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A Brenda Lee Christmas

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I bought this Brenda Lee CD because I heard Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree in the movie Home Alone but was greatly disappointed, it is not the original classic recording that was used in the movie but a rerecording that does not have the same peppy charm of the original that she recorded when she was 16 years old.

I don't think this Brenda Lee Christmas CD is awful and I don't have anything against singers rerecording their old songs but I can understand why some people were very disappointed and thought they were getting the original recordings because it always seems when a music studio puts out a CD or cassette tape of rerecordings of a popular singer that they print the info in such tiny print where you need a magnifying glass to read the fine print but with that said I think the rerecordings are actually good. No they aren't as good as the originals but they aren't bad either and I would recommend this CD to fans of Brenda Lee who can tolorate rerecordings!

I'm sorry, but this just absolutely is not Brenda Lee at her prime. It would've been nice to have heard here sing these songs during the sixties, and I will agree that maybe it's better to have these recording than not to have any at all. But unfortunately, the Brenda Lee here just isn't quite the Brenda Lee we all love to remember.

Brenda Lee is like a fine wine, she gets better as she gets older. This is a nice collection of Christmas songs by Brenda. All these other negative reviews is just rubbish! Yes, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree is not the version from 1958, but we ALREADY have that recording. It's nice, as a Brenda Lee fan, to have something different! If you want the original version, by the CD titled "Jingle Bell Rock" and that will have all the songs recorded in the 1960s. I am very glad Brenda recorded this album 13 years ago. I really like how most of the songs fade into one another. If you are a music fan or a fan of Christmas music, this is a great CD to add to your collection. Brenda Lee will always be the top female singer!

For music collectors: this CD contains the new, 1991 version
of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. It's the same song as
the original, but with updated instrumentation.

If you also want the "classic" version of that song from 1958,
the one that was used in the movie "Home Alone", you can also
get the CD "The Coolest Christmas" (ASIN B000001J6M).

Both versions are great! I had to get 'em both.

This cd was disappointing. I was looking for some of the original recordings that I used to listen to on 8 track. It turned out that all of these songs were recorded more recently. If you are looking for an early recording of "Jingle Bell Rock" or other favorites, this is not the cd that you want.

It's not the fault of the seller, necessarily, but the song I wanted (rockin' round . . .) was not the version I wanted. However, the CD came quickly and works fine.

If you are expecting to hear the Brenda Lee songs you grew up with...DO NOT BUY THIS CD! The songs on this album are sung by a much older Brenda Lee and it sounds like it. Recorded in 1991, you get a little old lady voice that remotely sounds the Brenda of the late 50's - early 60's. "In the New Old Fashioned Way" is new fashioned alright, but she is definetely old.

Brenda Lee's version of Rockin'Around The Christmas Tree is better than the real one.
This is a fine christmas songs collection and it's even better when Branda Lee sings them. ( The song a describe before is also used in the christmas movie Home Alone 1 ).