PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #646 ("ProgMas 2025")

THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #646 (“ProgMas 2025”)

The annual reality check that Christmas isn’t all Wham! and Mariah Carey.  “ProgMas… it ain’t Christmas”.                                      - Mike “ProgTracks” Pollack

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PLAYLIST:

Jill Tracy - "Room 19" from Silver Smoke, Star of Night (In The Shadow Of Christmas) on Projekt Records (2012) [01:55}

Paul Gilbert - "Three Strings For Christmas" from 'Twas on Mascot Label Group (2021) [07:27]

DUCK – “Santa Claus (featuring Charley Stone) from Santa Claus (featuring Charley Stone) – Single on Independent (2022) [11:24]]

Depeche Mode - "Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts) from Construction Time Again (Deluxe) on Columbia (1983) [17:04]

ONE BIG FAMILY – “Big Christmas” from ONE on MANUFACTURED BAND (2025) [24:11]

PsychoYogi – “Do That Dance” from World of Danger on Independent (2025) [27:31]

A Multitude of ONE - “A Christmas Surprise” from Spirit of December EiGht on MMR (2024) [29:50]

ESKA & Duke Garwood – “Silent Night” from Silent Night – Single on Independent (2021) [34:14]

Eska - "The Unbelievable Snow of 1999" from Invent The Fortune on Gringo Records (2000) [39:30]

The Crystal Furs – “Drinking Alone On Christmas” from Drinking Alone On Christmas – Single on Independent (2020) [46:36]

Maps & Muir – “Just Like Christmas” from Just Like Christmas – Single on Independent (2023) [49:56]

Stuffed Foxes – “Merry Xmas” from Standardized on Stolen Body Records (2024) [54:10]

Cerys Hafana – “Y Delyn” from Y Delyn – Single on Independent (2025) [59:21]

Aphex Twin – “XMAS_EVET1N.” from MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96 on Warp Records (2015) [01:05:21]

Maggie The Cat – “The Cherry Tree Carol” from The Cherry Tree Carol – Single on Independent (2021) [01:10:29]

The Samuel Jackson Five – “Mid-Fi Winter Wonderland” from Mid-Fi Winter Wonderland EP on Honest Abe Records (2012) [01:14:14]

Black Widow – “Sleighride “ from IV on Mystic Records (1972/1997) [01:17:37]

Gnome – “Wenceslas” from King on Polderrecords (2022) [01:26:45]

Misanthropik Torment – “O’ Christmas Cheer” from Voice Of The Voiceless on SelfMadeRecords LLC (2025) [01:30:51]

clayhands – “Polars” from It This Yes? on Bird’s Robe Records (2021) [01:33:50]

Lovesliescrushing - "Jingle Bells (Snowblower)" from Excelsis, Vol. 1 -  a Dark Noel on Projekt Records (1995) [01:42:11]

Depeche Mode - "Everything Counts (Reprise)” from Construction Time Again (Deluxe) on Sony (1983) [01:46:02]

Toehider – “I Tried To Be Good” from Under The Mistletoe on Independent (2009) [01:46:57]

Attrition - "Silent Night" from Excelsis, Vol. 1 -  a Dark Noel on Projekt Records (1995) [01:52:01]

Emerson Lake & Palmer - "I Believe In Father Christmas” from Works, Vol. 2 on Atlantic (1977) [01:55:27]

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