VARIOUS - DREAMLAND WITH THE POP SNOWFLAKES (2008)

A long time ago, the first Christmas compilation i ever bought was the Phil Spector's "A Christmas Blog Gift For You", actually this is the Christmas album by which all later holiday releases had to be judged, and it has inspired a host of imitators including myself. So after "A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006) and "Another Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2007), this is my third Christmas special compiling some of the best Christmas carols recorded by phenomenal powerpop combos. Have a Merry Christmas, and enjoy.

ZS (366 mb)

CD1
Angels We Have Heard On High / Warm This Winter / Christmas In New York / I Want A Guitar For Christmas / Ski Party / Christmas Stars / Christmas / Christmas In The City / We Three Kings / It's Christmas Again (Now I Have It All) / Christmas All Over the World / All I Want For Christmas (Is a Chance) / All Winter Long / O Holy Night / Christmas Carol / Unto Us / Christmas Kiss / I Love Xmas / Your Christmas Whiskey / Christmas Time / Some Children See Him / Christmastime / Jingle Jangle / Merry Christmas

CD2
Christmas Christmas / A Merry Jingle / Another Christmas / Merry Xmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) / If Christmas Can't Bring You Home / Another Lonely Christmas / Merry Christmas (Wherever You May Be) / Happy Holiday / Snow Day / Christmas (I Remember) / Christmas is Holy / Santa Claus / Santa Came In Stripes / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Christmas Time / All I Want For Christmas / Christmas / My Christmas Wish / What Child Is This / Christmas Time / Will You Marry Me (On Christmas Day) / My Christmas Was In June / Christmas With The Snow / 'Til Next Hanukkah / I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

ANOTHER CHRISTMAS BLOG GIFT FOR YOU - BORN TO GREET (2007)

So this is Christmas (...soon). Last year, there was "A Christmas Blog Gift For You" available on the PPL Blog, Now it is time for me to bring to you another annual exclusive Christmas compilation. But, why one more Christmas compilation , well just because I wanted to share a Powerpop Christmas with all the readers, and it was the right time of the year to release it. So, I've tried to give you "la creme de la creme" of christmas powerpop. Have a Merry Christmas, enjoy. Listen the snow is falling, thanx for Christmas.

ZS (182 mb)

 

Bands

AlternativA / The Jigsaw Seen / The Montgomery Cliffs / Redd Kross / Sugarcult / Fountains Of Wayne / The Raveonettes / Nourallah Brothers / OK Go / Imperial Drag / The Richies / Joey Ramone / Lisa Mychols / The Malibus / Bill Retoff / Corey Leland / Doug Powell / Matt Bruno / Cheepskates / Cowboy And Spingirl / Spooner / The Del-Lords / XTC / Primitives / T.. P....

THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION (2006-2013)

8 years of Christmas songs specially compiled for PPC

A Christmas Gift For You (2006)

Originally posted on PPL (December 2006)

Another Christmas Gift For You: Born To Greet (2007)

Original post here (21 November 2007)

Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes: 1 - 2 (2008)

Original post here (29 November 2008)

Santa Claus & The Power Pop Criminals (2009)

Original post here (23 November 2009)

The Magnificent Seven Snowmen (2010)

Original post here (21 November 2010)

Sleigh Bells In The Snow (2011)

Original post here (23 November 2011)

The Final Christmas: Episode VII (2012)

Original post here (27 November 2012)

Tic-Tac-Mistletoe (2013)

Original post here (21 November 2013)

VARIOUS - 21st CENTURY SANTA (Christmas Special) (2015)

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas...  After nine years of Christmas Power Pop, i'm really proud to share with all the PPC readers the 10th collection. This new compilation is the first one to include an amazing Christmas song performed in french by Tommy Lorente (his first album was ranked #44 in the 2014 David Bash Top 125).

21st Century Santa is available in both lossy and lossless formats.

All the songs included on this collection were compiled from CD's or official digital downloads. Out of the 26 songs, auCDtect found 1 song (from an official CD) as MPEG 95%.

Full artwork included

ZS (192 mb)

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved

 

Volumes 1-9
All the previous nine volumes are available again
(follow the links below)

"A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006)

"Another Christmas Blog Gift For You - Born To Greet" (2007)

"Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes" (2008)

"Santa Claus & The Powerpop Criminals (2009)

"The Magnificent Seven" (2010)

"Sleigh Bells In The Snow" (2011)

"Christmas VII The Final Episode" (2012)

"Tic Tac Mistletoe" (2013)

"Mas Christmas!" (2014)

VARIOUS - VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS (2017)

Even though the past months weren't the best ones, i've compiled a new volume of  power pop carols.

Very Merry Christmas is available in both lossy and lossless formats. All the songs included on this collection were compiled from CD's or official digital downloads.

Full artwork included

 ZS (185 mb)

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved

Volumes 1-11

"A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006)

"Another Christmas Blog Gift For You - Born To Greet" (2007)

"Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes" (2008)

"Santa Claus & The Powerpop Criminals (2009)

"The Magnificent Seven" (2010)

"Sleigh Bells In The Snow" (2011)

"Christmas VII The Final Episode" (2012)

"Tic Tac Mistletoe" (2013)

"Mas Christmas!" (2014)

21st Century Santa (2015)

So Long Christmas (2016)

The Last PPC Christmas

 THE LAST CHRISTMAS (BACK TO MONO) (2021)

As you may have guessed, this is probably the very last PPC Xmas compilation (another volume of "Tributes or Not Tributes" was in the oven, but i don't think i'll be able to finish it). Anyway, this Christmas collection was almost completed before the sudden hearing loss, so i only had to make the artwork during the past few weeks and now it is shared here on PPC.

This is approximately the 143th PPC compilation (and the 16th Xmas one) made over the last 15 years, and in my opinion this is a nice ending to the PPC posts. 

 

Enjoy this brand new Christmas Gift

Christmas Time is here again

CHRISTMAS - TIC TAC MISTLETOE (2013)

Here we go again, time of the holiday season is ringing in your jingle ears. 8th year of the PPC seasonal venture. All previous volumes are still available and quite enjoyable. So, if you want them, you can get them (even though those are RS links). "A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006), "Another Christmas Blog Gift For You - Born To Greet" (2007), "Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes" (2008) or "Santa Claus & The Powerpop Criminals (2009), The Magnificent Seven (2010). Sleigh Bells In The Snow (2011) and Christmas VII The Final Episode (2012). Thanks for visiting the PPC Blog, and have a cool yule!...Enjoy the spirit of Christmas... and don't forget to comment about this piece of Peace On Earth.

This year, all the songs (minus one) are lossless sourced, this is why i'd like to thank Joe Algeri (a.k.a The JAC) for giving me the lossless version of the classic "What Child Is This?" by The Britannicas (with Herb Eimerman on lead vocals).So far, it was only available as a free download mp3 (bitrate 160). You can visit his Bandcamp pages here ...and purchase what you want..Check also ""I See Things Differently", a Joe Algeri compilation of various (vaguely) Christmas themed songs that have been released annually over the past decade.

Lossy: ZS (lame 3.98 (185 mb)

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved

VARIOUS - SANTA CLAUS & THE POWER POP CRIMINALS (2009)

Before i even started my collaboration with a sadly defunct Powerpop blog, i had made a couple of Christmas compilations for my personal use, some of my closest friends got their copy as well. But, if you're familiar with the PPC blog i guess you all know the previous collections "A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006), "Another Christmas Blog Gift For You - Born To Greet" (2007) or even "Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes" (2008). Soon, it will be another Christmas and what could be worse than a Powerpop Criminals Blog without a brand new Christmas compilation...The crew of PPC (indeed, that's me) wishes you all the best for the holiday season. Thanks for visiting, and have a cool yule!...Enjoy the spirit of Christmas and see you next week.

ZS (184 mb)

Click on pix for details of the bands involved

It Was The Troubled Year Of The Rockdown

 VARIOUS - CHRISTMAS ROCKDOWN (2020)

After having re-upped all the PPC Christmas collections,

It is time to bring this brand new Christmas Gift

Christmas Time is here again

CHRISTMAS - EPISODE VII (2012)

Here we go again, time of the holiday season is knocking on your door. This is Episode VII of the PPC seasonal venture. All previous volumes are still available and quite enjoyable. So, if you want them, you can get them (dead links will be updated soon). "A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006), "Another Christmas Blog Gift For You - Born To Greet" (2007), "Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes" (2008) or "Santa Claus & The Powerpop Criminals (2009), The Magnificent Seven (2010). Sleigh Bells In The Snow (2011). Thanks for visiting the PPC Blog, and have a cool yule!...Enjoy the spirit of Christmas... and don't forget to comment about this "Wonderful Christmastime"..that could be the final one.

ZS (182 mb)

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved

THE KAVANAGHS - CHRISTMAS AGAIN (2009)

A special Xmas Gift for all the Power Pop addicts. This brand new single has been sent by The Kavanaghs. By listening to these two Christmas songs, you can feel all the fun the band had while recording them. All the influences (Beatles, Beach Boys et al...) you've have heard on their first album (still available) are all over the place. The spirit of Power Pop Christmas is here to stay with jingle bells, glockenspiel and good vibrations...Merry Christmas. Great artwork too.

You can download it here or directly from the Kavanaghs official website. You also can listen to it on the Kavanaghs myspace page.

VARIOUS - THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN SNOWMEN (2010)

Fifth part of this seasonal post you have been enjoying for a few years now. I guess all of you can remember the previous collections "A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006), "Another Christmas Blog Gift For You - Born To Greet" (2007), "Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes" (2008) or "Santa Claus & The Powerpop Criminals (2009). The Holiday Season is knocking at the Powerpop door and I wish you all the best for this new holiday season. Thanks for visiting the PPC Blog, and have a cool yule!...Enjoy the spirit of Christmas. Don't forget to comment about this.

ZS (184 mb)

Click on pix for details of the bands involved

VARIOUS - SLEIGH BELLS IN THE SNOW (2011)

Here we go again, time of the holiday season is knocking on your door. This is part six of the PPC seasonal venture. All previous volumes are still available and quite enjoyable. So, if you want them, you can get them. "A Christmas Blog Gift For You" (2006), "Another Christmas Blog Gift For You - Born To Greet" (2007), "Dreamland With The Pop Snowflakes" (2008) or "Santa Claus & The Powerpop Criminals (2009), The Magnificent Seven (2010). Thanks for visiting the PPC Blog, and have a cool yule!...Enjoy the spirit of Christmas... and don't forget to comment about this "Wonderful Christmastime"..

ZS (184 mb)

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved

THE CRYERS - THE CRYERS (1979)

Originally posted in 2012 (December 24th)

as a Christmas Gift here

First re-upped in 2015 (January 28th)

full details here

Second re-up as requested

The Cryers (267 mb)

It Was 13 Years Ago: The Second

 ANOTHER CHRISTMAS BLOG GIFT FOR YOU - BORN TO GREET (2007)

Originally posted in 2007 (November 21st)

full details here

It Was 14 Years Ago: The First

VARIOUS - A CHRISTMAS BLOG GIFT FOR YOU (2006)

 Originally posted in 2006 on PPL

Never really posted on PPC

THE CL*SH - SOUNDS' BOARD GAME (1979)

Around Christmas 1979, the now defunct Sounds rock weekly gave to its readers a surprise gift. It was some kind of "Snakes & Ladders" board game about the first part of the Cl*sh career (1977-79)

Spreading over a paper double page (70cm x 56cm or 27" x 21"), the game had the four members of the band, and some tricky cards (10 Cl*sh Cards & 10 Street Credibility Cards) in order to play.

So, i have scanned the whole set, stitched the 8 parts of the board and sliced them in order to get them ready to be printed if you want to play the game. I also scanned the band members and the card games. You'll only have to cut out the cards and the figures to play the Cl*sh events some 30 years later.

LINK (184mb)


Here are the elements featured:





1 Board Game (70cm x 56cm or 27" x 21") + 8 A4 parts ready to be printed
10 Cl*sh Cards
10 Street Credibility Cards
4 band members (Joe, Mick, Paul & Topper)
All you've to do is to print the elements featured and grab some dice. Have fun.