For our 17th annual counter-Christmas carol episode, we plunge deep into some of Dimitri Tiomkin's score that was cut from the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life as we mark the festive season with our usual mix of snark, candour, grief & joy. 01. Tito Jackson: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 02. En Attendant Ana: Close Your Mouth Because Christmas is the Day! (En Attendant Ana Sings Christmas, 2024) self-released 03. Fflwcs: Let Nothing You Dismay (Christmas Shopping 1989, 2024) self-released 04. Al Jarreau: Peggy Virginia (Smooth and Soulful Christmas, 2006) YMC 05. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66: The Christmas Song (Something Festive, 1968) A&M 06. Quincy Jones: Greensleeves and All That Jazz (The Italian Job OST: 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition, 1969) Paramount 07. Martin Mull: Santafly [w.the Sondra Baskin Glee Club] (Santafly 7", 1973) Capricorn 08. The Smothers Brothers: Swiss Christmas (Curb Your Tongue, Knave! 1963) Mercury 09. Khruangbin: A Calf Born in Winter (The Holdovers OST, 2023) Backlot/Focus Features 10. Count Floyd: Reggae Christmas Eve in Transylvania (Count Floyd 12", 1982) RCA Victor 11. Alex Cuba: Christmas Made for Love (2023) Caracol 12. Anita Eccleston: Long Nights [Gala remix] (Winter Gala, 2024) self-released 13. Future Star: Santa Must Have Winter Tires (2024) self-released 14. Thelma Houston: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 15. Bat for Lashes: Christmas Day (The Dream of Delphi, 2024) Mercury KX 16. Brock Reid: Mariah Carey Echoes in a Mall at Night (Holidazed to You: An Eternal Bummer Christmas - Volume 5, 2024) Eternal Bummer 17. Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom: You're All I Want for Christmas (A Peace of Us, 2024) Carpark 18. Tatsuro Yamashita: Christmas Eve [English version] (Christmas Eve: 30th Anniversary Edition, 2013) MMG/Moon 19. Prophet of Jupiter: Joulu (It's Christmas Time! Volume VII, 2021) Retro Promenade 20. Elliot Maginot: Waiting on Christmas (2024) Les Disques Audiogramme/Orchard Enterprise 21. Vanille: As-tu Vue le Père Noël? (2024) self-released 22. Ben Folds: Waiting for Snow (Sleigher, 2024) New West 23. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Opus, 2024) Milan 24. Laraaji: Bethlehem [Glimpse] (Glimpses of Infinity, 2024) Numero Group 25. Black Sun High Desert: For the Occasion of the Winter Solstice (Tilts & Rotations/Of Land & Sky, 2024) Not Yet Remembered 26. Anita Ellis & The Balladeers: Christmas is a Feeling in Your Heart (Christmas is a Feeling in Your Heart 78rpm, ?) A Beverly 27. Kay Starr: Christmas (Programming Aids from Capitol 7", 1964) Capitol 28. Kay Starr: [Everybody's Waiting for] the Man with the Bag (1950) Capitol 29. Allison Burik: Solstice II [Cycles] (Realm, 2024) self-released 30. Bing Crosby: The Secret of Christmas (Say One for Me OST, 1959) Columbia 31. John Oswald: White (xMas, 2024) Mystery Tapes 32. The Ramsey Lewis Trio: Snowfall (More Sounds of Christmas, 1964) Argo 33. Dimitri Tiomkin: Main Title [film version] (It's a Wonderful Life OST: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1946) La-La Land/Paramount 34. Dimitri Tiomkin: Search for Money (It's a Wonderful Life OST: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1946) La-La Land/Paramount 35. Dimitri Tiomkin: Clarence's Arrival (It's a Wonderful Life OST: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1946) La-La Land/Paramount 36. Oscar Peterson: Christmas Waltz (An Oscar Peterson Christmas, 1995) Telarc 37. Artie Shaw & his Orchestra: When Winter Comes (The Holdovers OST, 2023) Backlot/Focus Features It's a wonderful podcast; give it a chance. radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire