Showing posts with label Frank Sinatra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Sinatra. Show all posts

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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Saturday, December 15, 2007

"Christmas Album"

Frank Sinatra
Audio CD: FDO 1999-11-24
Label: Disky
"Christmas probably sounded a lot like this in Hoboken, circa the late 1930s: A skinny kid with a huge voice leading friends through favorite carols like "The Christmas Song" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". Fast forward and that skinny kid is no longer just another voice in the crowd. All ears are turned his way as he croons through a whole new set of Christmas standards, from "The Christmas Waltz" to "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear". Sinatra is in fine voice on this 14-song set, which boasts some of the better arrangements you'll hear on a seasonal album. Download it now. Enjoy!......at 320.0 kb/sec!"

Track Listings:
01. Jingle Bells
02. The Christmas Song
03. Mistletoe And Holly
04. I'll Be Home For Christmas
05. Christmas Waltz
06. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
07. The First Noel
08. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
09. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
10. Adeste Fideles
11. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
12. Silent Night
13. White Christmas
14. The Christmas Waltz


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