December 17, 2017 - Foraging with Betsy Nichols

2:00pm Lost in Space by Neil Young on Hawks and Doves (Reprise), 1980

2:04pm Happy Holidays message by Tammy Wynette on n/a (n/a), 1975

2:04pm Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus by George Jones & Tammy Wynette on 7" (Epic), 1973

2:06pm Jingle Bells (rec. c. 1955) by Maddox Brothers & Rose on Where Will You Be Christmas Day? (Dust-to-Digital), 2004

2:09pm Because! Because! Because! He's Santa Claus by Galli Sisters on 7" (National), 1950

2:14pm Santa's on His Way (rec. c. 1955) by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys on Papa's Jumpin' - the MGM Years (Bear Family Records), 1985

2:17pm The Christmas Boogie by The Davis Sisters on 7" (RCA Victor), 1954

2:19pm Sleigh Bells Reindeer and Snow (rec. c. 1960) by Chet Atkins (daughter Merle Atkins on vocals) on Mr. Guitar - the Complete Recordings 1955-1960 (Bear Family Records), 2004

2:21pm Christmas Time's a-Comin' by Skeeter Davis on Christmas Greetings from Nashville (RCA Victor), 1973

2:24pm Christmas Schottische by Buck Owens on Christmas Shopping (Capitol), 1968

2:26pm O Come All Ye Faithful by Tony Trischka on O Christmas Tree: A Bluegrass Collection ( (Rounder Records), 2002

2:31pm Drinking for Christmas by Nudge Squidfish on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Nashville (Old Age Records), 1985

2:34pm Depressed Christmas by Culturcide on WFMU's War on Christmas (n/a), 2012

2:36pm Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas by Commander Cody on 7" (Dot Records), 1973

2:36pm Guabi Guabi by The Old Limitations on A Working Stiff Christmas: 15 Years at Springwater (Tiny Rig Records), 2000

2:39pm The Lady Had a Baby by D. Lemieux and Jeane Peters on WFMU's War on Christmas (n/a), 2012

2:42pm It's Christmas Time by The Qualities on Interplanetary Melodies (Norton Records), 2009

2:45pm Let's Unite The Whole World at Christmas by James Brown on 7" (king), 1968

2:48pm I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by The Crafty Ladies (Bay Area) on A Crafty Ladies Christmas (Harlod Records), 1994

2:50pm Lonliest Christmas Tree by Lisa Miller on Within Myself (Canterbury), 1968

2:53pm Go Where I Send Thee by John Fahey on The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas (Takoma), 1968

2:56pm John Fahey by The First Noel on The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas (Takoma), 1968

3:02pm Mary Had A Baby by Peggy Seeger on American Folks Songs for Christmas (folkways), 1966

3:04pm Deck the Halls by Chet Atkins on Christmas with Chet Atkins (RCA Victor), 1961

3:05pm Let Us Walk in Velvet Shoes by Ella Putzel on Recorded Dec 28, 2016 (n/a), 2016

3:07pm Winter is Blue (acetate version recorded c. 1965) by Vashti Bunyan on Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (Fat Cat Records), 2007

3:08pm Chinese White by The Incredible String Band on The 500 Layers or the Spirit of the Onion (Elektra), 1967

3:11pm December Will Be Magic Again by Kate Bush on 7" (EMI), 1980

3:16pm Selections from Nutcracker Overture Miniature by The Carpenters on Christmas Portrait (A&M Records), 1967

3:17pm A Christmas Card in Sound from San Francisco by Herb Caen on 7" (Audio Card), 1950

3:27pm Auld Lang Syne by Bill Keith on Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass (Rounder Records), 1976

3:31pm New Year's Resolution by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas on King & Queen (stax), 1967

3:34pm Redwood Regional Park Blues: Between Hay & Grass by Ava Mendoza on Beyond Berkeley Guitar: Various Artists (Tompkins Square), 2010

3:40pm There Will Never Be by Harry Nilsson on Pandemonium Shadow Show (RCA Victor), 1967

3:42pm If You Believe in Christmas Trees by Cardinal on Cardinal (Flydaddy), 1994

3:48pm The Hungry Stones by MV & the EE with the Golden Road on Drone Trailer (DiCristina Stair Builders), 2008

3:53pm It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by John Fahey on The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas (Takoma), 1968

3:54pm Dear Companion by Meg Baird on Dear Companion (Drag City), 2007

3:58pm Nashville West by Nashville West on Nashville West (Sierra Briar), 1968