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Jingle Bells (CD)
Year: 1989
Label: MCA Special Products
Catalog Number: MCAD-20523
Number of Discs: 1
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This is a short CD with a bargain price to match, but it's the genuine
article and quite enjoyable. All but the first two tracks (the vocal-only carol
medleys) come directly from the 1957 LP of the same name. I don't currently know
the origin of those two medleys.
Alternate (and equally legitimate Lawrence Welk) versions of "Merry
Christmas from Our House to Your House" (this version is by the Lennon
Sisters), "Ring Those Christmas Bells", "Silver Bells", and
"Sleigh Ride" are readily available on the other Welk Christmas CDs.
Those versions came from the Reader's Digest 4 LP set that was issued in 1970.
However, "The Christmas Song", "The Christmas Waltz",
"Jingle Bells", and "Santa Claus is Here Again" (again by
the Lennon Sisters) are only readily available on CD here.
Missing from the 1957 LP are "Let's Have an Old Fashioned
Christmas" and "Santa from Santa Fe", and the LP has instrumental
carol medleys instead of the vocal-only medleys here. Hopefully those cuts will
eventually make their way onto CD.
Given that every recording on this disc is exclusively available on CD here
and that 4 of the songs aren't available elsewhere in ANY version on CD (I'm not
including hard-to-find imports), I consider this CD a must-have, and it's very
enjoyable top to bottom. That said, it isn't the best starting point for
Lawrence Welk Christmas music on CD. For that, go with "22 Merry Christmas
Favorites" and "Christmas Memories". Then get this to round out
your collection until Ranwood eventually has every Christmas song ever recorded
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Song Information
Christmas Carols, Part I
This vocal/a cappella medley features the following songs: "O Come All Ye Faithful", "Deck the Halls", "Good King Wenceslas", "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", "The First Noel", and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing".
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Christmas Carols Concluded
This vocal/a cappella medley features the following songs: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Joy to the World", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", and "Silent Night".
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The Christmas Song
Song Credits:
Mel Torme (Composer), Wells (Composer)
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Silver Bells
Song Credits:
Ray Evans (Composer), Jay Livingston (Composer)
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Sleigh Ride
Song Credits:
Leroy Anderson (Composer)
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