AVID’s Essential Collection gets festive with our latest release Traditional Christmas Favourites.
Don’t expect to hear Slade, Wizard or Greg Lake on this wonderfully traditional and frankly old fashioned Christmas collection.
So settle back around the old log fire with a good cigar, a glass of port and a bowl of nuts and listen to the reassuring sounds of amongst others Bing Crosby, The Kings College Choir, Perry Como, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, The Royal Choral Society, Glenn Miller and a whole host of traditional Christmas favourites.
And don’t forget these are Santa’s favourites too so leave the player on while he makes his deliveries, oh, and he also likes a good cigar and a glass or port but don’t forget to put the fire out or else he might burn his nuts!!
CD1
CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES
1. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como with The Fontane Sisters
2. Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling - The Starlighters
3. The Very First Christmas Of All - Ruby Murray
4. Frosty The Snowman - Red Foley & The Little Foleys (Shirley, Julie & Jenny)
5. Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine
6. The Merry Christmas Polka - The Andrews Sisters
7. Oh! Oh! Oh! Don’t Ever Go - Harry Kari and His Six Saki Sippers
8. I Believe In Santa Claus - The Mills Brothers
9. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
10. Jingle Bells - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (Vocalists: Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceres & The Modernaires)
11. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Margaret Whiting
12. Winter Wonderland - Lew Stone & His Band (Vocalist: Alan Kane)
13. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (Vocalists: Marion Richmond & Harry Stanton)
14. The Christmas Song - Mel Tormé
15. Sleigh Ride - Percy Faith, His Orchestra & Chorus
16. Santo Natale - David Whitfield
17. C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S - Rosemary Clooney (with children’s chorus)
18. Do You Love Old Santa Claus? - Max Bygraves (with children’s voices)
19. Christmas Chopsticks - Mel Blanc
20. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town - Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians (featuring The Teen Trio with Harry Simeone)
21. Christmas Roses - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine
22. The Christmas Waltz - Frank Sinatra
23. Mrs Santa Claus - Alma Cogan
24. White Christmas - Bing Crosby (with the Norman Luboff Choir)
25. Snowy White Snow And Jingle Bells - Primo Scala & His Banjo & Accordion Band (with The Keynotes)
26. My Two Front Teeth (All I Want For Christmas) - Nat King Cole Trio with The Starlighters
27. Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry
28. Merry Christmas - Anne Shelton
29. (Here’s To) A Wonderful Christmas - Gordon MacRae (with chorus)
CD2
MUSIC FOR A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
1. Joy To The World! - Perry Como (with chorus)
2. The First Nowell - Royal Choral Society / Sir Malcolm Sargent
3. Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - Bing Crosby (with the Norman Luboff Choir)
4. Little Town Of Bethlehem - The Templars
5. Dance Of The Icicles - Leslie Jeffries & His Orchestra
6. See Amid The Winter’s Snow - John McCormack
7. The Cowboy Carol - Royal Choral Society / Sir Malcolm Sargent:
8. Sleep, My Saviour Sleep - The Celebrity Quartette
9. Christmas Overture - Symphony Orchestra / Dr Malcolm Sargent
10. Little Town Of Bethlehem - Richard Crooks
11. Ding, Dong, Merrily On High - King’s College Chapel Choir / Boris Ord
12. Away In A Manger - Bing Crosby (with the Norman Luboff Choir)
13. Coventry Carol (Lully, thou little tiny child) - Elisabeth Schumann
14. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - The Templars
15. The Little Road To Bethlehem - Webster Booth
16. Say It With Carols - Medley - Billy Mayerl (piano)
17. Away In A Manger - The Celebrity Quartette
18. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Weavers
19. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - The Comedian Harmonists
20. Good King Wenceslas - The Bach Choir / Dr Reginald Jacques
21. Star Of Bethlehem - Josef Locke
22. Christmas Is Coming / Here We Come A-Wassailing - The Templars
23. While Shepherds Watched - Royal Choral Society / Sir Malcolm Sargent
24. Christians, Awake! - The Celebrity Quartette
25. Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Bing Crosby (with The Max Terr Choir)
26. For Unto Us A Child Is Born (‘Messiah’) - The Huddersfield Choral Society / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent
