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The folks at MCA essentially fused together one half of White Christmas and one half of That Christmas Feeling to create Bing Crosby Sings Christmas Songs. Not a bad recipe for success, except that here they elected to "restore" the songs to the original mono masters from Decca. At times, especially on the White Christmas selections, "remanded" seems like the better word. While tape hiss and saturated sound levels have a certain charm on vinyl, the original defects come through too clearly on compact disc. Of course, dismissing this disc for occasionally testing the rarefied ears of the digital age would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Yuletide classics "White Christmas," "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "The Christmas Song" do their parts to smooth over an otherwise bumpy ride. Generally, the selections from That Christmas Feeling have aged better, both for their improved sonic presence and more contemporary arrangements. By comparison, the recordings of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Faith of Our Fathers" feel like poorly preserved artifacts. Listeners are less apt to be critical of this disc's shortcomings when they're in the holiday spirit, but the fact remains that there are better Bing Crosby Christmas records to choose from. The disc ends, oddly enough, with a 1940 recording of Bing, Connee Boswell, Decca founder Jack Kapp, and others wishing Decca employees a "happy" Christmas.
© Dave Connolly /TiVo
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Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Ken Darby Singers, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer
℗ 1942 Geffen Records
Joseph Mohr, Author - Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Max Terr's Mixed Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Meredith Willson, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Ensemble - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Oakeley, ComposerLyricist - John Francis Wade, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer - Max Terr's Mixed Chorus, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer - Max Terr's Mixed Chorus, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - F.W. Faber, ComposerLyricist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buck Ram, ComposerLyricist - KIM GANNON, ComposerLyricist - WALTER KENT, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer
℗ 1943 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Weldon, ComposerLyricist - James Cavanaugh, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Redmond, ComposerLyricist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Ensemble - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - The Ken Lane Singers, Ensemble - Victor Young & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Glen Moore, ComposerLyricist - The Ken Lane Singers, Ensemble - Victor Young & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Seger Ellis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Ken Darby Singers, FeaturedArtist - John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BILLY SHERRILL, ComposerLyricist - Simon Rady & His Orchestra and Choir, Orchestra
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Mason Neale, ComposerLyricist - James Chadwick, Author - Simon Rady & His Orchestra and Choir, Orchestra - John Larkin H. Hopkins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mel TORME, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wells, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Ken Darby Singers, Ensemble - John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Unknown, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1940 Geffen Records
Album review
The folks at MCA essentially fused together one half of White Christmas and one half of That Christmas Feeling to create Bing Crosby Sings Christmas Songs. Not a bad recipe for success, except that here they elected to "restore" the songs to the original mono masters from Decca. At times, especially on the White Christmas selections, "remanded" seems like the better word. While tape hiss and saturated sound levels have a certain charm on vinyl, the original defects come through too clearly on compact disc. Of course, dismissing this disc for occasionally testing the rarefied ears of the digital age would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Yuletide classics "White Christmas," "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "The Christmas Song" do their parts to smooth over an otherwise bumpy ride. Generally, the selections from That Christmas Feeling have aged better, both for their improved sonic presence and more contemporary arrangements. By comparison, the recordings of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Faith of Our Fathers" feel like poorly preserved artifacts. Listeners are less apt to be critical of this disc's shortcomings when they're in the holiday spirit, but the fact remains that there are better Bing Crosby Christmas records to choose from. The disc ends, oddly enough, with a 1940 recording of Bing, Connee Boswell, Decca founder Jack Kapp, and others wishing Decca employees a "happy" Christmas.
© Dave Connolly /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:54
- Main artists: Bing Crosby
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
© 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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