Hot Rod Holiday
various artists
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An adjunct to Hot
Rod Rock, a Right Stuff CD series sponsored by Hot
Rod magazine, Hot
Rod Holiday (1997) mainly includes songs from the
rich catalog of Capital/EMI Records - home to the Beach
Boys, the Ventures, and other artists popular with
grease monkeys and the ladies who love them. The disc
has a high quotient of great songs but a few nagging
problems. First, only one song, the Beach Boys' "Little
Saint Nick," is actually about a car.
Second, while at least one cut is very hard-to-find
(Gary U.S. Bonds' "Call Me For Christmas"),
serious collectors will already own most of these sixteen
tracks. Finally, the Dion and Fats Domino tracks included
here were cut in 1993, not in the artists' respective
heydays. But, while I quibble (guys like me always
do), most consumers (and gearheads) will enjoy the hell out of Hot
Rod Holiday. Gentlemen, start your engines!
Albums
- Hot Rod Holiday (1997)
Essential Songs
- Call Me for Christmas (Gary U.S. Bonds, 1963)
- Frosty the Snowman (Ventures, 1965)
- It's Christmas Time (Five Keys, 1951)
- Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms, 1957)
- Jingle Bells (Ventures, 1965)
- Little Saint Nick (Beach Boys, 1963)
- Merry Christmas Baby (Beach Boys, 1964)
- Merry Twist-Mas (Marcels, 1961)
- Run Rudolph Run (Chuck Berry, 1958)
- White Christmas (Statues, 1960)
Further Listening
- Christmas Album (Beach Boys, 1964)
- Rock & Roll Christmas (Dion, 1993)
- Christmas Album (Ventures, 1965)
- Legends Of Christmas Past: A Rock 'n' R&B Holiday Collection (various artists, 1992)
- Rockin' Little Christmas (various artists, 1986)