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This peach of a reissue was compiled by Westside, a British label specializing in soul. Christmas Past (1998) brings together varied holiday releases from the Roulette family of labels (End, Dimension, Colpix, and others). In most cases, the disc even includes both a- and b-sides of the singles! Truly great rhythm classics by the Cadillacs, Orioles, and Pearl Bailey sit side-by-side with novelties of unspeakable weirdness. These include chucklers by Jim Backus (pre-Mr. Magoo) and Howard Morris (best known as Ernest T. Bass on the Andy Griffith Show), but the winner has got to be "There Won't Be Any Snow (Christmas In The Jungle)," in which our hero is stuck in Vietnam for the holidays - and gets fragged for Christmas!