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In 1978, the  Star Wars Holiday Special premiered on CBS. The show was a very weird variety-type program, the style of which was wildly popular in the 70s. This show featured a storyline involving Chewbacca returning to his home planet to celebrate "Life Day." The special includes the entire cast of Star Wars , including the first ever introduction of Boba Fett. It also features a music video by Jefferson Starship and ends with Carrie Fisher singing the theme to  Star Wars .  The special was broadcast once. Only once. And was never released on any form of home media due to the negative reaction the special received. Two years later, RSO Records, in conjunction with LucasFilm, released Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album . That's right: in spite of all the negativity surrounding the Star Wars Holiday Special , they did it again. The album was conceived by Meco Menardo, who famously made a Star Wars disco album in 1977 entitled Star Wars and Other Gal...

Yes, it is that time of the year--time for the 4th annual Vinyl Christmas here at Vinyl Voyage Radio. We have some great Christmas memories ready to share with you. Tired of the same old songs being played on terrestrial radio?  Look no further: we have songs that have not been played on terrestrial radio. Ever. The 4th annual Vinyl Christmas begins tomorrow, Tuesday December 21 at midnight and will go through December 26. This is my favorite time of the year. These songs bring back many Christmas memories. My parents had a reel-to-reel tape deck, playing hours of this music recorded from their vinyl albums. Many of the albums being played on Vinyl Voyage are from their collection. Here you will hear Burl Ives, Barbara Striesand, Living Voices, 101 Strings, Bing Crosby, Ferrante and Teicher and many, many more.  Browse the albums in our playlist below--you may find something you haven't heard in years! Merry Christmas! 2015 Vinyl Voyage Christmas Playlist

As usual, we are constantly adding new music---all from vinyl---here on Vinyl Voyage Radio. I like to peruse thrift shops to uncover  vinyl gems from any genre. Over the last several weeks, we have been adding some great music here to Vinyl Voyage Radio. Nothing like a little Carly Simon. The Best of Carly Simon , released in 1975, has all of her early hits, including "That's the Way I Always Heard It Should Be." We also added some vintage albums from artists from the 1960s: A couple of Elvis albums, too. Plus, I spent a few days going through some vintage 45s as well. Got some great ones added. Zoom into the image below to see the 45s. Some of the 45s I inherited from my grandparents. You can still see the labels my grandfather placed on the records: 2015 Vinyl Voyage 45s