Christmas Album [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

The Four Seasons

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Curb Special Markets
• ASIN: B00006JOFW
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #126,271 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Stuff, December 1, 2003

By A Customer

This is, unequivocally, one of the most enjoyable Christmas albums ever produced by a pop/rock outfit. The first seven tracks, which constituted side one of the old vinyl album, is for all practical purposes a Christmas symphony: It fuses together shorter and longer renditions of traditional Christmas songs (most being nonsecular), with appropriate orchestration and the Seasons' incomparable vocal magic. Check out Frankie's soaring falsetto over his bandmates' midrange harmonies on "Estelsis Deo"; it'll send chills down your spine. "What Child Is This" is a beauty, as a previous reviewer noted, and the other three group members get to shine on a cheerful take of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." Too many little treasures here to list 'em all. The second half of the album is arranged a bit more conventionally: Six songs more spaced, with more straight pop instrumentation not unlike many of the early Seasons classics. Herein lie the two tracks which get played on the radio at Christmastime: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"--but equally notable is "Jungle Bells," a genuinely fun song that your kids'll go ga-ga over--and so will you! There's not much here in the way of liner notes, not surprising given the cd's very budget price--but really, the music's all the liner notes you need. We were out cruising in the snow the other night, and I turned a couple friends on to this album who had never heard it before, and they both loved it. Frankie, Mick, Tommy and the obscenely underrated talent Bob Gaudio produced a real slice of holiday magic on this album, and especially at this bargain basement price, you cannot and will not go wrong buying it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Wouldn't Be The Same Without This Album, January 4, 2005

By	MirSyd (Winfield, WV USA) - See all my reviews

My children grew up listening to this album. We always had to play this while we were trimming the tree. I had no idea that both of my children considered this album part of our "Christmas Tradition". I finally found it on CD and this year my daughter asked to borrow my CD for my 5 year old granddaughter. She fell in love with it. My son's 4 year old daughter begged to hear Jungle Bells over and over. Needless to say, I ordered both granddaughters a CD of their own. I'm quite sure their parents are enjoying it too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Four Seasons Christmas L.P. (Seasons Greetings c1962), January 19, 2003

By	Big Man In Town (Aurora, South Dakota (U.S.A.)) - See all my reviews

This is a great Christmas L.P. Everyone should own one. It has The Four Seasons at their musicly best. Frankie Valli's vocal rendition of "WHAT CHILD IS THIS" had got to be the smoothest version I've ever heard of that tune. It is just a shame that this song is never played on the radio during the holiday season.
... Buy it and I think you would agree that this Christmas L.P. is the GREATEST!! EVER!!