Quote: Very groovy stuff! This 18 track set is about the hippest easiest Christmas compilation you can find – and it's filled with gems pulled from the Ultra Lounge end of the Capitol/EMI catalog!
There's a mixture of vocal tunes, easy instrumental tunes, and even a few hip jazz numbers. (dustygroove.com)   


Very groovy stuff! This 18 track set is about the hippest easiest Christmas compilation you can find – and it's filled with gems pulled from the Ultra Lounge end of the Capitol/EMI catalog!
There's a mixture of vocal tunes, easy instrumental tunes, and even a few hip jazz numbers. (dustygroove.com)   





01. Billy May - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo    [2:40]
02. Peggy Lee - Winter Wonderland    [1:54]
03. Ray Anthony - Christmas Trumpets/We Wish You A Very Merry Christmas    [4:27]
04. Lou Rawls - Christmas Is    [3:15]
05. Jimmy McGriff - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town/White Christmas    [6:48]
06. Julie London - I'd Like You For Christmas    [2:36]
07. Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani - Holiday On Skis    [2:32]
08. Kay Starr - (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag    [2:42]
09. Hollyridge Strings - Jingle Bells/Jingle Bell Rock    [5:14]
10. Dean Martin - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm    [2:43]
11. Eddie Dundstedter - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/Jingle Bells Bossa Nova    [4:44]
12. Ray Anthony - Christmas Kisses    [1:57]
13. Jackie Gleason, Jack Marshall - I'll Be Home For Christmas/Baby, It's Cold Outside    [4:18]
14. Nancy Wilson - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve    [2:24]
15. Capitol Studio Orchestra - Cha-Cha All The Way    [2:21]
16. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)    [3:11]
17. Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - The Nutcracker Suite    [6:32]
18. Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians - Ring Those Christmas Bells    [5:00]
19. Renzo Cesana [The Continental] - I Bought You Violets    [2:25]
20. Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Nancy Wilson, The Chipmunks - Toys For Tots PSA    [2:33]
21. Johnny Mercer & The Capitol Studio Orchestra - Jingle Bells From Capitol Records    [1:21]



Track 1 recorded October 4, 1953 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 2 recorded July 9, 1965 · From the album "Happy Holiday"
Track 3 recorded April 20, 1966 · Previously unreleased
Track 4 recorded July 17, 1967 · From the album "Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho!"
Track 5 recorded c. 1963 · From the album "Christmas With McGriff"
Track 6 recorded c. 1957 · From a Liberty single
Track 7 recorded c. 1967 · From an United Artists single
Track 8 recorded June 30, 1950
Track 9 recorded August 5 & 6, 1965 · From the album "Christmas Favorites"
Track 10 recorded August 4, 1959 · From the album "A Winter Romance"
Track 11 (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus) recorded August 11, 1965; (Jingle Bells Bossa Nova) recorded July 29, 1965 · From the album "Christmas Candy"
Track 12 recorded October 19, 1961 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 13 (I'll Be Home For Christmas) recorded August 9, 1956 · From the album "Merry Christmas"; (Baby, It's Cold Outside) recorded February 12, 1959 · From the album "Soundsville!"
Track 14 recorded October 9, 1963 · From a Capitol Records single
Track 15 recorded October 1958 · Previously unreleased
Track 16 recorded March 30, 1961 · From the album "The Nat King Cole Story"
Track 17 recorded December 3, 1957 · From the album "Concert Modern"
Track 18 recorded May 6, 1959 · From the album "The Sound Of Christmas"

Tracks 19, 20, 21 are hidden and uncredited.


Compilation Producer [Produced By], Compiled By, Photography [Photo Research] – Brad Benedict
Remastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Bob Norberg
Liner Notes – RJ Smith


Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1996
Catalogue: 7243 8 52559 2 2





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