Description

• 21 classic Christmas recordings spanning the decades.
• 10 tracks making their vinyl debut.
• 2 previously unissued recordings.
• Includes 1978’s Merry Christmas From NRBQ EP
• Available on Opaque Green Vinyl for Record Store Day/Black Friday 2026
What do you get when you cross NRBQ and Santa Claus? One of the coolest, craziest, most fun, classic Christmas compilations of all-time! The NRBQ Christmas album that should be under everyone’s tree returns expanded with previously unissued holiday delights on festive opaque green colored vinyl for Record Store Day/Black Friday
Does this new version contain all the tracks from the New Rhythm And Blues Quartet’s 1978 EP Merry Christmas From NRBQ? Of course, it does! The single track, “Jolly Old St. Nicholas” from 1980? Yes! From home recordings to proper studio tracks to live recordings, the holiday happiness on this new release reaches back to the ’70s and runs straight on up into the 21st century!
Beyond all the tracks you know and love are unissued delights like a live “Silent Night” recorded live in Peoria, Illinois right around Christmas 2012 (December 23 to be exact!) and to bring it all home, a private recording of “Auld Lang Syne” with Terry on dulcitone!
So make a “Christmas Wish” and send that message straight to the North Pole for your happiest musical holiday go-to album yet Christmas Wish (Fan Club Fun Version).
Includes the entire, original Christmas Wish EP from 1986, rare tracks that have appeared on singles and compilations, two previously unissued tracks and 10 tracks making their vinyl debut. 21 slices of holiday Q.