That’s right, it’s holiday times, which means it’s time for the Esoteria Holiday Special! I’ve focused more on listenability for this episode rather than just plain weirdness, and it features holiday jams from as diverse of artists as Dorothy Ashby, the Free Design, the Flirtations, and…uh…Gandalf the Grey.
| # | Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rotary Connection | Peace At Least | Peace | Cadet Concept | 1968 |
| 2 | The Salsoul Orchestra | The Salsoul Christmas Suite | Christmas Jollies | Salsoul Records | 1976 |
| 3 | Bruce Haack And Ted Pandel | Ebenezer | Ebenezer Electric | DIMENSION 5 | 1976 |
| 4 | Jackie Mitto, Bagga, Pablove Black & Brentford All Stars | After Christmas | b/w Pablove Black, Bagga & The All Stars “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” | Studio One | 1979 |
| 5 | Philippe Renaux | Noël Blanc (White Christmas) | We Wish You A Cosmic Christmas | Sinus Music | 1977 |
| 6 | Paul Haig | Scottish Christmas | b/w Durutti Column “Christmas For Pauline” | Les Disques Du Crépuscule | 1985 |
| 7 | Akim & The Teddy Vann Production Company | I Want A Natural Santa Claus | Santa Claus Is A Black Man | Simtone | 1973 |
| 8 | Sy Mann | Tijuana Christmas | Switched On Santa | Pickwick/33 Records | 1969 |
| 9 | Country Mike | Country Christmas | Country Mike’s Greatest Hits | Grand Royal | 2000 |
| 10 | The Alan Milman Sect | Punk Rock Christmas | Punk Rock Christmas | Britz Records | 1977 |
| 11 | Dorothy Ashby, Jimmy Clark, Tom Montgomery | Jolly Old St. Nicholas | The Sounds Of Christmas | Tab Records | Unknown |
| 12 | Gandalf The Grey | The Christmas Song | The Grey Wizard Am I | Not On Label | 1972 |
| 13 | Karma | Kwanzaa | Celebration | Horizon | 1976 |
| 14 | Tabea Blumenschein, Frieder Butzmann, Gudrun Gut & Bettina Köster | White Christmas | b/w Stille Nacht Goes Disco | Marat Records | 1980 |
| 15 | Page One | Christmas 2000 | Rock A Dub | Jamaica Sound | 1978 |
| 16 | Seri | Noel | Femme Fatale | Philips | 1984 |
| 17 | The Free Design | Close Your Mouth (It’s Christmas) | b/w Christmas Is The Day | Project 3 Total Sound | 1968 |
| 18 | Ferrante & Teicher | Jingle Bells | Adventure In Carols | Westminster | 1956 |
| 19 | Sherman | The Christmas Rock | The Christmas Rock | Music Specialists Incorporated | 1983 |
| 20 | dip in the pool | Miracle Play (On Christmas Day) | b/w Miracle Play 天使が降る夜 | Moon Records | 1987 |
| 21 | Glenn Schwartz And The All Saved Freak Band | Christmas Song | My Poor Generation | Rock The World Enterprises | 1973 |
| 22 | Johnny Lytle | Chanukah | New And Groovy | Tuba Records | 1967 |
| 23 | Krystyna Prońko | Życzenia Wesołych Świąt (Merry Christmas) | Krystyna Prońko | Pronit | 1983 |
| 24 | The Berry & Coates Friendship Ensemble | Our Kwanzaa Song | b/w First Fruit (Kwanzaa Song 1979) | Ujima Records | 1979 |
| 25 | Thick Pigeon | Jingle Bell Rock | b/w The French Impressionists “Santa Baby” | Operation Twilight | 1982 |
| 26 | Solomon Burke | Christmas Presents | b/w When I’m All Alone | Apollo Records | 1955 |
| 27 | The Original Cast : R2-D2 – Anthony Daniels As C-3PO | Christmas In The Stars | Christmas In The Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album | RSO | 1980 |
| 28 | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | Deck Us All With Boston Charlie | Jingle Bell Jazz | CBS | 1964 |
| 29 | Funk Machine | Soul Santa – Part I | b/w Soul Santa – Part Il (Instrumental) | Creative Funk | 1973 |
| 30 | Hot & Sassy | Christmas Strutt | Christmas Strutt | Magic Disc Records | 1980 |
| 31 | The Flirtations | Christmas Time Is Here Again | b/w Nothing But A Heartache | Deram | 1968 |
| 32 | Big Freedia | Smoked Out Santa | Big Freedia’s Smokin Santa Christmas | Queen Diva Music | 2020 |