Bobby Vinton
Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection
Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection
UPC: 848064004073
Format: CD
Release Date: Nov 06, 2015
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Liner Note Author: Joe Marchese.
Recording information: Nashville,TN (07/14/1964); Nashville,TN (08/03/1964); Nashville,TN (08/10/1964); Nashville,TN (08/12/1963); Nashville,TN (08/13/1964); Nashville,TN (12/15/1959-12/17/1959).
Arrangers: Stan Applebum; Ray Ellis; Hugo Winterhalter.
Real Gone's 2015 compilation A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection expands the 12-track 1964 album A Very Merry Christmas with the four-track from the 1963 Songs of Christmas, the unreleased 1959 recording "Winter Love," the 1970 single "Christmas Eve in My Home Town," and the 1995 copyright "Kissin' Christmas." While the clanking, digital production of the latter seems out of place, the rest of the compilation is bright, sparkling early-'60s MOR pop. Vinton always seems to be singing with a smile -- even when he's adopting an Irish accent on "Christmas in Killarney"-- something that offers a nice contrast to the sheets of thick sweet strings that drench all the arrangements. The songs that aren't staples, such as the ridiculous novelty "Peppermint Stick Parade," feel a bit frozen in amber -- something that makes this appealing for pop archaeologists -- but the rest of the comp works quite well when Vinton and crew play it straightforward. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Recording information: Nashville,TN (07/14/1964); Nashville,TN (08/03/1964); Nashville,TN (08/10/1964); Nashville,TN (08/12/1963); Nashville,TN (08/13/1964); Nashville,TN (12/15/1959-12/17/1959).
Arrangers: Stan Applebum; Ray Ellis; Hugo Winterhalter.
Real Gone's 2015 compilation A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection expands the 12-track 1964 album A Very Merry Christmas with the four-track from the 1963 Songs of Christmas, the unreleased 1959 recording "Winter Love," the 1970 single "Christmas Eve in My Home Town," and the 1995 copyright "Kissin' Christmas." While the clanking, digital production of the latter seems out of place, the rest of the compilation is bright, sparkling early-'60s MOR pop. Vinton always seems to be singing with a smile -- even when he's adopting an Irish accent on "Christmas in Killarney"-- something that offers a nice contrast to the sheets of thick sweet strings that drench all the arrangements. The songs that aren't staples, such as the ridiculous novelty "Peppermint Stick Parade," feel a bit frozen in amber -- something that makes this appealing for pop archaeologists -- but the rest of the comp works quite well when Vinton and crew play it straightforward. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracks:
1 - Christmas Chopsticks
2 - Bell That Couldn't Jingle
3 - Do You Hear What I Hear
4 - Dearest Santa
5 - Greatest Gift
6 - Christmas in Killarney
7 - Peppermint Stick Parade
8 - Christmas Angel
9 - Christmas Tree
10 - Three Wise Men, Wise Men Three
11 - White Christmas
12 - My Christmas Prayer
13 - Silver Bells
14 - White Christmas [1963 Songs of Christmas Version]
15 - O Holy Night
16 - Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
17 - Winter Love
18 - Christmas Eve in My Home Town
19 - Kissin' Christmas
2 - Bell That Couldn't Jingle
3 - Do You Hear What I Hear
4 - Dearest Santa
5 - Greatest Gift
6 - Christmas in Killarney
7 - Peppermint Stick Parade
8 - Christmas Angel
9 - Christmas Tree
10 - Three Wise Men, Wise Men Three
11 - White Christmas
12 - My Christmas Prayer
13 - Silver Bells
14 - White Christmas [1963 Songs of Christmas Version]
15 - O Holy Night
16 - Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
17 - Winter Love
18 - Christmas Eve in My Home Town
19 - Kissin' Christmas