Here the Drummer [CD-single]
Here the Drummer [CD-single]
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Here the Drummer,The Cotton Club,Adrenalin Records,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Pop
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- Only half the songs of the original set!!
- Its all Christmas
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The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas
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ASIN: B00005NOZH
Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
Tracks:
- Home For The Holidays - Perry Como
- White Christmas - Bing Crosby
- Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
- Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
- Carol Of The Bells/Deck The Halls - The Robert Shaw Chorale
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day - Harry Belafonte
- Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
- My Favorite Things - Eddie Fisher
- Joy To The World - Julie Andrews
- Here We Come A-Caroling - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- March Of The Toys - The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti
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- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
- It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Roger Whittaker
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - The Boston Pops Orchestra
- Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
- I'll Be Home For Christmas - Elvis Presley
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
- Sleigh Ride - Johnny Mathis
- Tennessee Christmas - Alabama
- Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis
- The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
- Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo
Customer Reviews:
Only half the songs of the original set!!.......2007-01-17
Although I love the CDs, I was disappointed that there were only about half of the songs I thought there would be. I bought the original double cassette set back in the early 90's and when I found the CDs with the same name and cover, I thought I was getting the same thing only on CD. But the Cassettes had twice as many songs, including Let it Snow,Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas,The First Noel, Jingle Bells by Jim Reeves, The Christmas song by the Carpenters and so many others!!
Its all Christmas.......2007-01-09
It reminded me of Christmas as a child. I played this all throughout the holidays.
A Good Basic Collection.......2006-02-11
This is a good, basic collection of Christmas Music. As a general rule, Time-Life has selected what is probably the definative artist/arangement of each song.
My only complaints are that there are only 24 songs on two disks and one or two of them are not ones that I would have picked (not my style).
Overall, it's a good set that I would recommend to anyone who wants to start a collection.
cd reviews.......2006-01-15
this cd was very good, much recommended
Poor Quality.......2005-12-05
The only good thing about this collection is the inclusion of so many Christmas standards. I was very disappointed in the quality of the recordings, they obviously need digital inhancement.
Average customer rating:
- a voice teacher and early music fan
- like all but one track
- Heaven is here!
- A Very Mixed Bag
- Among My Top 10 Christmas Recordings
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A Little Chrismas Music: Kiri Te Kanawa; The King's Singers
various/traditional , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa , The King's Singers , London Sinfonia , and Richard Hickox
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ASIN: B000002RRF
Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Here We Come A-Wassailing
- It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
- The Little Drummer Boy
- I Wonder As I Wander
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
- Ding Dong! Merrily On High
- Stille Nacht
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- A Little Christmas Music (Medley A La Mozart)
- The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla)
- The Boar's Head Carol
- Gaudete
- Joy To The World
- Three Spanish Carols: Riu, Riu, Chiu
- Three Spanish Carols: El Nino Querido
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- Deck The Hall
- The Wexford Carol
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Customer Reviews:
a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-11-29
The King's Singers come to us steeped in the 500 year old English tradition of choral singing; and that's fine with me.!!!There are 6 singers in this group (the personnel change from time to time)namely: Jeremy Jackman and Alastair Hume (countertenors)- Robert Chilcott (tenor)- Bruce Russell and Simon Carrington (baritones) and Stephen Connolly (bass). They are very capably accompanied by the City of London Sinfonia and Brass Quintet conducted by Richard Hickox. An added PLUS is the great Kiri Te Kanawa who sings an arrangement by Daryl Runswick entitled "A Little Christmas Music (Medley a la Mozart)". It's a hodge-podge of Mozart melodies sewn together in a rather haphazard manner, and meant to be humorous. I guess this type of composition does not appeal to me personally, and I'm sorry that Kiri's glorious voice was wasted. However, that's only MY opinion; I am certain others may disagree.
This album is really a mixture of Christmas tunes and that's partly what makes it interesting. And, of course it is masterfully sung by the King's singers;I enjoy all their discs; especially the recording of Gilbert and Sullivan tunes. Some of the arrangements on this disc are somewhat esoteric, and I'm not too fond of the very STRANGE arrangement (again by Daryl Runswick) of the Coventry Carol, but 'to each his own'. Their opening selection:"Here We Come a-wassailing" (arr. Robert Chilcott) is a great opening number and I must say that it's the best arrangement I have ever heard of this selection.
Let's face it:the KING'S SINGERS are perfection. But don't forget our American group:Chanticleer.
like all but one track.......2006-02-02
With the exception of track 11 (The Coventry Carol, Lully lulla) I really like this CD. I personally prefer the traditional renditions of The Coventry Carol. I do not like the "modern" harmonics and arrangement of it on this CD. Otherwise, it is very fine, indeed.
Heaven is here!.......2005-10-26
Xmas carols are always touching, but this cd is beyond all you have already heard. The King's Singers plus Kiri Te Kanawa is a combination of angelical adult voices, yes, adults can also have angelical voices. Buy this cd and check yourself if it is not true!
A Very Mixed Bag.......2003-08-15
I've often admired the King's Singers' performances, and of course they are a famous and accomplished ensemble, noted for the precision of their close-harmony singing, so I was looking forward to this CD. I regret to say that I find it a very mixed bag, on the whole disappointing. Unfortunately the reliable executant skills of the King's Singers are not matched here by their judgment and taste in choosing arrangements--perhaps there was too great a push for mixing it up, adding variety, "something different." The resulting arrangements are wildly uneven, some of them unattractive and tasteless in varying degrees from mild to dreadful. They range from the very good (bands 7 and 18: straightforward a cappella close-harmony, which is what these singers do best), to exotic (band 16), to schmaltzy (band 5), to busy (band 8), to campy (bands 11 and 19), to cutesy (bands 3 and 6), to terminally cutesy-poo (bands 4, 11, and 19). "Deck the halls," for example, is done in by its arch, cutesy-poo arrangement, as is "White Christmas," which even includes a bizarre, wholly gratuitous interpolation of a bit from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije, God knows why!
Band 12, "The Coventry Carol," the longest cut on the CD, demands special mention: it is downright awful. The annotator of this CD writes cosily, "And of course there are the old traditional English Christmas songs, all mulled wine and mince pies." Nothing could be less descriptive of what we get here, where the misguided, pretentious, weird, grotesquely ugly, far-out dissonant-modern arrangement does its utmost to pervert and spoil this lovely old English carol, twisting and distorting it into something almost unrecognizable; this cut is a real horror. (Sir David Willcocks, the famed King's College choirmaster under whom the King's Singers trained and sang as youths, would be appalled. The man responsible for this travesty, one Daryl Runswick, also arranged two other selections; his consistently tasteless arrangements comprise three of the four worst on the CD.)
The performing forces vary from the a cappella singers to accompaniments with brass ensemble or orchestra. The variable but undistinguished engineering (EMI's Abbey Road studios, 1989)--over-processed, over-bright, hard-edged, and occasionally canned-sounding--is an additional drawback. If you like traditional Christmas music (as I do) you might want to think twice before buying this CD. At least try to listen to it first. Caveat emptor.
Among My Top 10 Christmas Recordings.......2002-12-26
King's Singers maintains the highest standard for all those who aspire to create spine-tingling a cappella harmony. Somewhat akin to the small number of their peers worldwide, no style seems off limits to their abilities. But certain aspects set the King's Singers apart. Perhaps it is their early and consistent training in the English choral discipline, or the many, years of touring together in one combination or other. Their most remarkable quality is their quintessentially English sound -- the pipe-like tone produced especially in the mid- to upper registers -- that is at once remarkably free of vibrato, but still alive with overtones. If one listens closely to the solo parts, it becomes evident: the sound isn't produced merely by excellent group intervallic intonation, but by individual voices capable of producing overtones. Thus, it's the sound you can't hear that takes your breath away.
Because the recording is so excellent on the whole, one disappointment stands out: I wish that Coventry Carol had been saved for another recording. The dissonances conjure up distressing images at odds with the overall effect they seem to have been trying to accomplish with the recording, and I can certainly imagine that in another context, I might have been interested and emotionally moved, rather than unsettled and annoyed.
In any case, this has remained for years one of my favorite Christmas recordings, and I have to give it 5 stars.
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- Traditional songs of the sea.
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Homeward Bound
Revels
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Release Date: 2002-10-01 |
Tracks:
- Roll Down
- Can't You Dance The Polka?
- Threescore And Ten
- The Maid On The Shore
- Ocean
- The Leaving Of Liverpool
- Here's A Health To The Company
- Drake's Drum
- Run Th eRiggin' Again
- Noah's Ark
- The Herring's Head
- The Fush Of The Sea/Yea Ho, Little Fish
- Dance Set
- Euroclydon
- Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy
- Boston
- Blood-Red Roses
- Anchor Song
- Lady Franklin's Lament
- The Last Leviathan
- Rolling Down To Old Maui
- The Jamestown Homeward Bound
- Rolling Home To Old New England
Customer Reviews:
Traditional songs of the sea........2007-07-07
If one likes traditional songs created during the days of the sail ship from the U.S. and England, then this is a good cd for that. I enjoyed it very much.
Average customer rating:
- Breathtakingly beautiful!
- Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate'
- Not ultimate, but truly classical
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Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time
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ASIN: B00006L3OY
Release Date: 2002-10-01 |
Tracks:
- I Wonder As I Wander - Emily Van Evera
- Villancico De Navidad - John Williams
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Children's Prayer From Hansel And Gretel - Bernstein
- Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming - Andre Previn
- The Coventry Carol - Eileen Farrell
- Good People All, This Christmastide - Andrew Parrott
- Watts's Cradle Hymn - Martin Neary
- Pastoral Ad Libitum - Largo From Concerto Grosso In G Minor Op.6 No.8 'Christmas Concerto' - Richard Kapp
- O Tannenbaum - Rita Ford Music Boxes
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Eileen Farrell
- Largo From Concerto In F Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op.8 'L'Inverno' (Winter From The Four Seasons) - Zukerman, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
- Ave Maria - Ayako Shinozaki
- Pie Jesu From Requiem, Op.48 - Andrew Davis
- Ich Steh' An Deiner Krippen Hier (I Stand Here By Thy Crib) (Choral) From Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 - Helmuth Rilling
- Lullay My Liking - Gregg Smith
- What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) - London Symphony Orchestra
- O Come, O Come, Emanuel - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Silent Night - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Wiegenlied 'Guten Abend, Gut Nacht' Op.49, No.4 - Helmut Deutsch
Tracks:
- Hallelujah Chorus From Messiah, HWV - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) - Wiener Symphoniker
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy) - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Deus IN Adjutorium From Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin - Canadian Brass
- Laudemus Te From Gloria In D Major, RV 589 - La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy
- German Dance, K. 605, No.3 'The Sleigh Ride' - Bernstein
- Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
- Hark! The HErald Angels Sing - Andrew Parrott
- Gesu Bambino - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- O Come, All Ye Faithful - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- The First Noel - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Ding Dong! Merrily Oh High - Anthony Newman
- March From The Nutcracker Ballet, Op.71 (Act I) - Philadelphia Orchestra
- I. Allegro (Exsultate) From Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165 - Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
- Canzon Septimi Toni No.2 - Philadelphia And Cleveland Brass Ensembles
- Die Menge Der Engel (The Hosts Of Angels) From Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi/History Of The Birth Of Jesus Christ, SWV435, 435A - Barockorchester Stuttgart
- Joy To The World - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
- Once, In Royal David's City - The Chestnut Brass Company
- O Sanctissima (O Du Frohliche) - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Angels We Have Heard On High - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Magnificat From Magnificat In D Major, BWV243 - Helmuth Rilling
Customer Reviews:
Breathtakingly beautiful!.......2007-01-15
Over and over we played "Die Menge der Engel" - - it is stunningly beautiful! The loftiness of the voices, wonderful.
We loved the boys/children's choruses on many of the other pieces on the album. Duets by Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavorati - - magnifico!
It is a pleasant compilation of traditional favorites and awesome classical pieces that are worth listening to again and again.
Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate'.......2004-10-08
If you love Christmas as much as I do, you will probably enjoy this album. It features plenty of standard favorites - especially sung by the MoTab, who seem to be a holiday staple. I probably wouldn't pay $17.95 just to hear songs like 'The Little Drummer Boy' of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.'
What makes this compillation interesting is the liberal sprinkling of less traditional - or, anyway, less well-known - classical pieces. Vivaldi's 'Gloria', Corelli's 'Christmas Concerto', and the opera 'Hansel and Gretel' all make an appearance. The standout, in my mind, is the ethereally beautiful 'Watt's Cradle Hymn,' which I have never seen or heard anywhere else - that one song alone makes this album worth a listen.
Not ultimate, but truly classical.......2003-11-19
Good mix of the expected ("Silent Night", "O Come All Ye Faithful", etc) and the unexpected (the Vivaldi Gloria, Gabrieli, Schutz). Kudos to the Sony team for uniform clarity & quality of sound, despite source material from 1959 through 1998. Word to the wise: the performance of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" credited to Marilyn Horne is actually by Eileen Farrell from her excellent "Carols for Christmas Eve" release. No disrespect to Ms Horne, who is well represented by two performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. If you're truly a classical music fan but don't mind a traditional carol or two, this is an excellent buy.
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Light
Steve Davis , and Jeanfrançois Prins
Manufacturer: GAM Records
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Release Date: 2003-09-23 |
Tracks:
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- I Hear a Rhapsody
- Leaving
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Iris
- How Deep Is the Ocean?
- My Main Man
- Peacocks
- Footprints
Average customer rating:
- Absolutely Amazing
- Simply Awesome
- NICE BUT NOT SUPER
- Enjoyable Holiday Music
- Spectacular Instrumental Xmas CD--not just for trombonists!
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Trombones Under the Tree
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ASIN: B0000038JI
Release Date: 1994-10-26 |
Tracks:
- White Christmas
- We Three Kings
- Jolly Old Saint Nicholas - Up On The Housetop
- Joy To The World
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Wassail Song
- Bring A Torch
- The Christmas Song
- Nutcracker Sketches: Overture
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- Deck The Halls
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- O Christmas Tree - The First Noel
- Let It Snow
- What Child Is This?
- Coventry Carol
- Good King Wenceslas
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Carol Of The Bells
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Come Hear The Wonderful Tidings
- Break Forth, O Beautious Heavenly Light
- Away In The Manger - Silent Night
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Album Description
The principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic and a great supporting cast present a wonderfully elegant "trombone Christmas." After the success of Four of a Kind, there should be some serious interest in this lineup!
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely Amazing.......2006-10-05
I absolutely love this CD. The level of musicianship is phenomenal, as well as the arrangements of the pieces. It's so hard to find good arrangements of Christmas music - most are very bland. You HAVE to have this CD - especially if you play trombone.
Simply Awesome.......2004-07-09
How anyone could rate this CD under 5-Stars is a myestery to me!?! The playing and arrangements are AWESOME! Do yourself a favor, buy this CD as well as "The Hollywood Trombones - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The Balboa Bachelors weren't disappointed and you won't be either!
NICE BUT NOT SUPER.......2002-12-30
I don't know if its personal prejudice or just my taste, but I don't find the sound of "east coast" symphonic players as nice to listen to as those whose sounds more clearly are "Chicago Symphony" influenced (at least as I hear it anyway). Consequently, I find myself viewing everything with "Chicago Symphony" coloured glasses.
I though the CD was "nice". Plenty of competent playing, and solid ensemble work. But,I just didn't hear any real inspiration in the playing of the ensemble. Everything sounded "right", but not magical. For a new trombonist just learning the instrument, this CD will help the learning process; lots of nice sounds, solid musicianship and good ensemble work. However, for a more experienced player, this CD is a disappointment. If you are on a tight budget, or trying to find something that will inspire you, you likely ought to consider putting your money somewhere else.
For anyone reading this review, I am sorry for the negative commentary, but this is just how this CD hit me. As an amateur trombonist of many years, I realize it is easy to throw rocks at an easy target, especially as I knowlingly am unable to aspire to the heights these musicains have rightly attained in their chosen profession. However, I alwasy try to "call em' as I see em'".
Enjoyable Holiday Music.......2002-09-05
This is a wonderful album of holiday favorites. All selections are outstanding performances, making this a welcome addition to any CD collection. The music will be especially appreciated by fans of the trombone, but the outstanding musical quality makes it pleasant listening for all.
Spectacular Instrumental Xmas CD--not just for trombonists!.......2001-12-16
Admittedly, as a trombonist myself I am predisposed to love this CD. The playing is uncanny, with impeccable intonation and such gorgeous tone quality to bring tears to a trombonist's ears...um, eyes. M. Dee Stewart, formerly of the Philadelphia Orchestra and professor of trombone at Indiana University, brought together three of his star pupils for this recording: Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic and winner of the 2002 International Trombone Association Award; Mark H. Lawrence, principal trombonist of the San Francisco Symphony, and Carl Lenthe, formerly trombone solist with the Bavarian State Opera (!) and currently professor of trombone at Indiana University. Their playing is superb, and more than one high F comes out so easily and beautifully my jaw dropped.
And although every trombonist NEEDS this CD, there is also a wide appeal for non-trombonists. At its best it is very beautiful. Joy To The World and The Christmas Song are absolutely gorgeous. At its worst, Trombones Under the Tree is like really good Musak, listenable but a touch bland, but perfect for Christmas parties and tree-trimming. The CD contains 30 (!) tracks, ranging from traditional carols (We Three Kings, Deck the Halls, Silent Night, etc.) to Classical favorites (Sheep May Safely Graze, selections from the Nutcracker, etc.) to pop standards (White Christmas, Let It Snow, etc.). Most of the arrangements are terrific and show a similar variety--the majority are for trombone quartet alone, but some are arranged for quartet accompanied by rhythm section. We Three Kings gets a tongue-in-cheek treatment in 5/4 reminiscent of Dave Brubeck's Take Five. Nutcracker Sketches (arranged by Carl Lenthe) demonstrates stunning playing but may annoy purists who find the tempi too slow (no matter how good you are, a trombone just isn't a violin or clarinet!) and the concept inappropriate. The Arabian Dance, however, is absolutely terrific, and the whole is clearly deferential to the original.
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Christmas Celebration
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
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Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000B3FDV
Release Date: 2003-08-19 |
Tracks:
- Silent Night
- Deck the Halls
- Let It Snow
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- Adeste Fideles
- Coventry Carol
- Away in a Manger
- First No
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Bell Carol (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)
- Angels from the Realms of Glory
- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
- Silver Bells
- Frosty the Snowman
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- Sleigh Ride - Percy Faith, Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis, , Orchestra
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Julie Andrews
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Percy Faith, , Chorus, Orchestra
- Silver Bells - The Ray Conniff Singers
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Charlie Rich
- Go Tell It on the Mountain - Mahalia Jackson
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Phyllis Curtin, Androstelanetz,
- My Favorite Things - Tony Bennett
- Hallelujah Chorus - Eugene Ormandy, Robert Page, Philadelphia Orchestra, Temple University Concert Choir
- What Child Is This? - Vikki Carr
- Winter Wonderland - Mitch Miller
- First No- Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Alexander Schreiner
- O Holy Night - Peter Nero
- Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - John Davidson
- Twelve Days of Christmas - Dinah Shore
- Christmas Bells - Patti Page
- (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Robert Goulet
- Christmas Eve in My Home Town - Jim Nabors
- Silent Night - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
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- White Christmas
- Joy to the World
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- March from the Nutcracker
- Little Drummer Boy
- Sleigh Ride
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Twelve Days of Christmas
- Christmas Song
- Greensleeves
- Still, Still, Still
- Here We Come A-Caroling
- Jingle Bells
- Winter Wonderland
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
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Reggae Christmas (Deck The Halls, Frosty The Snowman, Here Comes Santa Claus, Jingle Bells, Joy To The World, Let It Snow, Little Drummer Boy, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Silent Night, Sleigh Ride, The First Noel)
Manufacturer: International Music Distribution
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Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000BZ6SSW |
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1. Deck The Halls ('Tis The Season) -- 2. Do you Hear What I Hear -- 3. Frosty The Snowman -- 4. Here Comes Santa Claus -- 5. ('Tis The Season) Reggae Christmas -- 6. Jingle Bells -- 7. Joy To The World -- 8. Let It Snow -- 9. Little Drummer Boy -- 10. ('Tis The Season) Reggae Christmas -- 11. O Come All Ye Faithful -- 12. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer -- 13. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -- 14. Silent Night -- 15. ('Tis The Season) Reggae Christmas -- 16. Sleigh Ride -- 17. The First Noel -- 18. We Wish You A Merry Christmas -- 19. ('Tis The Season) Reggae Christmas
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JUST ME AT CHRISTMAS - Barry Tognolini
Barry Tognolini
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ASIN: B000PCDCNK |
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O Holy Night, Away in a Manger, Little Drummer Boy, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, We are the Reason, What Child is This, We Three Kings, Mary's Boy Child, White Christmas, O Christmas Tree, The Holy City, Angels from the Realms of Glory, Majesty, Silver Bells, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, Here Comes Santa Claus, O Come All ye Faithful, The First Noel, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, A Child is Born, Silent Night
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You R Here Session V.2
James Double Drummer Group Oehler
Manufacturer: Jazzhead
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ASIN: B000LMPFV6
Release Date: 2006-11-13 |
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- Kinjit
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- Departure
- DonT Look Back
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