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This index presents a selected discography of the best and/or most important various artist Christmas albums, organized by album name. Whenever possible, the listings are accompanied by links to the album art; to a place to buy the album (usually Amazon); and to my review of the album. Admittedly, the list skews heavily towards my preference for all things that rock, roll, swing, and twang. But, nothing's perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, submissions, corrections, criticisms, and suggestions via email.
| Title | Date | Image | Buy | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garage Band Christmas Vol. 1 - reissued in 2010 with slightly different track listing and revised cover |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Garage Band Christmas Vol. 2 | 2008 | image | buy | |
| Garage Band Christmas Vol. 3 - above three feature veterans of Badfinger, Nazz, Shadows of Knight, Human Beinz, and others; part of an ongoing series on Collectables Records |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Get Thee Behind Me, Santa - twee pop from UK indie Puppy Dog Records |
2002 | image | buy | |
| Ghosts Of Christmas Past - 13-track LP; "Chantons Noël" from Belgian avant pop label Les Disques Du Crépuscule |
1981 | image | buy | |
| Ghosts Of Christmas Past (Remake) - 13-track LP, 14-track cassette; second edition of above with eight new songs, plus highlights from previous edition and new cover art |
1982 | image | buy | |
| Ghosts Of Christmas Past - 14-track LP; third edition of above with three new songs, plus highlights from previous editions and new cover art |
1986 | image | buy | |
| Ghosts Of Christmas Past - 18-track CD; fourth edition of above with two new songs, plus highlights from previous editions and cover art derived from original edition |
1988 | image | buy | |
| Ghosts Of Christmas Past - 20-track CD; fifth edition of above; strictly highlights from previous editions; cover art updated from original edition |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Ghosts Of Christmas Past - 35-track, 2-CD set; sixth edition of above; most (but not all) tracks from previous editions plus additional new and vintage recordings; cover art reproduced from 1982 'remake' edition |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Giant Country Christmas - mainstream country from Warner-affiliated label |
1994 | image | buy | |
| Gift That Keeps Giving - Demon/Crimson compilation of alternative holiday songs |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Gift Of Christmas Vol. 1 | 1997 | image | buy | |
| Gift Of Christmas Vol. 2 - above two budget pop/rock albums from BMG Special Products |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Gift Rapping: The Select Best - hit-laden LP from pioneer hip-hop label Select Records; features just one Christmas song: Whistle's "Santa Is A B-Boy" |
1986 | image | buy | |
| Gift Wrapped: 20 Songs That Keep On Giving | 2009 | image | buy | |
| Gift Wrapped II: Snowed In | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Gift Wrapped 3: A Holiday Smörgåsbord - above three grab bag of styles from the Warner catalog; download only |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Gift Wrapped 4: Winter Wonderland - series resumes after eight years, but with just 12 tracks for resurgent vinyl |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Gimme Some Santa - 4-track, 7-inch colored vinyl EP from Cleveland's Scat Records |
1990 | image | buy | |
| Girlfriend Xmas - pop/rock compilation from Extreme Music |
2011 | image | buy | |
| The Glam That Stole Christmas - latter-day hair metal from Perris Records |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Glenn a. Baker's Christmas Crackers - great 2-CD compilation by legendary Aussie writer and collector |
2010 | image | buy | |
| God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen - modern jazz from Columbia Records |
1981 | image | buy | |
| Gonna Have A Really... Soulful Christmas - 2-CD, 50-track collection from Hoodoo Records |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Gospel Christmas Card - 17 tracks from three artists including the Staple Singers' complete album, 'The Twenty-fifth Day Of December' (1962) |
1993 | image | buy | |
| Gospel Christmas Hits - fine collection of black gospel by Fuel 2000 |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Gotta Love The Holidays - star-studded, 10-track collection benefits the Larry King Cardiac Foundation |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Grand Old Christmas - Sony budget CD of obscure vintage country music; especially notable for rare Bob Wills track |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Grand Ole Christmas - modern country recordings on Rejoice Music of Nashville; notable mainly for tracks by Charlie Louvin, Tommy Cash, Ernest Ashworth, and the Whites |
2005 | image | buy | |
| Great Songs Of Christmas: Classic Carols & Pop Favorites - 20-track Real Gone CD drawn mostly from the Goodyear compilations of the same name, 1961-1970 |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Great Songs of Christmas: Masterworks Edition - semi-classical companion to the pop-oriented volume above |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: It's A Green Monkey Christmas! - combines elements from Santa's Not Dead: It's a Green Monkey Christmas! (2009) and Hot Dog! It’s Another Green Monkey Christmas! (2010), both out-of-print |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: It Crawled Down the Chimney - It's Another Green Monkey X-mas! | 2011 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: Frothing the ‘Nog - Ye Fourth Green Monkey Xmas | 2012 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records Presents Merry Krampus | 2013 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: Christmas Monkey On My Back - GMR Xmas 6 | 2015 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: All I Want For Christmas - GMR Xmas VII | 2016 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: The Good, The Bad, and Other Christmas Favorites! Ye Olde GMR Christmas #8 | 2017 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: A Green Monkey Christmas For Martians Up On Mars | 2018 | image | buy | |
| Hail The Jolly Christmas Monkey: GMR Xmas the Tenth | 2019 | image | buy | |
| Xmas Boogie Woogie: 10 Years of Green Monkey Christmas | 2019 | image | buy | |
| Green Monkey Records: Pandemic Christmas - all above released by Seattle-based indie label run by musician Tom Dyer; the label helped the local scene bridge the gap between punk and grunge from 1983 to 1991 (see It Crawled From the Basement: The Green Monkey Records Anthology) and was reactivated in 2008 |
2020 | image | buy |