With this yr’s vacation season swiftly approaching, Paul McCartney has introduced a brand new 7-inch vinyl version of his seasonal hits “Wonderful Christmastime” and “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae.” Due out this November, the reissue is available in a special-edition Canary Yellow colorway.
Recorded throughout the solo classes for McCartney’s album McCartney II, “Wonderful Christmastime” was launched as a single in November 1979, and later appeared on his band Wings’s last studio album Again To The Egg. On the time, it marked his first solo launch in over eight years, following 1971’s “Eat At Home.” Over the a long time it’s been lined by an unlimited array of latest artists, together with Kylie Minogue, Diana Ross, Kelly Rowland, Mac Demarco, Hilary Duff and The Prepared Set.
Like “Wonderful Christmastime,” “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae” additionally appeared as a B-side on Again To The Egg. True to its title, the tune is a dub-inflected model of the traditional carol popularized in 1949 by Gene Autry. Recorded in Might 1975, it featured McCartney on piano, electrical harpsichord, bass guitar and drums, in addition to Bob Loveday on violin.
The brand new launch of each tracks is a part of UMe’s vacation vinyl reissue collection, which kicked off in 2024. Over the previous two years, UMe has launched a choose group of vacation hits on particular person 7” shade vinyl. The reissues can be found each individually and as a whole field set with carrying case—earlier releases within the collection embody Ella Fitzgerald’s “Sleigh Ride” and “Jingle Bells”; Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run” and “Merry Christmas Baby”; Burt Ives’s “A Holly Jolly Christmas” and “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”; and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” and “Papa Noel.”
Order Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” on vinyl now.
