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A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night (CMC International) Another forgotten band attempts to "Hold On Loosely" to the tattered remains of its career, with a "Jingle Bell Rock" that sounds exactly like Hall & Oates' version, and original material that smacks of leftover B-side melodies with stuck-on Christmassy lyrics. Call it "Heavy Manger Parking Lot."

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