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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Capitol Catalog: Music Release date: 1996-09-03 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0724385255922 Upc: 724385255922  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (18) |
 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo - Marks, Johnny Winter Wonderland - Bernard, Felix Christmas Trumpets/We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas - Anthony, Ray [1] Christmas Is - Faith, Percy Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/White Christmas - Coots, J. Fred I'd Like You for Christmas - Troup, Bobby | Holiday on Skis - Holmes, Leroy (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag - Taylor, Irv Jingle Bells/Jingle Bell Rock - Pierpont, J.S. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Berlin, Irving I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/Jingle Bells Bossa Nova - Connor, Tommie Christmas Kisses - Kruger, J. | I'll Be Home for Christmas/Baby, It's Cold Outside - Kent, Walter What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Loesser, Frank Cha-Cha All the Way - Pierpont, J. The Christmas Song - Torme, Mel The Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ring Those Christmas Bells - Fisher, M. |
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| A perfect martini-and-mistletoe combo, Christmas Cocktails will gaily seduce you with its bevy of nostalgic and occasionally campy holiday fare. Vocal vixens Peggy Lee, Julie London (her "I'd Like You for Christmas" will melt the ice cubes in your fridge), Kay Starr, and Nancy Wilson join forces with perennial crooners such as Lou Rawls, Dean Martin, and the immortal Nat "King" Cole, along with a handful of instrumental big-band numbers and odd, at times cheese-ball-shaped jazz organ pieces from Jimmy McGriff and the flammable Eddie Dundstedter, among others. But the essential item that makes plunking down your pelts for this very chi-chi set is none other than Billy May's lovably kitschy workout called "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo." It's a scream. The package comes complete with its own cocktail minimanual and the recipes for Hot Toddys and Hot Tom and Jerrys. Garishly retro and naughtily nostalgic, this kind of slinky Christmas gift should probably be illegal in many prudish states. --Martin Keller |
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Written on November 30, 2005 Summary: One of the best Christmas collections out there... Those with a taste for an "old-fashioned" Christmas collection, though one with the campy kick that a retro Christmas CD really should have, can do no better than Part 1 of a now-3 disc series of loungey holiday confections from the Capitol music vaults. The jingle-jangle instrumentals from the likes of Billy May and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra are pleasant if overlong, but the vocal selections are unbeatable. Nancy Wilson's buttery crooning on perhaps the most romantic holiday song ("What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?") is delicious, as are Peggy Lee's "Winter Wonderland" and Dean Martin's "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm". These discs are all worth owning, even if there's a too-soft chestnut or two amongst the treasures, and the swingin' 60's artwork is terrific.  Written on August 2, 2005 Summary: A real seasonal smash! This was my first Ultra Lounge Series cd ever and I became very very fond of it immediately. It's really refreshing to listen to Christmas music in a jolly feelgood way like this. I mean, I love the seasonal classics as performed by such giants as Frank, Dean, Nat, Barbra or Ella, but sometimes we all need to switch to something funnier even at Christmas! I recommend all of the tracks but the ghost ones are the best, I think. When you get to them it's like being among a crowd of wild colleagues having fun at your average Seasonal party! Enjoy and cheers! @ Written on July 19, 2005 Summary: Great Lounge CD If you like post modern lounge music, you will like the tracks on this disc. Written on January 12, 2005 Summary: Guaranteed Christmas Cheer from the Rat Pack Era This CD makes me laugh out loud. That's saying something. Christmas is often a stressful time. I love the CD, I love the concept, I love the packaging, I love the liner notes. I suppose if I lived in the "swinging" era of night clubs, pointy bras, martinis, and ashtrays on every table, I would find it all a big drag; I don't smoke, don't drink, and I'm a feminist. But, at this safe distance, the swinging, Rat Pack era is an archaelogical trove of great fun. And, heck, these people really knew their way around a song. Even as I'm laughing at the anachronisms in the CD, I'm enjoying the heck out of some really good music. Kay Starr, Nancy Wilson, Nat King Cole -- these folks had pipes, and the bands are tight. I think that if this CD can't shake someone out of his holiday blues, then hospitalization might be the only route. Written on December 26, 2004 Summary: What the heck is the mambo? This CD features Christmas music from the 50s and 60s that would have been considered to be "adult pop" at the time. That is to say, pop music for adults, instead of teenagers. There is some great music on this CD, and some not-so-great music, but it's all a lot of fun. The three bonus tracks are "I Brought You Violets" by the Continental; "Toys For Tots" by Peggy Lee, Nat "King" Cole and Nancy Wilson; and "Jingle Bells" by Billy May. I would recommend this CD to anyone who is interested in "adult pop" of the 50s and 60s. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 1996-09-03 | 1997-09-23 | 2005-09-27 | 2002-10-15 | 2001-10-23 | 2002-10-08 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ean | 0724385255922 | 0724382145721 | 0724357850322 | 0018111893428 | 0731454906722 | 0090266397426 |
| Upc | 724385255922 | 724382145721 | 724357850322 | 018111893428 | 731454906722 | 090266397426 |
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