Swingin' With Santa”

The Salsoul Orchestra Present: Xmas Disco Party Classics

This album is certainly no Christmas turkey - especially when it’s being steered by the hands of the perennially in-demand Vincent Montana Jnr. & his Salsoul Orchestra! If there’s one thing that Salsoul could never be accused of it’s being too snobby about the genres they covered! So here is the unlikely combination of the Salsoul Orchestra covering a whole bunch of seasonal Christmas classics. The album is a truly upbeat funky, soulful collection of Xmas classics presented in a disco party fashion with, as you’d expect from Salsoul, only the highest caliber of musicians letting rip thro some old Xmas favourites, all presented in a very refreshing and tasteful way! “Little Drummer Boy” for example kicks off the album with a great driving beat complemented by some very funky wah-wah guitar sounds and fantastic bongo rhythms and as if that wasn’t enough, out of nowhere Vincent Montana Jnr’s trademark soaring strings glide across the top of the track before the very soulful harmonies of the Salsoul Singers hook you in! FANTASTIC! Also, let’s not forget the generally unknown “Merry Christmas All” – a great topical unknown Christmas anthem with Vince Montana Jnr’s daughter Denise Montana on vocals. Expect to be hearing it on all soulful radio stations over Christmas. “Swingin’ With Santa” was recorded originally in 1976 and then re-mixed in ’92 by Salsoul’s legendary Tom Moulton, the album has both a timelessness to it and a contemporary funky feel. Never before released in the UK, this is Salsoul’s biggest ever selling album available at a special seasonal goodwill price Merry Christmas All!

TRACKLISTING:

1) The Little Drummer Boy
2) Christmas Medley:
Joy To The World- Deck the Halls- O Come All Ye Faifthful- Jingle Bells- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town- The Christmas Song- White Christmas-  Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer- I’ll Be Home For Christmas- Winter Wonderland- The First Noel- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
3) New Year’s Medley
Auld Lang Salsoul- I’m looking Over A Four Leaf Clover- Alabama Jubilee- Oh, Dem Golden Slippers- God Bless America
4) Sleigh Ride
5) There’s Someone Who’s Knocking
6) Christmas Time
7) Merry Christmas All
8) Silent Night
9) New Year’s  / Americana Suite