Best of Country Christmas

Best of Country Christmas

ASIN: B00005PJEI

Track Listings

1. Here Comes Santa Claus - Lacy J. Dalton

2. White Christmas - Boxcar Willie

3. Silent Night - Eddy Raven

4. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Donna Fargo

5. Silver Bells - Jeannie C. Riley

6. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Skeeter Davis

7. Santa's on His Way - Kitty Wells

8. Sleigh Bells - Gene Autry

9. Blue Christmas - Boxcar Willie

10. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Eddy Raven

Tracks:

Christmas Never Felt Like This Before
The First Noel
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Silver Bells
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
What Child Is This?
Away In A Manger
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
O Holy Night
White Christmas
Ave Maria
Silent Night

Customer Reviews:

a smorgasbord of music yes--and a hint as to where you can get a solo version of "Away in a Manger".......2006-12-14

While it would have been nice to get some new material for the reissue of this CD, i agree with some reviewers that the songs do work seamlessly and don't sound like they were gathered together from different sources-and i'd prefer they are all on one CD anyway so I CAN just pop in one single Olivia Christmas CD. My favorite track is by far "Christmas Never Felt Like This," a song that was originally recorded for a benefit compilation CD in the mid-90s, and clearly had the most production value put into it (most of these tracks do sound like the 'live' recordings they are, and had little post-production).

NOTE TO OLIVIA FANATICAL COLLECTORS: Olivia does a solo rendition of "Away in a Manger" on a christmas collection called "Cooking Christmas." it's out of print, but you can still get it used here on Amazon.

3.5 Stars, Truth Be Known. I Agree About the Duets........2005-12-03

Olivia has a vocal gift that she doesn't always share with us as often as we'd like, which is why we long-time fans know enough to grab any Xmas offerings she tosses our way. Her voice is soft, beautiful, and soothing, but sometimes--as is the case with her rendition of "Ave Maria"--she sounds a bit uncomfortable. I'm not especially fond of the duets, particularly that goofy version of "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" in which she seems to want to mimick Shirley Temple during the mid-section.

Other than that, all the songs with just her on them are lovely, and the two standout tracks, the lovely smooth jazz feel of "The First Noel" and her beautiful rendition of "Silver Bells" with the London Symphony Orchestra make this collection a more than worthwhile purchase.

Program your CD player to skip the duets.......2004-12-11

It's true: nice to have an ONJ Xmas CD, but I couldn't get passed Kenny Loggin's whining on the 3rd track. Ugh: add to this Vince Gill and Clint Black and this CD has just become a drag. I'd love to have an Olivia Christmas CD that was just her.

I will have a blue Christmas with this album.......2004-11-19

Boy oh boy, I was very excited to see this album in the store. I was just thinking a few years ago that ONJ should release a Christmas album. I rushed home with my treasure to find it was lacking ONJ golden touch. The songs that she decided to place on this album, could have been better. She has too many duets, of wich is fine, but I want to hear her only. I am used to hearing a wide range of christmas songs froim each artist. ONJ seem to stay on the heavy more seriouse songs,{I.E. silent night, ave maria, and O holy night] Dont get me wrong I like those songs but I prefer more upbeat songs like Winter Wonderland, Do you hear what I hear??, and Jingle Bells. I hope that she records another Christmas very soon.

Take what we can get!.......2003-11-13

Yes, It may just be repackaged from 2 years ago, but for the price, and for Olivia not recording any new Christmas songs, I'll take it! I'd listen to her sing the phonebook if I had to.
She does an amazing job with the difficult, and much attempted, "Ave Maria", and though the collection of songs here are from various different sources, including a Kenny Loggins TV Christmas special, the audio quality is top notch and they sound like they belong together.

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Brilliant collection of Anne's Christmas music
Annie Shines
Great traditional music
Anne does a great job
This will become a Christmas classic for you and your family

The Best of the Season
Anne Murray
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002TU3
Release Date: 1995-11-07

Tracks:

Joy To The World
Silver Bells
The Little Drummer Boy
The Coventry Carol
White Christmas
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Do You Hear What I Hear?
The Coventry Carol (Brass Quintet)
Christmas Is Killarney
O Holy Night
Winter Wonderland
Go Tell It On the Mountain
The Coventry Carol (Choral)
The Christmas Song
O Come All Ye Faithful
Christmas Wishes
Away In A Manger
No Room At The Inn
We Three Kings
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
This Season Will Never Grow Old
Born In Bethlehem
Mary's Little Boy Child
Silent Night

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant collection of Anne's Christmas music.......2003-10-22

Anne recorded two seasonal albums in the eighties - Christmas wishes in 1981 and Anne Murray Christmas in 1988. This compilation contains all the tracks from those two albums plus one extra track, The season will never grow old..

Among the classic Christmas songs that everybody knows, I particularly like her version of Silver bells, but Anne is also in top form on Joy to the world, Little drummer boy, White Christmas, It came upon the midnight clear, I'll be home for Christmas, Do you hear what I hear, O holy night, Winter wonderland, Go tell it on the mountain, The Christmas song, O come all ye faithful, Away in a manger, We three kings, Mary's boy child and Silent night.

Those classic songs are great and it's good to hear Anne sing them, but for me it is the less obvious songs that make this collection particularly special. Christmas wishes, my favorite song here, is an outstanding song that deserves to become a standard but seems destined not to be. Christmas in Killarney is an up-tempo Irish song that Anne clearly enjoys singing. No room at the inn is a traditional song that is rarely heard. Sweet little Jesus boy is a great song that will be familiar to Kenny Rogers fans as he recorded it twice. The season will never grow old is a cover of a Rita MacNeil song. Born in Bethlehem is also excellent.

This is a magical Christmas collection that covers all aspects of Christmas. Most of these tracks have since appeared on the more recent double CD, What a wonderful Christmas, so you won't need both collections.

Annie Shines.......2002-03-28

This is quite a long CD and not only features the typical Christmas fare, but also some gospel tunes. This is Christmas must have. Her voice is in top form. Overall excellent album.

Great traditional music.......2000-12-21

This is one of my favorite Christmas CDs. Anne Murray is a great singer and sings each song in a traditional and pleasant manner (no weird renditions). And with 25 songs, it's one of the most complete CDs I've ever seen from an artist. I would recommend this CD to anyone who wants "normal" Christmas music sung as it was meant to be!

Anne does a great job.......2000-10-08

I have this CD and just love it. It is very relaxing to listen to, and has a good variety of great songs. Anne sings the songs in her own unique way that makes them all special.

This will become a Christmas classic for you and your family.......1999-11-14

Anne Murray has a wonderful way of warming your heart through song. Her classic rendition of Christmas carols will delight your family and friends and add special sentiment to the season. If you have ever purchased a Christmas CD only to go home and be disappointed with the artists "personal" version, you will be pleasantly surprised here. Anne Murray sings these carols as they were meant to be, as you remember them from days gone by - modest, warm and joyful. You will certainly enjoy these beautifully done songs.

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Wonderful, but...
Old Time Christmas
Where is "A CHRITSTMAS CAROL" ??????
"ten selections of Christmas from Tennessee Ernie Ford"
The Best of Christmas

Best of Christmas
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Manufacturer: Fuel 2000
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002ZMIN0
Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

White Christmas
O Come All Ye Faithful
Good King Wenceslas
The Little Drummer Boy
O Christmas Tree! (O Tannenbaum)
Away In A Manger
Tennessee Ernie Ford: St. Luke 2:6-9
Joy To The World
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Tennessee Ernie Ford: St. Luke 2:1-5
We Three Kings
Silent Night
Adeste Fideles
Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful, but..........2007-02-15

"The Star Carol" on CD is what we are all really waiting for:)

Old Time Christmas.......2007-01-15

If you like the old Christmas Classics like Bing Crosby, Perry Commo, and Patty Page, you will like this album.

Where is "A CHRITSTMAS CAROL" ??????.......2006-12-27

This will have to do until the lawyers or whoever is involved has the great good sense to release Ernie's "A Christmas Carol" album on CD. I search for it every yesr, and it's always a disappointment to find everything EXCEPT that available ... and it's the most CLASSIC Christmas albums from my youth ....PLEASE, someone get it on CD before I'm too old to shre it and pass it down?

"ten selections of Christmas from Tennessee Ernie Ford".......2004-11-16

Fuel 2000 Records presents "The Best of Christmas", featuring the beautiful baritone voice of Tennessee Ernie Ford, ringing strong and clear with dedication to a small babe wrapped in swaddling clothes...this collection gives an overview of carols and Christmas songs...with the Roger Wagner Chorale and arrangements setting the tone and mood of the Holiday season.

All of Ernie's Christmas recordings have become classics over the years...each track "AWAY IN A MANGER", "THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY" and SLEEP, MY LITTLE LORD JESUS", is a match made in heaven, they continue to inspire me every year at this time...his compassion and belief radiate from each song...you can tell that he really feels what he is singing, simply inspirational ~ this takes me back to the music I learned as a child, simplicity, richness and truth each song rekindles a flame within...close your eyes listen and join in with the spirit of Christmas...the Best of Christmas!

Total Time: 37:27 on 16 Tracks ~ Fuel 2000 61430 ~ (9/28/2004)

The Best of Christmas.......2004-10-09

The Best of Christmas from Ernie Ford is still "The Star Carol". Oh that someone would remaster that classic album! This CD is very acceptable and has at least two (that I can remember) cuts from "The Star Carol": Adeste Fideles and Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus. I found the addition of the children's voices somewhat overpowering and a bit annoying at times, especially as all I wanted to hear was Ernie alone. I wonder if most cuts weren't from some TV special? Still, it's a very nice Christmas collection with most of the songs reflecting the Christian values of Jesus' birth.

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Worst Little Tour of Whorehouse
Simply the Best
Ann-Margret in a lively performance
Star Power in the House - -The Whorehouse, that is.
Ann Margret Disappointing

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions
Altar Boyz (2005 Original Off-Broadway Cast)

ASIN: B00005LZSJ
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

20 Fans
A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place
Girl, You're a Woman
Texas Has a Whorehouse in It
Twenty-Four Hours of Lovin'
Doatsy Mae
The Aggie Song
The Bus from Amarillo
Entr'ace
The Sidestep
No Lies
Good Old Girl
Hard Candy Christmas
A Friend to Me
Finale
A Friend to Me (bonus track performed by Carol Hall)

Customer Reviews:

Worst Little Tour of Whorehouse.......2006-06-06

Roxie Lucas saves this review from having a single star. Her performance was the shining star in a rather lifeless, dusty, and uninspired revival of the original production which thankfully avoided Broadway. Compare with the rollicking original recording and you will easily notice the lack of life, spirit and vibrancy in the new recording. The addition of A Friend to Me added nothing to the score but sluggish redundancy.

Simply the Best.......2005-10-24

I saw this production . . . it was a fantastic tour. I love this CD and highly reccomend it! This is by far the best recording of the show. If you are a fan of Ann Margret or of this musical I am sure you will love it. Now some people have complained about Ann Margret's voice not being what it was . . . I think it's better. Her voice is smokey, breathy and sexy . . . and perfect for this Las Vegas meets honky tonk score. She is the perfect Miss Mona aside from Dolly Parton. The supporting cast is very strong here as well. Flashy costumes and scantily clothed men and women . . . how can anyone not love this musical.

Ann-Margret in a lively performance.......2003-10-18

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS is always a delight, and in this new cast album of the recent national touring production starring Ann-Margret, it's even better than ever.

Ann-Margret takes on the role of the Chicken Ranch owner Miss Mona with aplomb, offering up a lively performance. She sings lovely renditions of "Girl, You're a Woman", "A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place", and a brand-new song written especially for this production, "A Friend to Me".

Gary Sandy does well by the character of Mona's old flame Ed Earl Dodd, with fine support from Rob Donohoe as Melvin P. Thorpe and Hal Davis as Edsel Mackay.

Avery Sommers adds a soulful voice to the character of the sassy bordello maid Jewel, and offers up a show-stopping "Twenty-Four Hours of Lovin'". Roxie Lucas plays the role of the thankless Doatsy Mae, and sings her self-titled number quite affectingly.

Terri Dixon and Jen Celene Little do well by the featured roles of Angel and Shy, with the Chicken Ranch girls offering up a superb rendition of the heartbreakingly-lovely "Hard Candy Christmas".

All-in-all, if you love this delightful musical, you'll adore this brand-new cast album!

Star Power in the House - -The Whorehouse, that is........2002-03-06

Ann Margret`s singing voice is quite different from what you`d expect if you heard the previous cast album; however, she purrs her way through them while infusing a great deal of charm and personality to her renditions. Her numbers are not musically beautiful, yet they manage to be touching, sexy, rawnchy and pleasing. You can feel her elgant, strong, glamorous presence which, incidentally, are the character requirements for Miss Mona. The musical arrangements are superb, the energetic entr' acte is a welcome addition to the already familiar musical program. The ensemble is superband Watchdog, the Governor and Jewel all stand out in their solo numbers.

The sad note is, the "Doatsy Mae" number does no justice to the original. Although acceptably sung, it fails to covey the furstration, hope and dreams of the character. Overall, this CD is surely worth the price: with its good vocals, wonderful score and general sense of innocent mischief, you'll have a great time listening to this all-out for fun musical.

Ann Margret Disappointing.......2002-02-25

After listening to this cast album I was horrified and disappointed at the way Ann Margret sounds. Her voice is not in good form and on more than one occasion she fails to stay on key. It is very sad to hear because she has always been one of my favorite performers. The show is coming to Portland in 2 weeks but I think I will bypass this particular production.
Bruce Kimmel always does excellent work. His CDs are flawless. However, everything seems horribly over miked, in particular Ann Margret. You can hear every breath she takes and it sounds like they were trying to compensate her voice. The orchestra sounds thin as though they are not using a lot of instruments. The chorus does not sound as rich and full as they do on the original Broadway cast CD. This might be due, in part, to the recording studio. It was recorded on their day off during a three week run in Dallas, Texas.
There are some excellent supporting performances (hence the two star rating)that are enjoyable. Roxie Lucas, as Doatsie Mae, has a nice solo as well as Avery Sommers singing "24 Hours of Lovin':.
Gary Sandy and Rob Donohue are also fine in less flashy roles.
Perhaps it is a production that is better seen than heard.

20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Loretta Lynn

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Greatest Christmas Album of all time!
Legendary Country Christmas Album Back in Print

20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Manufacturer: Mca Nashville
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AMJDW4
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Country Christmas
Away In A Manger
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
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Customer Reviews:

Greatest Christmas Album of all time!.......2007-01-04

This is a hard to find CD, and it was great!

Legendary Country Christmas Album Back in Print.......2005-11-03

Here's a great Christmas present for country fans, Loretta Lynn's classic 1966 album COUNTRY CHRISTMAS is back in print on CD!! This album brings back special memories for country music fans around the world for all the many years families have played it during the holiday season. Of note of the four Loretta originals including the excellent title song and two with classic Loretta sass "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus" and "I Won't Decorate Your Christmas Tree." Loretta does a fine job too on "Silver Bells" and "White Christmas" (two songs rarely recorded by country stars on their Christmas albums), the moving "Christmas without Daddy" and the church Christmas pageant staple "Away in a Manager". She also tackles kiddie Christmas favorites "Frosty the Snowman" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" with charm. This 39-year-old album is sure to win over new fans who have never heard it before and for the veteran fans, it's like a long-unseen loved one coming home for Christmas.

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Shades of Blue

Manufacturer: CCR
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAJU4U
Release Date: 2003-11-18

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All I Want for Christmas Is You

Manufacturer: CCR
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA6SVI
Release Date: 2004-11-02

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The Best of Country Christmas, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Universal Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000BHIH16

Product Description

1) Frosty The Snowman, Loretta Lynn 2) Peace In The Valley, Johnny Cash 3) Christmas Bells, Patti Page 4) When It's Christmas On The Range, Bob Wills 5) Whose Birthday Is Christmas?, Statler Brothers 6) When A Child Is Born, Lynn Anderson 7) Away In A Manger, Wayne Newton 8) I Can't Have A Merry Christmas Mary (Without You), Jerry Lee Lewis 9) Silent Night, Roger Miller 10) Greatest Christmas That Ever Was, Ray Stevens.

Best of Country Christmas Featuring Nelson, Frickie Gilley and Others

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Best of Country Christmas Featuring Nelson, Frickie Gilley and Others
Various Country Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000K3GGAA

Product Description

10 songs

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Excellent

The Best of Christmas
Various Artists
Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B000002WAX
Release Date: 1990-08-15

Tracks:

Christmas in Dixie - Alabama
Light of the Stable - Judd, Naomi Judd, Wynonna Judd, Naomi
Silent Night - Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings
Blue Christmas - Earl Thomas Conley
It's Christmas - Ronnie Milsap
Hard Candy Christmas - Dolly Parton
Silver Bells - The Imperials, Elvis Presley
Pretty Paper - Willie Nelson

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2002-11-19

This album is one of the best I've ever listened to. The Judd's song "Light of the Stable" is just beautiful.

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