tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673570802872994661.post7675695681846032988..comments2014-02-16T12:59:07.733-08:00Comments on The Monkees Album by Album: Christmas Is My Time Of Year 1976Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673570802872994661.post-63222528642765605902013-01-09T08:45:26.669-08:002013-01-09T08:45:26.669-08:00Here's some info on the group, The Christmas S...Here's some info on the group, The Christmas Spirit, as nicked from the Net--<br /><br />The Christmas Spirit, by the way, were a one-off group consisting of Howard Kaylan and <br />Mark Volman (later Flo & Eddie) of the Turtles; former/current/future Byrds, Gram Parsons, <br />Clarence White and Gene Parsons; a young, as-yet unheralded Linda Ronstadt; and (from the <br />sound of it) anyone else who happened to be hanging around the studio. Kaylan cowrote the <br />song, and the group released it on the Turtles' label, White Whale, in 1968. The record flopped <br />miserably, though it was preserved for posterity on Rhino's 1984 LP, Rockin' Christmas: The 60's. Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673570802872994661.post-53880666786803327652012-12-26T09:30:56.224-08:002012-12-26T09:30:56.224-08:00y'know for the rabid Monkees fan I've been...y'know for the rabid Monkees fan I've been since '70 (had all the missing links CDs, some bootlegs, etc..), this is the FIRST time I've heard this track. <br /><br />It's fantastic, MUCH better than any of the solo Beatle yuletide offerings, sans Macca's 'Wonderful Christmastime' (which done live is fantastic...)david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com