Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
3. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat ‘King’ Cole
4. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
5. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town - Frank Sinatra
6. Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra
7. Here Comes Santa Claus - Doris Day
8. Winter Wonderland - Perry Como
9. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Woody Herman & his Orchestra
10. Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
11. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Bing Crosby
12. Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry
13. (All I Want For Christmas) Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones & his City Slickers
14. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como
15. Silver Bells - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
16. The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot - Nat ‘King’ Cole
17. Christmas Island - The Andrews Sisters
18. Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine
19. Blue Christmas - Ernest Tubb
20. The Night Before Christmas Song - Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
21. I’ll Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby
22. Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year) - Frank Sinatra
23. The Little Christmas Tree - Nat ‘King’ Cole
24. Santo Natale (Merry Christmas) - David Whitfield
25. I’m Walking Backwards For Christmas - The Goons.

Disc 2:

1. That Christmas Feeling - Perry Como
2. Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney - Ella Fitzgerald
3. Mrs.Santa Claus - Nat ‘King’ Cole
4. Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee & Trudy Stevens
5. Christmas In Killarney - Bing Crosby
6. Christmas And You - Dave King
7. St. Nicholas Waltz - Lita Roza
8. C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S - Eddy Arnold
9. Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song) - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
10. There’s A Train Out For Dreamland - Nat ‘King’ Cole
11. That’s What Christmas Means To Me - Eddie Fisher
12. The Merry Christmas Polka - The Andrews Sisters
13. Little Jack Frost Get Lost - Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby
14. I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus - The Beverley Sisters
15. O Come All Ye Faithful - Frank Sinatra
16. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Bing Crosby
17. The First Noel - Dick Haymes
18. The Birthday Of A King - Judy Garland
19. Cradle Song - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
20. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Dick Haymes
21. Medley (Part 1) Good King Wenceslas; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; Angels We Have Heard On High - Bing Crosby
22. Medley (Part 2) Deck The Halls; Away In A Manger; I Saw Three Ships - Bing Crosby
23. Star Of The East - Judy Garland
24. Silent Night - Deanna Durbin
25. O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) - Mario Lanza.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #227 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Customer Reviews

Best value - ever!
This must be the Christmas music bargain of the year. All the great songs are here yet it is cheap enough to warrant the short period we tend to listen to such music. Well done Amazon!

Silver Bells, Golden Stars
Just when I thought a nostalgic Christmas was over I came across this super 2 CD set from NotNow. The set boasts 50 songs and a whole host of well known stars too. It is good to have a mix of both American and British stars represented and there are even duets.
This is a welcome addition to the Christmas titles offering something just a little different and with Eartha Kitt, David Whitfield, Dickie Valentine, Bing, Dick, Frank, Perry, Nat, Ella, Peggy and Judy to serenade you whilst you cook that traditional roast turkey what more could you ask for?
Favourite songs for me are "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"; "Silver Bells"; "Santa Claus got Stuck in My Chimney" and the traditional carols.
Good sound throughout and attractive packaging make this a great gift too.

TRADITIONAL TREASURES
I recently purchased this excellent collection. Here's the scoop on this 2 CD set: These are very, very good sounding presentations of mainly classic Holiday songs from around 1949 or 1950! That's what makes this really special. Of course, for the most part, the songs are not in stereo...That's actually GOOD NEWS (electronically rechanneled stereo (simulated stereo) tends to sound fakey and unatural...so, BRAVO!---Back to original mono!)If it ain't in stereo in the first place, don't mess with it! But by all means, make the sound as clean and bright as possible. That's what they've done.

A lot of love went into the packaging and preparation of these wonderful Holiday moments on CD. When you hear Bing do "White Christmas" on this set, it's THE classic version, and sounds just like his billion-selling Christmas LP has all these years. And the great Nat King Cole's "Christmas Song" sounds wonderful. Now, it's not the more recent stereo version you are likely to hear on other collections or the radio. But, that's actually the point. The stereo version is not the original version! The original pre-dated stereo! What's in here very possibly IS the original version...It's like his Rookie Card!

So, here's the deal..I rate this collection 5 stars because it sucessfully combines classic singing greats (Frank, Bing, Nat, Judy, etc.)and lots of blue-chip players from 1950 or so in about as high-quality sound as you could EVER expect on a CD. Then there are some really interesting and seldom heard Christmas tunes...nice to make a few new Yuletide friends...plus Perry Como, Ella, and other great stars come along for the sleigh ride. That reminds me..."Sleigh Ride" is a really early version by Anderson...perhaps THE original...You'll get a kick out of the slight variation on the one you usually hear.

The packaging on this collection is first rate...This is NOT a cheapie, folks! This is a MAJOR bargain and a chance to fill Santa's sack with rare gold from the greats! 50 Songs!!! The excellent sound-quality will thrill anyone on your gift list who is into Christmas classics. These songs are timeless, like Christmas itself. Happy Holidays!