Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Time Life Records
• ASIN: B00006D2T8
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,197 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #54 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Noels

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Do You Hear What I Hear - Bing Crosby

2. Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Nat King Cole

3. It’s Not The Presents Under My Tree - Eva Cassidy

4. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin

5. Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys

6. Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby and David Bowie

7. Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown

8. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt

9. The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks

10. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

2. Christmas Auld Lang Syne - Bobby Darin

3. Christmas Is A Feeling In Your Heart - Andy Williams

4. Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano

5. Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry

6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland

7. I’ll Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby

8. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como

9. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

10. Silent Night - Dinah Washington

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Even though it includes some of the same songs, this isn't the Time-Life Christmas collection advertised annually on TV. It's actually a budget version of that anthology, and not a bad deal at all. Some may argue it's missing the two Elvis Presley tracks found on the three-CD TV version. Others will contend that any self-respecting Christmas music aficionado probably already owns (or should own) Elvis's wonderful '57 Christmas Album. What's attractive about this one is it gathers a lot of classic singular performances in one place--a tad too much Bing Crosby, perhaps, but also the original hit versions of "Jingle Bell Rock," Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby," Burl Ives's "Holly Jolly Christmas," and the Drifters' "White Christmas" (the blueprint for Elvis's version). This is a terrific cross section of seasonal sounds. --Bill Holdship

Product Description

This Christmas season, share your greatest holiday memories-and make some new ones with this "memorable" double-disc set! Includes It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters; This Time of the Year Brook Benton; Christmas Auld Lang Syne Bobby Darin; Silent Night Dinah Washington; Santa Baby Eartha Kitt with Henri Rene & His Orchestra; Frosty the Snowman Gene Autry; Silver Bells - Earl Grant; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Judy Garland, plus Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Greg Lake, Eva Cassidy, Andy Williams and more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware!, November 15, 2009

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KathyG (Newport, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories (Audio CD)

Review for ASIN: B00005NOZH

Everyone is looking for that large set with 21 songs on Disc 1 and 22 songs on Disc 2 - I wish I could post the external [...] address, but of course you can't do that. I looked on the Time Life site for this set and when I found it listed, there were a lot more songs on their listing.

Go to Time Life and search for "Time Life Treasury of Christmas", look closely at the song listing. If you look half way down the songs on Disc 1 you'll see where these 12 songs are listed. The missing songs, the first half of Disc 1 is being sold here under ASIN:B00006D2T8;Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories. So confusing!! What is the deal here??

Note there is a Vol 2, that is shown here on Amazon under ASIN:B000LI8H24;The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas Vol.2, they don't give you a list of the songs in that listing, but again if you go to Time Life you'll find it there. Vol 2 should have 24 songs on Disc 1 and 23 on Disc 2. But the listing here, since they don't give you a list of the songs, you really don't know what you're getting do you? Especially considering how they've messed up on Vol 1 of this set.

Amazon really needs to look into what is being sold, especially when they offer it as a Prime item. People will think that Amazon itself is selling it when in fact I am sure it's being sold for someone else by Amazon.

Buyer Beware! An for heavens sake don't try to buy the MP3 download - it takes you to something completely different from this CD set. At least it did that to me.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Christmas, November 26, 2006

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This review is from: Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories (Audio CD)

Christmas music lovers, you've found your collection. Much like the excellence of 'Ultimate Christmas,' Time-Life's 'Treasury of Christmas' should be a vintage favorite. Popular songs by Perry Como, Gene Autry, Andy Williams, and Judy Garland provide a goldmine of heartwarming holiday favorites. Some may find the collection to contain too much Bing, but I personally think that's an asset--rather than a liability. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a magnificent gem. Bing's voice soars to the star with spare but excellent accompaniment that provides an excellent alternative to the perennial "White Christmas". The highlights are essential: Dean Martin's "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!," Burl Ives "Holly Jolly Christmas," Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad," The Beach Boys "Little Saint Nick," and the original favorite version of "Jingle Bell Rock" all assemble a thoughtful, vintage stocking stuffer for any C.D. collection. The lesser songs are all as mellow and accomodating as a roaring fire and a cup of egg nog or hot buttered rum. If you go no further, and want just one Christmas album, this is the one to get. Unless you like a mixture of the progressive and the traditional, then 'Ultimate Christmas' is the C.D. to buy. Then, again, most people would do well to have both. I have no regrets.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Christmas CD You Need, November 19, 2003

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Chris Wilder "cswilder" (Denton, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories (Audio CD)

This CD has the versions of the songs performed by the people who made them famous. This is a classic at our house during the holidays.