Promo consisting of Christmassy picks from Dr. Demento's radio show, produced by DJ Barry Hansen. The program aired in US between 1974 and 2010 and was famous for playing wierd, comic, parodic or just bad songs, most of them from recordings made between early and mid 20th century. Apart from issuing a bunch of compilations for public sale the responsible mass media company Westwood One pressed a number of the weekly shows on vinyl and also a couple of "weekly pick" radio promos that were sent out to their affiliates for use when needed. This was the first in line. Six numbers in total - side one including the original Dr. Demento radio intros and side two with just the songs. The vinyl is pressed with "stops" between the tracks so you have to manually move the stylus to the next, making it easier to handle for stressed DJ:s. All cuts classics from different periods - Jason & The Straptones "I found The Brains Of Santa Claus" (eighties), Elmo & Patsy "Grandma Got Run Over By A Raindeer" (seventies), Three Stooges "Wreck The Halls" (sixties) Spike Jones "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" (forties), Tom Lehrer "Christmas Carol" and Drifters "White Christmas (fifties). Certainly enough to get me in the right spirit, whatever decade I happen to be in. There are tons of Dr. Demeto CD or vinyl compilations issued from the eighties and on, most non-legit. I couldn't find any with a Christmas theme to recommend, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere. (SÄM*) (CXÅ*) (ÖRJ*)
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