Ho! Ho! Ho! Welcome to The Night Owl's 8th annual Christmas CD buyer's guide! When it came time to start work on the new buyer's guide, we found ourselves in a bit of a predicament. Not only was the selection of new holiday titles lame at best, this year's assortment was the worst ever. So, rather than dwell on all the new CDs that you shouldn't buy, we decided that it would be a better idea to share some of the season's better tunes with you. And what better way to share the music than with a new Christmas edition of Night Owl Radio!

Like always on Night Owl Radio, we have a wide variety of tunes lined up for you. From Dean Martin to Everclear, Arthur Lyman to U2, Vince Gill to Steve Vai, we've covered just about all the bases this year. Since there wasn't a whole lot of new stuff to choose from this year, we dug deep into the archives and pulled out some of the best holiday tunes around, plus a few exclusive tracks that you probably won't get to hear anywhere else. We also received several requests this year (you know who you are) and I'm happy to report that all of them managed to find their way onto the show.

To see the track listing and to listen to this year's show, just click on the image below...

From all of us here at The Night Owl, we'd like to wish you and yours a Happy Holiday and best wishes for a safe and Happy New Year!

Click here to listen to the 2002 Holiday Edition of Night Owl Radio

Other recommended holiday titles from The Night Owl:

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful Christmas (Hip-O)
David Benoit - Remembering Christmas (GRP)
Big Rhythm - A Swingin' Christmas (Warner Brothers)
Charles Brown - Cool Christmas Blues (Bullseye Blues)
Ray Charles - The Spirit of Christmas (Atlantic/Rhino)
Bing Crosby - The Voice of Christmas (MCA/Decca)
Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas (Elektra)
Esquivel - Merry Xmas From the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (Bar None)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (Verve)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Gary Hoey - Ho! Ho! Hoey (Surf Dog)
Gary Hoey - Ho! Ho! Hoey II (Surf Dog)
Gary Hoey - Ho! Ho! Hoey III (Surf Dog)
Gary Hoey - The Best of Ho! Ho! Hoey (Surf Dog)
Spike Jones - Let's Sing a Song of Christmas (Verve)
Arthur Lyman - With a Christmas Vibe (Rykodisc)
Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas (American Gramaphone)
Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. - Christmas with The Rat Pack (Capitol)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (RCA)
Bob Rivers - Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire (Atlantic)
Bob Rivers - I am Santa Claus (Atlantic)
Bob Rivers - More Twisted Christmas (Atlantic)
Bob Rivers - Twisted Christmas (Atlantic)
Jimmy Smith - Cookin' Christmas (Verve)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve And Other Stories (Atlantic/Lava)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic (Atlantic/Lava)
Vince Vance & The Valiants - All I Want For Christmas is You (Waldoxy)
Various Artists - A Country Superstar Christmas (Hip-O)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (A&M)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (A&M)
Various Artists - Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits 1935-1954 (Rhino)
Various Artists - Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits 1955-Present (Rhino)
Various Artists - Billboard Presents: Family Christmas Classics (Rhino)
Various Artists - Blue Yule (Rhino)
Various Artists - Bullseye Blues Christmas (Bullseye Blues)
Various Artists - Christmas Songs (Milestone)
Various Artists - Dr. Demento's Holidays in Dementia (Rhino)
Various Artists - Hipster's Holiday (Rhino)
Various Artists - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (soundtrack) (Interscope)
Various Artists - Jazz for Joy (Verve)
Various Artists - Jazz to the World (Blue Note)
Various Artists - Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas (Epic)
Various Artists - Merry Axemas 2: More Guitars For Christmas (Epic)
Various Artists - MTV's TRL Christmas (Atlantic/Lava)
Various Artists - Natty & Nice: A Reggae Christmas (Rhino)
Various Artists - Punk Rock Xmas (Rhino)
Various Artists - Superstar Christmas (Epic)
Various Artists - The Best Christmas Ever (Virgin)
Various Artists - The Carols of Christmas II (Windham Hill)
Various Artists - Ultra Lounge: Christmas Cocktails (Capitol)
Various Artists - Ultra Lounge: Christmas Cocktails 2 (Capitol)
Various Artists - Yule B' Swingin' (Hip-O)
Various Artists - Yule Be Boppin' (Blue Note)
Dwight Yoakum - Come on Christmas (Reprise)


© 2002 Steve Marshall