
This collaboration by Los Angeles Blues-Rock band Canned Heat and Chipmunks creator Ross Bagdasarian Sr. was released in November 1968 as the A-side of Liberty 56079 in time for the holiday shopping season. Though some pressings credit Canned Heat & The Chipmunks on both sides of the disc, the 30 i.p.s. rodents are not present on the reverse, “Christmas Blues”.
[h/t Marc “Savage” D. for enlightening me.]
The very effective earworm from The Chipmunks has escaped my listening this season, and I cannot lower my defenses this late in the campaign.
Canned Heat is a favorite and I’ve never heard that track!
Much good.
By the way, is there a real-time recording of the singers performing as The Chipmunks? I suppose a slowed replay would suffice.
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We had the Chipmunks’ record when I was a young tad, and my dad’s turntable had speeds of 78, 33 1/3, 45 AND 17 rpm. That last one slowed it down to the human vocal range, and IIRCC, the Chipmunks’ voices were all male, probably David Seville himself. There are a number of free online pitch changers if you want to mess with them.
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The Beach Boys with a Gorgon? https://youtu.be/7cTPoTmY1SA
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my daughters had the Christmas album and I stillll have ptsd from it)
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The Royal Guardsmen’s Snoopy’s Christmas was much better.
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What’s worse than the Chipmunks’ Christmas? THIS..

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you’re right)
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