As we wind down 2011, we’re real excited to kick off December with a seasonal mix to welcome the holiday cheer. A full on Christmas mix for a specialty, all vinyl program is a tall order, and we surely couldn’t put something like this together on our own. Fortunately, at the suggestion of a few friends of the program we dialed up Ridgewood, QNS DJ MX Greens. We were told he’s THE Christmas DJ. Prior to this set I wasn’t really sure what that credential meant, as I hadn’t imagined the variety of tunes, stories and concept records that were put out in the larger ‘funk / soul’ continuum. Within his record collection, there’s an ever-expanding section of HOLIDAY FUNK LPs/45″s – partially built up by solo digs, but also as a result of any funky holiday records gravitating his way as friends pass along a record here or there, knowing that it’s getting cataloged in a deep repository of Christmas’ (funky) past. Below is the full 2.5 hr set, up nice and early for heightened, high quality Christmas cheer.

MX Greens will be starting up a new biweekly party with an esteemed roster of DJs, collectively billed as the Ridgewood Soul-cial Club starting on Monday the 12th at Tandem.

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James Brown “Hey America” (King)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass “My Favorite Things” (A& M)
The Don Burrows Quintet “Jingle Bells” (Cherry Pie)
Electric Jungle “Funky Funky Christmas” (nike)
Otis Zee and the Sambuka Band “Funky Christmas” (Stem)
Funk Machine “Soul Santa Part 1″ (Creative Funk)
Akim and the Teddy Vann Production Company “Happy Kwanza” (Simtone)
The Chambers Brothers “Merry Christmas, Happy New Year” (Columbia)
Creeper “Santa Claus Wants Some Loving” (ABC)
Milly & Silly “Gettin Down for Xmas” (Right-On)
Crazy Emma “Let’s Get It Together For Christmas” (Scepter)
Paul Revere & The Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay “Rain, Sleet, Snow” (Columbia)
Raindeer Runners “Pull My Sled” (Soul Fire)
The Soul Saints Orch. “Santa’s Got A Bag Of Soul” (Jazzman)
Lefties Soul Connection “Back Door Santa (inst.)” (MPM)
Clarence Carter “Back Door Santa” (Atlantic)
Gary Walker “Santa’s Got A Brand New Bag” (Jin)
Johnny Acey with Esquires Ltd. “Christmas Keeps On Coming” (Smog City)
Universal Robot Band “Disco Christmas” (Red Greg)
Salsoul Orchestra “You’re All I Want For Christmas” (Salsoul)
Mirror Image “Silver Bells” (Pickwick)
Los Silverstone “Bomba Navidena” (Padisco)
El Gran Combo “Asalto Navideno” (gema)
Orcesta La Selecta “Candela” (Borinquen)
Hector, Yomo Y Daniel “En La Navidad” (Fania)
Johnny Albino Y Su Trio “Merry Xmas Boogaloo” (Starbright)
Bobby Cruz Orquesta En Navidad “Great God Almighty” (Fonseca)
Soulful Strings “Dance of The Sugarplum Fairy” (Cadet)
Lou Rawls “Christmas Will Really Be Christmas” (Capitol)
David Frost & Billy Taylor “Bright Star In The East” (Bell)
The Martinis “Holiday Cheer” (U.S.A.)
Lee Rogers “You Won’t Have To Wait Till Xmas” (D-Town)
Andre Williams & Nathaniel Mayer “Mr. Santa Clause (Bring Me My Baby)” (Munster)
James Brown “Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto” (King)
Stevie Wonder “Season’s Greetings from Motown Records” (Motown)
Carla Thomas “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas” (Atco)
Honey and the Bees “Jing Jing A-Ling” (North Bay)
Betty Lloyd “Six Days Til Xmas” (BSC)
Otis Redding “Merry Christmas, Baby” (Atco)
Sharon Jones “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects” (Daptone)
Booker T. & The M.G.s “Winter Wonderland” (Stax)
Lloyd Glenn “Sleigh Ride” (Hollywood)
The Poets “Merry Christmas Baby” (Red Bird)
Nibbs “Spending Christmas Day With You” (Arc-Lark)
William Bell “Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday” (Atco)
The Playboys “The Night Before Christmas” (Legato)
James Brown “Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay” (King)
The Emotions “What Do The Lonely Do On Christmas” (Volt)
The Soul Duo “Sad Christmas”

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