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100 Classic Christmas Songs Reviews
| 38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:  A Christmas Trip Down Memory Lane, By ChipnDalebowl (Southern Tier, NY) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: 100 Classic Christmas Songs (MP3 Download) I was not certain what to think when this album was recommended among some other Christmas music I was checking out for the holiday season. At first I thought it was a karaoke album or a re-recorded album. Listening to the samples I was surprised to discover these recordings were from the original artists! Imagine...100 songs from artists like Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald...songs from the past when in my opinion, Christmas as a holiday was more respected, and these tunes represent that time. Some notes about the tracks available here: most of the tracks are monophonic, meaning there is no stereo information in the songs, so most will not play spectacularly in surround music systems. Also, some of the tracks are different versions than heard on the radio--The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole is a different take than the stereo version commonly heard on oldies radio, and the Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson is not his original recording from the Decca... Read more 29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:  Many wonderful tracks at a price the Grinch would approve of, By hey_steve (Sedgwick, ME United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: 100 Classic Christmas Songs (MP3 Download) The first thing that struck me when I saw this album recommended for me was that it was going to be another of the classical music series that Amazon offers. Imagine my surprise when I saw the track listing when I came to the product page. If you like Christmas music with a more traditional sound, you should like this collection. Sure there are many songs that you probably have in your collection already. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas". Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer". Nat King Coles "The Christmas Song". But this collection contains many tracks that you may not have like "Jingle Bells" by the legend Les Paul or Ella Fitzgerald singing "Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney". There are even some songs that I am totally unfamiliar with like "Come Home For Christmas" by The Platters or Kay Starr singing "The Man With The Bag". The next thing I was curious about when I went through the song list was that some of the artists names or songs were... Read more 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful: Excellent Collection of Nostalgic Classics!, By Lee the reader (Port Richey, FL United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: 100 Classic Christmas Songs (MP3 Download) I love to collect Christmas music. If you've heard it twenty years ago on the radio, I've probably got it. I mean hundreds of hours of Christmas music clogging up my computer, but heck, what are hard drives for? So I'm well used to being bamboozled by inadequate music. Oh, I've usually heard and know the track, but very often the quality, once I've bought the actual album, just isn't quite what I'd like. Also, for every good track there are usually two or three tracks that are a waste. And sometimes they are some strange edition that wasn't what I thought they were.Well, this is mostly "cherce", as Spencer Tracy would say! So many excellent songs here - not only the classic Perry Como, Gene Autry, Elvis Presley stuff, but Sinatra, Ray Conniff; all the old names, plus some great vintage surprises from folks like the McGuire Sisters and Peggy Lee. Reminds me very much of the classic Time-Life Collection that was so good, along with some less heard (at least today)... Read more |
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