The Christmas Music Of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection

Johnny Mathis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2011)
• Original Release Date: October 5, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy/Columbia
• ASIN: B000002987
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,353 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best Mathis Holiday set to get, November 23, 2001

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James E. Bagley "Jim Bagley" (Sanatoga, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Christmas Music Of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection (Audio CD)

This is easily the best Johnny Mathis Christmas collection to get. Why? It contains tracks from all of Johnny's previous Christmas outings in 1958, 1963, 1969, and 1986, personally selected by Johnny, and seconded by me as the being the best of those albums.
Mathis' Silver Bells, Sleigh Ride, and Winter Wonderland - from his 1958 album - rank as the definitive versions, as does his 1963 version of A Marshmallow World (Mathis sounds perpetually festive here, whereas Dean Martin merely sounds tipsy on his also well-known version). We Need A Little Christmas, from Mathis' 1986 album, benefits from his added life experience. The words would not have resonated so much feeling had he done it twenty-five years earlier.
The one major omission: Mathis' 1971 recording of Carol Of The Bells. It is available on Rhino's excellent two-disc Home For Christmas.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Mathis' chritsmas collections, December 16, 1999

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stephanie (PEI,Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Christmas Music Of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection (Audio CD)

The album takes cuts from Mathis' three other christmas albums and digitally remasters them. Thus the sound quality is excellent. Mathis is in absolute best voice and the selections billed as his favorite Christmas hits, are sure to be favorites of yours as well. It's hard to pick what songs his does better than any other on the album as he does a great job on them all. However I must single out It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas and It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year as the best, these might even be classified as his two signature Christmas songs. This album is sure to please everyone and I highly recommend it.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Holiday Hit, December 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Christmas Music Of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection (Audio CD)

This is a fabulous CD. It puts you right in the holiday mood. I think the selection of songs is far better than his other Christmas CD's. Needless to say, his voice is superb. This is a must have!