Naughty or Nice - Naughty Holiday Favorites on CD - eBay (item 180275710295 end time Nov-08-08 03:54:58 PST)

Naughty or Nice - Naughty Holiday Favorites on CD - eBay (item 180275710295 end time Nov-08-08 03:54:58 PST)


This is an absolute wonderful super ultra romantic classical lounge/jazz christmas cd that sounds exactly like a christmas album from the 1950's or 1960's with one of the best to best female voices of that genre, Janice Hagan, singing in every song. Janice really makes me think of Julie London or Peggy Lee at their most romantic best... yet Janice Hagan may be even better than them.

You can also find this cd at www.cdconnection.com or www.cduniverse.com by simply writing 'naughty or nice' in the search engine.

2008 Christmas Releases

2008 important christmas releases are:

1) Tony Bennett - A Swingin' Christmas (2008 recording)

2) Hollyridge Strings - Christmas Favorites (recording from 1960's)

3) Harry Connick Jr. - What A Night! A Christmas Album (2008 recording)

4) Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra - Great Orchestral Music Of Christmas (reissue of 2 LP's from the 1950's and 1960's)

5) Rockettes - Christmas Favorites (2008 recording)

6) Tennessee Ernie Ford - Story Of Christmas (recording from 1960's)

7) Radio City Christmas Spectacular DVD Concert

Getting Closer To Christmas

Only a month to go and then the christmas season begins. Yes, for me, christmas starts on november 1st since here in Canada that is the next big holiday. And the stores really start putting out their christmas stock in the beginning of november (in fact, some have already and one store even since the end of july/beginning of august). That means the christmas music can begin playing full-time for the next 2 months. Can't wait!

Site For Some Cool Jazz Christmas CD's

If you like good old fashioned jazz and Dixieland jazz, then go to http://www.worldsrecords.com/ and by the search engine, go to 'genre' and then type in 'holiday' in the actual space in the search engine. Click on 'search' and some neat jazz Christmas cd's will be advertised.

And if you're looking for lots of easy listening/jazz non-Christmas music, this site is a great source to finding many cd's of those two genres.

The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra - The Music Of Christmas (1958) Set To Be Re-released On CD

Amazon.com is advertising that THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S 1958 christmas album, THE MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS, arranged and conducted by CARMEN DRAGON, is set to be released in mid-october. It did have a previous release but became hard to find and expensive to buy. The release on Amazon is being priced at a pre-sale price of $14.99 which saves you $3.00 from the list price of $17.99.

For those who may not know, this THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - THE MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS album is an orchestra masterpiece of traditional religious christmas songs and I would say that if you like the PERCY FAITH -MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS (volume 1 and volume 2) albums from the 1950's and 1960's, then you should like this THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA christmas album too.

Christmas With The Norman Luboff Choir And Others Available

The 1964 christmas album by THE NORMAN LUBOFF CHOIR titled CHRISTMAS WITH THE NORMAN LUBOFF CHOIR is available from individual sellers on Amazon. This includes a new/sealed copy for 80 some dollars. A bargain considering some on Ebay have gone into the 100's.

Also,

1) Percy Faith - Music Of christmas (Volume 2 - 1965) - but going for $350.90 on Amazon...... and used. Ebay usually has these for less than 100 dollars or just over. I recently got one for much less than a 100 dollars and brand new/sealed.

2) The Lettermen - It Feels Like Christmas (1966) has about 6 copies on Amazon by sellers, a brand new/sealed one is going for 80 some dollars.

DJ's Choice: Tribute To Tony Bennett Christmas

Here is a fabulous cd that was released recently that I think I may even enjoy more than Tony Bennett's own, SNOWFALL: THE TONY BENNETT CHRISTMAS ALBUM from 1968.

The singer on this cd really does sound like Tony Bennett and the backing music and chorus brings this christmas release back to the 1950's/1960's era. However, there are no liner notes telling us who the singer is or just who anybody is. But make no mistake, this is the real deal in 'traditional crooner christmas music.' The unique thing about this cd is that all the songs are songs that Tony Bennett didn't record on his 1968 christmas album (though a couple of them were recorded by Tony Bennett at other times).

On this spectacular recording, you'll find songs such as SLEIGHRIDE - ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE - WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS - IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW and several more for a 10 track cd. It may be hard to get as it sold out really quickly last christmas but you may find a copy on Ebay or some other place. Make sure you check it out. I'm already calling this a christmas classic.