[2013-10-29] Andy Williams "The Complete Christmas Recordings" 2CD set (Real Gone)

Rokin Robin of Locksley · 20 Oct 2007

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Description
Andy Williams didn't gain the nickname "Mr. Christmas" for nothing. His first Christmas album, 1963's The Andy Williams Christmas Album, remains one of the most popular holiday releases of all time, vaulting to #1 on the charts and staying there for nine weeks, and re-entering the Christmas charts 10 straight years after that, twice at #1! It also spawned a #1 holiday hit with his rendition of "White Christmas" and offered the definitive rendition of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." His second Christmas album, 1965's Merry Christmas, also went to #1, this time for "only" three weeks, and re-entered the Christmas charts for five straight years, twice more at #1 (it, too, featured a Christmas charting single, the #18 hit version of "Do You Hear What I Hear?"). Yet, despite all this artistic and commercial success, there has never been a collection that compiled every seasonal side that Andy Williams recorded during his legendary career...until now! Andy Williams: The Complete Christmas Recordings collects all three classic Christmas albums cut for Columbia; the aforementioned LPs The Andy Williams Christmas Album and Merry Christmas plus his 1974 album Christmas Present plus the Columbia single "Ave Maria," unreleased Spanish and Italian-language versions of "White Christmas" and, as a special added treat, the 1955 single of "Christmas Is a Feeling in Your Heart/The Wind, the Sand and the Star" that were the first two songs the young singer cut for the Cadence label back in 1955. John Alexander's notes touch on the many high points of Andy's career, and the package also includes photos from the Columbia vaults. 42 tracks that will form the cornerstone of any Christmas music collection. Remastered at Sony's Battery Studios in NYC by Sean Brennan.

Tracklist
[CD1]
The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963):
1. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
2. Sweet Little Jesus Boy
3. O Holy Night
4. Silent Night, Holy Night
5. The Little Drummer Boy
6. Away In A Manger
7. Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells
8. Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season
9. It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
10. A Song And A Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days Of Christmas)
11. The First Noël
12. White Christmas
Merry Christmas (1965):
13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
14. Winter Wonderland
15. Silver Bells
16. Mary's Little Boy Child
17. Some Children See Him
18. Do You Hear What I Hear?
19. Christmas Holiday
20. Sleigh Ride

[CD2]
Merry Christmas (Cont.):
1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
2. My Favorite Things
3. Little Altar Boy
4. The Bells Of St. Mary's
Christmas Present (1974):
5. Christmas Present
6. Joy To The World
7. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
8. Christmas Bells
9. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
10. Ave Maria
11. O Come All Ye Faithful
12. Angels We Have Heard On High
13. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
14. Ave Maria
15. What Child Is This?
16. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
17. The Lord's Prayer
Singles:
18. Christmas Is A Feeling In Your Heart (Cadence 1955)
19. The Wind, The Sand And The Star (Cadence 1955)
20. Ave Maria (B-Side 1968)
Unreleased:
21. White Christmas (Spanish Version)
22. White Christmas (Italian Version)

David Baker · 31 Oct 2006

This will be a must. Thanks to my mom, I grew up with this stuff.

[2013-10-29] Andy Williams "The Complete Christmas Recordings" 2CD set (Real Gone)

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