8 best various artists christmas album

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The Bear Family team sends our own ''Season's Greetings''!

An exceptionally danceable compilation of Christmas songs from the fields of Jazz, Swing and vintage Rhythm & Blues. Celebrate your nostalgic Christmas with 27 'Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Boogie, Jive and Easy Listening' rarities from 1935-1959.

These include the two rare songs from Louis Armstrong's 1953 comedic Decca single and the original version of Kay Starr's ''Waiting For The Man With The Bag'', which became famous through the Brian Setzer Orchestra!

- Glenn Miller's big-band version of ''Jingle Bells'' as well as Mario Lanza's goose-bumps causing interpretation of Silent Night and the breathtaking Christmas classics of the Mills Brothers and Johnny Mercer, rousing danceable rhythms until the Christmas tree wiggles!

- Also included is a rare R&B title by Thelma Cooper, who is often confused with Dolly Cooper!

- A compilation that will not only delight the fans of Swing - it is so much more enjoyable to prepare a Christmas cake with this music playing, and dance lovers will always get their money's worth!

After the two previous very successful releases with Christmas songs -

''Christmas On The Countryside'' (BCD17508) and 'Big City Christmas' (BCD17509) - now follows the third part with extremely danceable grooves from the genres of Jazz, Swing and Rhythm & Blues, compiled by the Bear Family team. Our releases for the Christmas season obviously hit the nerve of our friends. The sets deliver intelligently compiled albums that offer themselves as an alternative to Xmas kitsch.

The entertaining mix of some well-known songs and several new discoveries provides even die-hard Christmas haters and music collectors with enough material to celebrate an alternative Christmas full of pleasure.

The 24-page accompanying booklet contains the essential information on the individual recordings. All titles have been carefully remastered.

No more baking cookies - get up on the dance floor!

1 CD with 24-page booklet, 27 tracks.

Total playing time approx. 75 minutes

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he follow-up to 'Christmas On The Countryside', a great compilation of traditional country music, western swing and hillbilly.

26 songs selected by Nico Feuerbach and commented with great expertise and profound humour by Roland Heinrich.

Three tracks are released here on CD for the first time!

Bear Family also brings good cheer and will make your Christmas especially ''merry'' with an particularly compiled seasonal country CD. Bear Family's little sleigh stopper is not your average middle-of-the road cash in: Bear Family's 'Christmas On The Range' brings you vintage country music, western swing, and hillbilly from the 1940s and '50s. The stories are heartfelt and funny with just the right dose of Christmas corniness. The CD showcases well-known artists like Bill Monroe and Kitty Wells alongside obscurer colleagues such as Billy Briggs and Ray Salter & the Twin City Playboys. Also, three of the tracks included have never been available on CD.

This compilation helps you burn the extra cookie with hot dance tunes like The North Pole Boogie and the all-time great We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo by Terry Fell. Bob Wills is presented in a pensive and patriotic mood with his World War II classic Empty Chair at the Christmas Table, whereas Brenda Lee roars determined that she is going to lasso Santa Claus! If you party too hard around Mardi Gras you might end up with a New Baby for Christmas - George Jones will let you in on the whole story. Traditional country music always loved to exploit special occasions by tackling any imaginable topic, no matter how trivial or exotic. This CD brings you great novelties, great tear jerkers, and great dance music. It also brings great joy!

Track List:

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - When It's Christmas On The Range

Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) - Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus

Bill Monroe - Christmas Time's A-Coming

The Louvin Brothers - It's Christmas Time

Ray Salter & The Twin City Playboys - Christmas Decoration

Little Jimmy Dickens - No Place Like Home On Christmas

Tex Ritter - Christmas Carols By The Old Corral

George Morgan - Blue Snowfall

Ernest Tubb - White Christmas

Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers - Snowflakes

Eddy Arnold - Christmas Can't Be Far Away

Kitty Wells - Christmas Ain't Like Christmas Anymore

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Empty Chair At The Christmas Table

Jim Reeves - Blue Christmas

Brenda Lee - I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus

Billy Briggs - North Pole Boogie

Red Foley - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer

George Jones - New Baby For Christmas

Wilf Carter - The Night Before Christmas In Texas,That Is

Nelson Young - Home At Christmas

Skeeter Davis - Santa Claus Is Coming

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Santa's On His Way

The Prairie Ramblers - Cowboy Santa Claus

Terry Fell - We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo

Ray Salter & The Twin City Playboys - I Wish Every Day Was Christmas

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On October 30th, exclusively on vinyl, we present THE essential collection of Christmas Songs - together, for the first time on one double LP - a value-packed 35 fantastic festive favourites sounding better than ever. The perfect gift that every vinyl collector will love or the perfect soundtrack to your own Christmas celebrations. Side One celebrates the season with pop classic after pop classic. Queen kick things off with ‘Thank God It’s Christmas’ followed by timeless ’70s smashes: Elton John’s ‘Step Into Christmas’, Slade with ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’, Greg Lake’s epic ‘I Believe In Father Christmas’ and Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’. It then draws to a close with the 2-million selling ‘Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord’ from Boney M. and Johnny Mathis’ #1 ‘When A Child Is Born’. The biggest selling Christmas single of all time gets the second side underway, Band Aid with ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’, and leads into the single it replaced at #1, the stunningly beautiful ‘The Power Of Love’ from Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Jona Lewie’s ’Stop The Cavalry’ and Mel (Smith) and Kim (Wilde) with their take on ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’ give way to some of the best soulful seasonal tracks from The Jackson Five, The Ronettes and Darlene Love and finally on this side, The Waitresses’ ‘Christmas Wrapping’ a true contemporary classic

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26 Classic Christmas Songs across 4 Sides of Vinyl. Presented in a Gatefold Sleeve with original artwork and pressed on 180g Heavyweight Black Vinyl. Features festive favourites including: White Christmas (Bing Crosby) Winter Wonderland (Connie Francis) Rockin Around The Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms) Jingle Bells (Frank Sinatra) and many more. Winter Wonderland is available exclusively on vinyl. Make your Christmas a special one with this wonderful must-have collection.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas - Exclusive Limited Edition Clear With Red & Green Splatter Colored Vinyl LP With Lenticular Cover



Tracklist

A1 O Tannenbaum 5:03

A2 What Child Is This 2:20

A3 My Little Drum 3:15

A4 Linus And Lucy 3:03

A5 Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) 6:06

B1 Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) 2:44

B2 Skating 2:24

B3 Hark, The Herald Angels Sing (Traditional) 1:55

B4 Christmas Is Coming 3:22

B5 Für Elise 1:02

B6 The Christmas Song 3:15

B7 Greensleeves 5:25



Playing this record is recommended on a high quality player with anti-skate features. Other things you can try to help with skipping if you can’t adjust the anti-skate: Make sure your record player is perfectly flat - use a level tool to check it If you can’t get it flat simply by placement, try putting index cards beneath the feet of the turntable to adjust.

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Disc: 1 1. All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey 2. Last Christmas - Wham! 3. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl 4. Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea 5. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Roy Wood & Wizzard 6. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade 7. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord - Boney M. 8. Step Into Christmas - Elton John 9. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney 10. Christmas Lights - Coldplay 11. 2000 Miles - The Pretenders 12. Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie 13. Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue 14. Lonely This Christmas - Mud 15. Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens 16. Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson 17. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 18. One More Sleep - Leona Lewis 19. December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas) - George Michael 20. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Whitney Houston 21. Do You Want to Build a Snowman? - Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Mon & Katie Lopez



Disc: 2 1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby with The Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra 2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra 3. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley 4. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 5. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee 6. Frosty the Snowman - The Ronettes 7. Winter Wonderland - Doris Day 8. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Crystals 9. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes 10. The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot - Nat King Cole 11. Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald 12. Merry Christmas Baby - James Brown 13. What Christmas Means to Me - Stevie Wonder 14. Someday at Christmas - The Jackson 5 15. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams 16. Senor Santa Claus - Jim Reeves 17. A Marshmallow World - Darlene Love 18. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans 19. Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo - Alma Cogan 20. Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop) - Adam Faith 21. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt 22. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ella Fitzgera

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