Tennessee Ernie Ford: Christmas Favorites

Tennessee Ernie Ford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Emi-Capitol
• ASIN: B000FHFHV0
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #296,331 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

DISC 1: 1. Joy To The World 2. O Holy Night 3. The Star Carol 4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 5. O Hearken Ye 6. Adeste Fideles 7. The First Noel 8. Sleep, Little Lord Jesus 9. We Three Kings 10. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear 11. Silent Night 12. The Little Drummer Boy 13. Angels We Have Heard On High 14. Caroling, Caroling 15. Good King Wenceslas 16. Virgin's Slumber Song 17. The Twelve Days Of Christmas 18. What Child Is This? DISC 2: 1. Away In A Manger 2. O Come All Ye Faithful 3. Little Boy King 4. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella 5. The Wassail Song 6. He Is Born, The Holy Child 7. While Shepards Watched Their Flocks 8. White Christmas 9. O Little Town Of Bethlehem 10. Jingle Bells 11. Christmas 12. Hark! The Hearald Angels Sing 13. Children Go Where I Send Thee 14. Sing We Now Of Christmas 15. Slumber Song Of The Infant Jesus 16. Up On The House-Top 17. Born A Child In Bethlehem 18. Alleluia

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you remember the record A Tennessee Ernie Ford Christmas Special, December 9, 2008

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This review is from: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Christmas Favorites (Audio CD)

My parents had the 2-record set "A Tennessee Ernie Ford Christmas Special" when I was a kid, and I wore it out. As far as I know, it has never been available on CD. This 2-CD set is the closest I have been able to get. There are 20 songs on the original LP, and 17 of them are here. Missing are "O Christmas Tree! (O Tannenbaum)," "Good Christian Men Rejoice," and "The Friendly Beasts." In my opinion, it is still worth it to try to find the LP in good condition to get those songs. This CD set has many other great songs in the same style, with orchestra and chorus, as the Christmas Special LP, including "The Star Carol." The second disc has 4 or 5 songs that to me were in a hokier style (more countrified and with kids singing) that didn't fit in well with the rest of the material. There is also some surface noise on some of the songs. The noise and the lower-quality songs are the only reasons I gave this 4 stars instead of 5. Tennessee Ernie Ford was a uniquely talented singer, there are some Christmas songs here that aren't recorded very often, and the arrangements are wonderful. For example, even a commonly performed carol like "What Child Is This?" is given an arrangement here that makes you hear the song differently. It's worth paying extra to get this hard to find CD, or the original LP.