Friday, December 21, 2007

"The Christmas Collection"

Frank Sinatra
Audio CD: FDO 2004-10-26
Label: Reprise
"Talk about your gifts of Christmas past, "The Christmas Collection" is a must-have for any Sinatra-phile, right down to its family photos and one priceless shot of Sinatra swinging a golf club next to the tree wearing a Santa suit! Complete with four previously unreleased tracks (some from live TV specials) -- including two with Bing Crosby ("The Christmas Song" and "White Christmas"), the 18-song collection surveys Sinatra's holiday output and its effects are often chilling. Listening to him glide soulfully through Jimmy Webb's melancholy but romantic "What Ever Happened to Christmas?" or hearing him do his immaculate phrasing on "Silent Night" when he was visibly frail and aging in 1991 are close encounters of a Sinatra kind that are rarely captured on one album. There's also a delightful "The Twelve Days of Christmas" sung with his kids Nancy and Frank, Jr., from their 1969 record The Sinatra Family Wish You A Merry Christmas and insightful and intimate liner notes by James Ritz, not to mention those magical orchestral arrangements. Enjoy!......at 320.0 kb/sec!"

Track Listings
01. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
02. The Christmas Waltz
03. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
04. The Little Drummer Boy
05. We Wish You The Merriest - (with Bing Crosby)
06. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
07. Go Tell It On The Mountain - (with Bing Crosby)
08. The Christmas Song - (Previously Unreleased, with Bing Crosby)
09. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
10. I Wouldn't Trade Christmas - (with Tina Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra Jr.)
11. Christmas Memories
12. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - (with Tina Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra Jr.)
13. Bells Of Christmas (Greensleeves) - (with Tina Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra Jr.)
14. An Old Fashioned Christmas
15. A Baby Just Like You
16. Whatever Happened To Christmas
17. White Christmas - (Previously Unreleased, with Bing Crosby)
18. Silent Night - (Previously Unreleased, Bonus Track)

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95,78 + 28,76 MB *** IF YOU LIKE IT, DO NOT FORGET TO BUY IT ***

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