Wild Christmas
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Wild Christmas is a rock and roll Christmas album recorded and released in 1966 by film star Mae West.[2]
The LP was released not long after her surprisingly successful rock and roll debut Way Out West for Tudor Records. This album, however, was released on the small Dagonet Records label. Among the tracks are Christmas songs made famous by Elvis Presley, "Santa Baby", popularised by Eartha Kitt as well as a not specifically Christmas tune by The Beatles. West inserted her own catchphrases into the songs' lyrics for parody effect, for example: "If I have to choose between two evils, I'm gonna pick the one I never tried before." The album features only eight songs, an unusually short album for the period when most long-playing records had eleven or twelve songs on them. The record was produced by David Mallet.[3]
The album was re-released as Mae in December in 1980 with a re-arranged track listing. In 2009, it re-appeared as Christmas Classics in digital format, retaining the 1980 track listing. Wild Christmas never received an individual CD re-issue, but in 2013, it appeared on one CD together with The Fabulous Mae West.
Track listing
- Side A
- "Merry Christmas Baby"
- "Santa Baby"
- "Santa Come Up to See Me"
- "Put the Loot in the Boot Santa"
- Side B
- "Santa Claus Is Back in Town"
- "My New Year's Resolution"
- "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me"
- "With Love From Me to You"
References
- ^ "Wild Christmas - Mae West". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
- ^ Louvish, Simon (2006). Mae West: It Ain't No Sin. Faber and Faber. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-571-21949-0.
- ^ "Mae West - Wild Christmas (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-12-20.