Happy Holidays from Gap In-Store Playlists!

Please remember that I'm still looking for many more Gap In-Store Playlists to complete my collection, so let me know if you worked at Gap from 1992 to 2006 and saved any of the paper playlists that came with each month's CD/tape.

The oldest Gap Holiday playlist I have is from December 1994. It's a widely varied mix of songs.

It's a little low key, perfect for boozy nights by the fireplace.

Holiday 1996 was when Gap sold its second CD, 'Gap Grooves,' which was a collection of mostly Techno and Electronica music. The November 1996 Pre-Holiday Playlist is not specifically "Holiday" but is a great Lo-Fi/Chill mix.

The December 1996 Gap In-Store Playlist had more traditional Holiday favorites sequenced in, but it retained an Electronica bent.

For Holiday 1997, Gap veered back to a traditional seasonal sound, as evidenced in the November 1997 "Prelude To The Holidays" playlist.

Unlike most Gap Holiday In-Store Playlists, the December 1997 playlist did not contain any then-current non-seasonal music. It was all Holiday for all four hours.

This is a perfect mix of festive faves!

Isn't this Holiday 1997 Gap model gorgeous???

Check out the training video for Extreme Holiday 1997.

All of those beautiful clothes...

Remember the Reason for the Season!

The playlists for Holiday 1998 were greatly influenced by the Swing Craze at the time, which Gap was largely responsible for popularizing.

November 1998:

December 1998:

There have already been several threads on this OP. Would it have killed you to have done a search first before you posted this? I mean really? What’s wrong with having a little consideration for others and doing a search first? Would it really have been that hard? Would it?

Other great 1988 Gap In-Store Playlists can be found here, but I still need five more to complete the year 1998.

Do YOU have any Gap In-Store Playlists?

From twenty years ago, the November 1999 Gap In-Store Playlist, which is one of my favorites:

Here is December 1999 again, keeping things chronological:

From 1999, "Trees" -

From 1999, "Mountains" -

From 1999, "Kids" -

I actually like a lot of those songs

From 1999, the Holiday Visual Training video:

Holiday 1999 was the first appearance of the now legendary Crazy Stripe Sweater!

Unfortunately, I have not recovered the December 2000 Gap In-Store Playlist. I am thrilled to have been given the November 2000 playlist, which is a great Prelude To The Holidays mix.

Here is the training video for Holiday 2000 -

This video is for the marketing used for Holiday 2000.

FromHoliday 2000, "Make A List".

From Holiday 2000, "Make A List" Boys.

From Holiday 2000, "Give And Receive."

From Holiday 2000, "Decorate Yourself."

From Holiday 2000, "Slow Down."

For Holiday 2001, we actually had TWO CDs of music!

Here is the December 2001 A Gap In-Store playlist:

Here is the December 2001 B Gap In-Store Playlist:

I don’t want to send you on another quest, but do you have anything from the 1980s?

It wouldn’t be DataLounge without you!

Happy holidays!

I ave nothing from the Eighties but I would be happy to post any I received.

I've posted some Banana Republic playlists from 2001, but I never worked there.

Happy Holidays to you, too, Pierre!

I am also missing the December 2002 Gap In-Store Playlist.

However, the Gap Kids December 2002 In-Store Playlist is very fun!

Here Martin Henderson is wearing the Holiday 2002 Men's Crazy Stripe Sweater!

This Holiday 2002 Gap model is very good-looking.

As is this Holiday 2002 Gap model.

(I still have this scarf!)

The December 2003 Gap In-Store Playlist is another Holiday favorite.

During this season, Gap sold a CD with new versions of "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" on it.

Holiday 2003...

Isn't that beautiful?

Peter Facinelli is also beautiful as a Holiday 2003 Gap model!

I only have six Gap In-Store Playlists from 2003.

Do YOU have any?

Please share with me.

The December 2004 Gap In-Store Playlist is a terrific mix of Holiday favorites and current music of the day.

Holiday 2004 also featured DL Fave Sarah Jessica Parker as a Gap model!

Hunks Raoul Bova and Will Kemp look like they'd rather be out on the slopes than posing with SJP.

Another DL Fave who was a Holiday 2004 Gap model is Tom Brady!

[quote]Unfortunately, I have not recovered the December 2000 Gap In-Store Playlist

I have this one but I'd rather toss it in the grease fire along with your Gap-covered keister. Die in Hell, Gap List Loser!

So much Holiday 2004 fun and gaiety!

"For your hunk of a man" at Holiday 2004.

For Holiday 2005, we only had one CD covering both November and December 2005 - one CD for both months!

Thankfully, it was a fantastic music of Holiday tunes along with then-current Indie Rock and Alternative, plus some Pop and R&B.

GapKids got a separate playlist for December 2005.

It's a very festive playlist full of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and DL Fave Aaron Carter!

Another handsome Gap model for Holiday 2005!

Surely this Silver Daddy Gap model was a DL Fave for Holiday 2005!

Killer smile on this Holiday 2005 Gap model!

I still need six more Gap In-Store Playlists from 2005 to complete that year.

Do YOU have any?

The final Gap In-Store Playlist of seasonal music I have is for Holiday 2006, which again covers both November and December 2006.

(No idea why the guy who shared it with me put a blue filter on it).

"Holiday In Your Hood" with Seal and Bow Wow for Holiday 2006.

Gap wished PEACE ON EARTH for Holiday 2006.

Remember, if you worked at Gap from 1992 to 2006 and saved the paper playlists that came with each month's CD/tape, would you please share them with me so I can complete my collection?

Contact information is on the blog.

Thanks!

Happy Holidays to all!

I wish I had the December 1993 Gap In-Store Playlist! Maybe it will make its way back to me soon.

This was the cover of the Holiday 1993 Gap catalog.

"Hang Them On The Tree" by June Christy is one of my favorites on the December 1994 Gap In-Store Playlist!

"Best Christmas Ever" by Universal Honey is one of the many festive songs on the December 2004 Gap In-Store Playlist!

The November/December 2005 Gap In-Store Playlist, while being a "Holiday" playlist, is also a slice of Late 2005 with now iconic songs by Death Cab For Cutie, Doves, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol and more!

I really, really wish I had the December 1995 Gap In-Store Playlist again.

It had on it "Gling Glo" by Björk, which was so different and cool!

Everybody at Gap at NorthPark Center in Dallas hated "Gling Glo" that Holiday except for me.

From 22 years ago, the November and December 1997 Gap In-Store Playlists!

Happy Holidays!

I do have this Holiday 1995 print ad.

However, I still need the December 1995 Gap In-Store Playlist!

THE LIST STARTS HERE!

"Christmas Time" by Backstreet Boys is on the December 2001 B Gap In-Store Playlist!

What to give, what to get.

Holiday 1993.

For those interested in reading about my quest to recover the Gap In-Store Playlists that I lost:

"Help Me" by DL Fave Nick Carter is on the December 2002 GapKids In-Store Playlist!

It would be a Christmas Miracle if I would receive once again the December 1993 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

Wow! Mentioning DL Fave Aaron Carter on Twitter gets my Gap In-Store Playlists blog several hundreds more hits a day!

"The Kid In You" by Aaron Carter is on the March 2004 GapKids In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

OP, just dropping in to say I am proud as punch I have never set foot in a GAP Store.

Yay me!

R72, check out the Men's Fashions from Summer 2004!

The perfect Holiday gift: Gap Barbie from 1996!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Thanksgiving with the November 1997 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

Celebrate Thanksgiving with the November 2002 In-Store Playlists for Gap, GapKids and babyGap!

Happy Holidays!

Please listen to this song and let me know if you know the title and artist.

It's on the March 2004 GapBody In-Store CD, which I have, but I don't have the playlist.

Thanks for any help!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the December 2004 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Today I just received the May 1996 Gap In-Store Playlist!

So thankful!

Happy Holidays!

Give Gap!

I just uploaded this Fall 2001 Gap training video for sales associates - check it out!

Give Gap!

Happy Holidays!

Check out the chilled, lounge-y December 1994 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the December 2004 Gap In-Store Playlist!

"Everything U R" by Lindsay Pagano is one of the highlights of the December 2001 A Gap In-Store Playlist!

There's no place like Gap for the Holidays...

From 20 years ago, check out the December 1999 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

The only playlist from 2006 I have so far is the November/December 2006 Gap In-Store Playlist - do YOU have any more? Please let me know and share them with me if you do!

Happy Holidays!

Holiday 1997!

Check out the eclectic festive sounds on the December 1996 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

How many times do I have to suck Muriel’s dick to get this spaz banned? x

Hah! Muriel has banned at least three of my stalkers.

Muriel's totally in my corner. DataLounge has been good for my quest to regain all of the Gap In-Store Playlists that I lost. Thank you, Muriel and DataLounge!

Happy Holidays!

HOLIDAY IS HERE from Holiday 2000!

Featuring Father Of The Year, Gabriel Aubry!

How long has it been since you had the breakdown, hunty? x

GapPlaylistsGuy is cool. Lay off Rhoda.

Chew a chode, R92. x

Check out former Tom Cruise beard Katie Holmes as a Gap model for Holiday 2003!

Check out the December 2004 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

WHAT TO GET...

Holiday 1993 at Gap!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from 2001!

Check out the TWO Gap In-Store Playlists for December 2001!

Happy Holidays!

Check out the fabulous December 1998 Gap In-Store Playlist for a great mix of Holiday music!

Happy Holidays!

I wish I knew how to make gifs.

I found one from the legendary 1998 Gap Khakis campaign!

From Early 1993 - Gap Girls!

My favorite song on the December 2003 Gap In-Store Playlist is "Just Like Christmas" by Low!

"Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs" by Hooverphonic is the most unlikely but still splendid song on the December 2001 A Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the November & December 1997 Gap In-Store Playlists!

Give Gap!

"Secret Sign" by Penelope Houston is by far my favorite song on the May 1996 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

Check out the cool yule sounds on the Holiday 2005 Gap & GapKids In-Store Playlists!

Happy Holidays!

Put a little love in your heart with the December 2003 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Give Gap!

Happy Holidays!

Give The Gift, Get The Gift.

Every Gift, Only Gap.

That's Holiday!

Give Gap!

Happy Holidays!

The November 1999 Gap In-Store Playlist is the home of this cover of Eurythmics' "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)" by Fantastic Plastic Machine!

Give Gap!

Happy Holidays!

Check out the cool yule tunes on the Holiday 2005 Gap & GapKids In-Store Playlists!

Give Gap!

Happy Holidays!

From 20 years ago, the December 1999 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Give Gap!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone is enjoying the Holidays!

Check out the December 1994 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Give Gap!

Happy Holidays!

21 years ago, we had just started listening to the January 1999 Gap In-Store Playlist in stores!

Give Gap!

Happy Holidays!

Enjoying the March 2002 GapKids In-Store Playlist this evening - check it out!

Happy Holidays!

OP what started your love of gap playlists? I’m genuinely curious.

My very first day at the Gap at Highland Park Village in Dallas (October 17, 1992) I was exposed to so much different music, which was like opening another door in my mind. I mainly only listened to Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush and Gay Bar Music prior to working at Gap. I had a huge collection of House and Dance Music from the Early Nineties, and I could mix songs together, which was very fun.

Gap exposed me to Acid Jazz, Alternative, Trance, Trip-Hop, R&B, Hip-Hop, and even more House of which I had no previous knowledge.

And every month was another four hours of different music - for fourteen years.

I realized my passion for and skill at Visual Merchandising (so much for my Bachelor's Degree in English!) and the music being played in the stores went along with my retail journey.

From DAY ONE, I was entranced with the music on the October 1992 Gap In-Store Playlist (which I've partially reconstructed from memory and still desperately need the real playlist).

This 2017 profile of me and my quest in 'The New Yorker' captures very well how captivated I was by the music when I started working at Gap in October 1992.

Here is my partially-reconstructed-from-memory playlist for the October 1992 Gap In-Store Playlist.

I'm still missing about 20 - 25 songs, but I'll never give up hope of finding someone who saved this playlist.

October 1992 and August 1998 are my two favorites, and both I do not have as of now.

Check out the January 1998 Gap In-Store Playlist!

Happy Holidays!

Check out the January 2003 In-Store Playlists for Gap, GapBody, GapKids and babyGap!

Happy Holidays!