Goodyear: Great Songs of Christmas, Album 5

Various (Performer), Andy Williams (Performer), Jr. Sammy Davis (Performer), Doris Day (Performer), Danny Kaye (Performer), Diahann Carroll (Performer), Richard Tucker (Performer), Dinah Shore (Performer), Steve Lawrence & Eddie Gorme (Performer), Anna Maria Alberghetti (Performer) | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Label: Columbia Special Products
• ASIN: B00102XAA4
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This is a 33 1/3 RPM recording of Goodyear's Great Songs of Christmas, Album 5, By Great Artists of Our Times, LABEL:Columbia Special Products, record # CSP 238 Stereo, Release Date: unknown. Side 1: Matrix # XTV 105226, 1. O Holy Night - Andy Williams, 2. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Andre Kostelanetz, 3. Caroling, Caroling - Anna Maria Alberghetti, 4. Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Maurice Chevalier, 5. Little Drummer Boy - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, 6. Star Carol - Anna Maria Alberghetti, 7. We Three Kings Of Orient Are - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, 8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Angels We Have Heard On High - Andre Kostelanetz, 9. Silent Night - Maurice Chevalier, 10. The Lord's Prayer - Richard Tucker. Side 2: Matrix # XTV 105227, 1. Sleigh Ride - Steve Lawrence & Eddie Gorme, 2. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Dinah Shore, 3. O Little Town of Betheleham - Richard Tucker, 4. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming - Diahann Carroll, 5. Some Children See Him - Diahann Carroll, 6. O Come All Ye Faithful / The First Noel - Danny Kaye, 7. Silver Bells - Doris Day, 8. Jingle Bells - Sammy Davis, Jr., 9. It's Christmas Time All Over The World - Sammy Davis, Jr.. 33 1/3 RPM - Long Playing - STEREO

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best. Christmas. Album. Ever., December 6, 2010

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Cookie the Dog's Owner (Medina, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodyear: Great Songs of Christmas, Album 5 (Vinyl)

This is the LP we had in my home when I was growing up. It's a fascinating pre-rock, pre-counterculture pop music artifact--and also just plain fantastic listening.

What do I like about it? Anna Maria Alberghetti singing with a voice like fine crystal, Diahann Carroll's moving "Some Children See Him," Dinah Shore's "Twelve Days of Christmas," Doris Day doing "Silver Bells," Steve Lawrence & Eddie Gorme's delightfully over-the-top "Sleigh Ride," and Sammy Davis Jr.'s Vegas-swank cocktail of "Jingle Bells" aned "It's Christmas Time All Over The World." The high point of the album is the majestic "We Three Kings," in which Eugene Ormandy cranks the Philadelphia Orchestra up to its maximum rated output.

It isn't perfect. The two Andre Kostelanetz pieces are straight out of an elevator lobby, and the world could have done without Maurice Chevalier's heavily-accented pseudo-rap versions of "Silent Night" and "Jolly Old St. Nicholas." Even the sub-par tracks are just part of the atmosphere.

4.0 out of 5 stars great Christmas Songs, January 6, 2012

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d.j. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Goodyear: Great Songs of Christmas, Album 5 (Vinyl)

This album was our daughter's favourite Christmas album when she was quite young. It wore out through constant playing, so decided to surprise her with a copy this Christmas. The look on her face was the best we saw this Christmas. The album is great, even the Maurice Chevalier tracks work. It contains a great selection of the better artist of the era, so well worthwhile having.