Wow! Ho! Ho! Ho! and Zu-Zu-Zoom away through the galaxies with this collection of holiday favorites from the past, present, and future. The master of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Juan Garcia Esquivel! - is here to add his special flair to your Christmas season. Mingle 'round your tinsel-draped Sputnik, flick on the twinkling lights, fix up a libation if you like, and let Esquivel's otherworldly sounds transport you into Santa's saucer, high in the stratosphere on Christmas Eve. These are Esquivel's complete holiday recordings, compiled for the first time on one album. No Yuletide party will be complete without these fabulous adventures in stereo merry making.

Esquivel! along with Combustible Edison spearheaded the current cocktail revolution that has been sweeping the international youth market as an anecdote to Grunge. Combustible Edison's touring keyboardist, Brother Cleve helped compile the tracks and backed Esquivel for a brand new holiday greeting of "Jingle Bells", accompanied by fellow Com Ed swingers Miss Lily Banquette and The Millionaire. Look for a Combustible - Esquivel! collaboration on the maestro's classic mid '60's composition "Mini Skirt" for an album of cross generational lounge collaborations titled Loungeapalooza to be released in '97 on Hollywood Records.

Esquivel! recorded these Yuletide tracks between 1959 and 1962. The majority of them are culled from the '59 release, The Merriest of Christmas Pops, a fairly elusive Christmas LP that featured 6 tracks by Esquivel, and 6 by Ray Martin. Featured on some of the tracks was the vocal quintet The Skip Jacks, which boasted the vocal talents of a young Stella Stevens (along with Estella Mann, Morris Redding, Ron Martin, and leader Bill Bronson). Also included in the collection is a heretofore "lost" Esquivel recording, "I Feel Merely Marvelous" (from the Broadway musical "Redhead."). This was originally released as the B-side of the 45 rpm single of "Whatchamacallit" (which you can hear on Bar/None's first Esquivel! release, Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music). This rare recording is so obscure, even Esquivel himself had forgotten about recording it. While not a traditional holiday tune, we hope it will add to the spirit and cheer contained herein.

Feliz Navidad, baby, and Feliz Ano Nuevo, too.