Home for the Holidays (Coll) (Tin) [Collector's Edition]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Collector's Edition
• Label: Madacy Special Mkts
• ASIN: B000QGDIC0
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,512 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Christmas

2. Silent Night

3. White Christmas

4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town

5. I'll Be Home for Christmas

6. If Every Day Was Like Christmas

7. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)

8. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

9. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)

10. Mama Liked the Roses

Editorial Reviews

Genre: Christmas Music Media Type: Compact Disk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another repackaging of his 1970 Christmas album, September 17, 2007

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A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home for the Holidays (Coll) (Tin) (Audio CD)

This is yet another re-packaging of the 1970 edition of Elvis' Christmas album. His original Christmas album was released in 1957 and included 8 Christmas songs plus 4 Gospel songs from the Peace in the Valley EP. The album was re-packaged and re-released in 1970 with the 4 Gospel songs being replaced by Why Can't Everyday Be Like Christmas (which was originally released as a single in 1966) and the non-Christmas song Mama Liked the Roses.

The songs on here are excellent and have become Christmas standards, still receiving radio air play around the Holidays. This is a nice collection if you do not already have one of the previous releases, however I think you can find the over releases for cheaper. I would recommend that you get the "If Everyday Was Like Christmas" CD instead. It includes every Christmas song Elvis recorded plus 4 alternate takes.

The 1970 edition of Elvis' Christmas album was Elvis' biggest selling album, with sales in the US in exceeding 9 million copies, just shy of the 10 million required for Elvis' first DIAMOND award. It makes no sense to me why BMG/RCA decide to discountinue selling the 1970 edition, but instead sell it as a re-packed "new" album when they were so close to the 10 million sales milestone!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home For The Holidays, November 19, 2007

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GEM "JerryNoDak" (Minot, ND United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home for the Holidays (Coll) (Tin) (Audio CD)

As another reviewer points out this is another repackage of Elvis' Christmas Album '70. So, if you already have the songs there's no point in buying this. Unless you, like I, were struck by the beautiful cover of the decorative collectors tin and are interested in the other collector goodies inside. A decorative holiday themed Elvis door hanger, A hand carved, guitar shaped candle replica of the one he used in the '68 special, and 5 very nice photo cards. Of course, it also contains the cd "It's Christmas Time."

I bought twoo of these. One for myself and one to give as a Christmas gift to a big Elvis fan.

If you have a big Elvis fan on your Christmas gift list who doesn't already have the music or would be interested in the other goodies, I highly recommend this item.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Read why this isn't even a good gift to give to someone you don't like, December 20, 2011

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sml17 "music & film afficionado" (Pleasantville, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home for the Holidays (Coll) (Tin) (Audio CD)

This re-packaging by RCA is called "Home For The Holidays". But don't be fooled: Elvis never recorded that song -- yes, there IS a song called that, and it's not here. I wouldn't even tape a lump of coal to this to give someone I despise. Even people we don't like deserve a decent CD of Elvis at Christmas.

Sure, this is a CD re-issue of the 1970 reissue of the 1957 Elvis Christmas classic. The 1970 re-issue had a different cover (what was wrong with the old one?), different from the other Pickwick and RCA Special Edition LP covers, and this is an even more different one. Just because it comes in a tin box isn't a good reason to buy this. As usual, RCA is master of the crass posthumus re-packaging/re-issue, feeding off Elvis' dead flesh. Capitol is a close second, committing the same sacrilege with the Beach Boys' awesome catalogue.

The bottom line is, skip this and get the "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" compilation instead.