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- Mike Flanagan
Professor Mikey is off on another holiday musical expedition, this time to discover the heart of everybody's favorite midnight party. What is a Lang Syne? And how Auld is it? What do Bing Crosby, Death Cab for Cutie, and Blind Lemon Jefferson have in common? Do New Year's Resolutions really work? Is the best New Year's duet of all time sung by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas? And what's Carl Sagan doing in here? These and other timely questions are answered in this full hour celebration of New Year's music. Old blues classics like Smokey Hogg's "New Year's Eve Blues" from 1948, a New Year's Eve 1970 appearance by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, an absolute wacko resolution romp with Spike Jones and the City Slickers and much much more. The genres melt into each other, the human condition gets a good going over, and we all resolve to be better next year!
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Professor Mikey is off on another holiday musical expedition, this time to discover the heart of everybody's favorite midnight party. What is a Lang Syne? And how Auld is it? What do Bing Crosby, Death Cab for Cutie, and Blind Lemon Jefferson have in common? Do New Year's Resolutions really work? Is the best New Year's duet of all time sung by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas? And what's Carl Sagan doing in here? These and other timely questions are answered in this full hour celebration of New Year's music. Old blues classics like Smokey Hogg's "New Year's Eve Blues" from 1948, a New Year's Eve 1970 appearance by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, an absolute wacko resolution romp with Spike Jones and the City Slickers and much much more. The genres melt into each other, the human condition gets a good going over, and we all resolve to be better next year!
Transcript
**Please Note: Last minute editing may shuffle some of these around. But you get the picture.**
Professor Mikey here, ringing in 1954 with the Andersons on the radio version of Father Knows Best. That’s the joy of the radio mix tape. You can jump around in time, put the needle down on the record of history and there you are.
Which is a good thing, because over time, people have forgotten about some of the great New Year’s songs. New Year’s has become the after thought of Christmas.
On paper, it’s the first holiday of the year, time for a brand new start, resolutions to stop eating, eat better, stop smoking, smoke better. But despite all the newness that is going on, timing is everything. The Christmas hangover is still going on. Trees are still up. Decorations are everywhere. Santa is still taking his long winter’s nap. People haven’t figured out where to put their n...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? | King Curtis | Soul Christmas. | Atlantic | 1991 | 00:00 |
| Happy New Year | Spike Jones and His City Slickers | Dr Demento Holidays in Dementia. | Rhino | 1948 | 00:00 |
| The New Year | Death Cab for Cutie | Transatlanticism. | Barsuk Records | 2003 | 00:00 |
| Let's Start the New Year Right | Bing Crosby | A Christmas Show. | Laserlight | 2001 | 00:00 |
| Happy New Year Blues | Blind Lemon Jefferson | Blues, Blues Christmas. | Document | 2005 | 00:00 |
| Auld Lang Syne | John Fahey | The New Possibility Guitar Soli Christmas Album. | Takoma | 1974 | 00:00 |
| Auld Lang Syne | Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin | Christmas with the Rat Pack. | Capitol | 2004 | 00:00 |
| Auld Lang Syne | The Beach Boys | Ultimate Christmas. | Capitol | 1998 | 00:00 |
| Auld Lang Syne | The Cucumbers | Ho Ho Ho Spice. | Volunteer Records | 2002 | 00:00 |
| New Year's Resolution | Otis Redding/Carla Thomas | Soul Christmas. | Atlantic | 1967 | 00:00 |
| What a Year for a New Year | Dan Wilson | Maybe This Christmas. | Nettwerk | 2002 | 00:00 |
| A Glorious Dawn | Carl Sagan | Third Man Records Singles Releases 2009. | Third Man | 2009 | 00:00 |
| Happy New Year | Lightnin' Hopkins | Blue Yule. | Rhino | 1999 | 00:00 |
| New Year's Eve Blues | Smokey Hogg | Blues, Blues Christmas. | Document | 2005 | 00:00 |
| New Year's Resolution Blues | Roy Milton Solid Senders | Blues, Blues Christmas. | Document | 2005 | 00:00 |
| New Year's Resolutions | Scary Gary Alan | Dr Demento Holidays in Dementia. | Rhino | 1995 | 00:00 |
| What Are You Doing New Year's Eve | Nancy Wilson | Christmas Cocktails. | Capitol | 1996 | 00:00 |
| The Closing of the Year | The Musical Cast of Toys feat. Wendy & Lisa | Just Say Noel. | Geffen | 1996 | 00:00 |
| Auld Lang Syne | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | Christmas Cocktails Part 2. | Capitol | 1997 | 00:00 |
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Lynn Meister
Posted on January 07, 2012 at 07:39 AM | Permalink
Fun mix
A great combination of music for starting the New Year.