A Christmas Yuleblog

About one month after my one week look of Christmas comps ended in February, I reviewed a Christmas comp from Mike Ung in Kansas City, Missouri. This well done comp contained several songs I had lost in the Great Spring Hard Drive Crash of 2005 (thank goodness) and a few I had never owned before, including the 1962 classic "Merry Christmas You Suckers" by Paddy Roberts. This was also the first place I had ever heard about Asche & Spencer's "Merry Christmas Fruitcake" which led to the discovery of their " Spirit of Fruitcake V4 " online CD! Lastly, "Christmas With Mike 2005" was the 650th Christmas CD into my personal collection. Mike came close again this year... this new disc was #798! I sent Mike a set of questions that I will be asking everyone whose comp will be reviewed here and here are his answers: 1.) When did you begin creating your Christmas compilations? I started in 2001 with a compilation called "Christmas ...

During the week of February 19th and February 24th , I reviewed six different Christmas compilations that I acquired from various friends and other Christmas music aficionados. I had no other homemade compilations to review... or so I thought. Mike Ung, a resident of Kansas City and yet another person who I met through FaLaLaLaLa.com happened to read my reviews. He e-mailed me to ask if I would be willing to trade copies of our annual comps. "I've always liked weird/obscure music" Mike admits. He also admitted to reworking the Beatles' White Album down to 6 tracks... That was enough for me! I agreed to send him one and off they went through the mail. His compilation arrived exactly one week ago. I didn't know what to expect - this was Mike's 5th Christmas comp. The artwork was pretty good - I did a quick scan of the playlist... when I discovered the title of a long lost Christmas song I've been searching for, I knew I was in for a treat. TRACK RE...