The Vinyl Experience – 12.25.15

VE102 Xmas

Ramones: Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)

Stiff Little Fingers: White Christmas

Pogues: Fairytale Of New York

Vandals: Oi To The World

Jeff Beck: Greensleeves

Jethro Tull: Christmas Song

B.B. King: Christmas Celebration

Mighty Mighty Bosstones: This Time Of Year

The Killers: A Great Big Sled

Pretenders: 2,000 Miles

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Christmas Song

Smashing Pumpkins: Christmastime

Chris Cornell: Ave Maria

Sting: I Saw Three Ships

Jon Bon Jovi: Blue Christmas

Weezer: We Wish You A Merry Christmas

REM: Deck The Halls

Clyde McPhatter/Drifters: White Christmas

Beatles: Christmas Time Is Here Again

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Unlike so many industrial innovations, the revolving door was not developed in Detroit. It took its first spin in Philadelphia in 1888, the brainchild of Theophilus Van Kannel, the soon-to-be founder of the Van Kannel Revolving Door Company. Its purpose was twofold: to better insulate buildings from the cold and to allow greater numbers of people easier entry at any given …