 25, 2021

Welcome to Episode 22 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this year’s Christmas in July episode, I once again cover a variety of summer-themed or summery-sounding Christmas songs from a diverse group of artists. I had a lot of fun tracking down these songs, adding them to my collection, and then learning a bit more about the artists behind them. A couple of these are literally the only copy I’ve found of the record or CD, so I’m glad I was able to share them.

Johnny Yoshinaga - April Santa Claus

Johnny Yoshinaga - April Santa Claus - 1986

Stardust Revue - June Jingle Bell

Stardust Revue - June Jingle Bell - 1986

Hiroshi Murai - June ・ 25th ~ The Day Farthest From X'mas

Hiroshi Murai - June ・ 25th ~ The Day Farthest From X'mas - 1990

Ai Kawashima- Summer Christmas

Ai Kawashima- Summer Christmas - 2004

Midori Karashima - Summer Christmas Night

Midori Karashima - Summer Christmas Night - 1997

Radish - Santa Claus Summer Vacation

Radish - Santa Claus Summer Vacation –1988

Tetsu100% - Midsummer Santa Claus

Tetsu100% - Midsummer Santa Claus - 1989

Misato Watanabe – Midsummer Santa Claus

Misato Watanabe – Midsummer Santa Claus –1994

Teresa Teng - Merry Xmas In Summer

Teresa Teng - Merry Xmas In Summer - 1987

Masae Ohno - X'mas Summer

Masae Ohno - X'mas Summer - 1983

Megumi Shiina - Hot Summer In December

Megumi Shiina - Hot Summer In December - 1988

 

Masayoshi Yamazaki - Christmas In August - 2005

Natsu Summer - Tropical Christmas

Natsu Summer - Tropical Christmas - 2016

E.S. Island - Midsummer Christmas

E.S. Island - Midsummer Christmas - 1982

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed this Christmas in July episode as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Beginning next month, partly to help me schedule future episodes, I’ll start covering 80s albums every August, 90s albums every September, and albums from the 00s, 10s and 20s every October. To kick things off, I’ll be covering Yen Records’ seminal 1984 compilation, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” I’m going to try to work in at least one bonus episode as well, so be sure to tune 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.

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