The Voice of Christmas: The Complete Decca Christmas Songbook | 
 enlarge | Artist: Bing Crosby
Label: Mca
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 44479
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 11840
UPC: 008811184025
EAN: 0008811184025
ASIN: B000009RCX
Release Date: October 6, 1998
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Happy Holiday - Bing Crosby, Berlin, Irving | | • | Silent Night - Bing Crosby, Gruber, Franz | | • | Adeste Fideles - Bing Crosby, Oakeley, Frederick | | • | Silent Night - Bing Crosby, Gruber, Franz | | • | White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Berlin, Irving | | • | Adeste Fideles - Bing Crosby, Oakeley, Frederick | | • | Silent Night - Bing Crosby, Gruber, Franz | | • | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Bing Crosby, Traditional | | • | I'll Be Home for Christmas - Bing Crosby, Gannon, Kim | | • | Ave Maria - Bing Crosby, Schubert, Franz | | • | White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Berlin, Irving | | • | Silent Night - Bing Crosby, Gruber, Franz | | • | The Christmas Song - Bing Crosby, Torme, Mel | | • | O Fir Tree Dark - Bing Crosby, Darby, Ken | | • | The First Noel - Bing Crosby, Sandys, William | | • | You're All I Want for Christmas - Bing Crosby, Moore, Glen | | • | Christmas Carols: Deck the Halls/Away in a Manger/I Saw Three Ships - Bing Crosby, Traditional | | • | Christmas Carols: Good King Wenceslas/We Three Kings of Orient Are - Bing Crosby, | | • | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Bing Crosby, Marks, Johnny | | • | That Christmas Feeling - Bing Crosby, Burke, Johnny | | • | Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter - Bing Crosby, Fulton, Jack | | • | A Marshmallow World - Bing Crosby, DeRose, Peter |
Disc 2
| • | Christmas in Killarney - Bing Crosby, Cavanaugh, James | | • | It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby, Willson, Meredith | | • | Sleigh Ride - Bing Crosby, Anderson, Leroy | | • | Sleigh Bell Serenade - Bing Crosby, Burke, Sonny | | • | Christmas Is A-Comin' - Bing Crosby, Luther, Frank | | • | The First Snowfall - Bing Crosby, Burke, Sonny | | • | Is Christmas Only a Tree - Bing Crosby, Rebek, Mark | | • | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Bing Crosby, Longfellow, Henry W | | • | Jingle Bells - Bing Crosby, Pierpont, J.S. | | • | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Bing Crosby, Coots, J. Fred | | • | The Twelve Days of Christmas - Bing Crosby, Traditional | | • | Here Comes Santa Claus - Bing Crosby, Autry, Gene | | • | A Crosby Christmas, Pt. 1: That Christmas Feeling/I'd Like to Hitch ... - Bing Crosby, Burke, Johnny | | • | A Crosby Christmas, Pt. 2: The Snowman/That Christmas Feeling/I'd ... - Bing Crosby, Burke, Johnny | | • | Poppa Santa Claus - Bing Crosby, Burke, Johnny | | • | Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby, Anderson, R. Alex | | • | Silver Bells - Bing Crosby, Livingston, Jay | | • | Little Jack Frost, Get Lost - Bing Crosby, Stillman, Al | | • | White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Berlin, Irving | | • | Snow - Bing Crosby, Berlin, Irving | | • | White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Berlin, Irving | | • | Let's Start the New Year Right - Bing Crosby, Berlin, Irving |
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Bing Crosby is the father of the Christmas album. He sired the whole shooting match in 1942 when he recorded Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" for the Decca soundtrack of Holiday Inn, and the season has never been the same since. "White Christmas" isn't just Crosby's signature tune, it's also that of Christmas, selling millions around the world and inspiring countless recording artists to create their own holiday versions every year. This long overdue two-disc package features the original recording of "White Christmas" (often replaced by a later version on reissues) as well as all the seasonal songs Crosby cut over three decades. And with extensive liner notes and guest artists such as the Andrews Sisters, The Complete Decca Christmas Songbook is a slam-dunk gift buy for the whole family. --Martin Keller
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 Definitive Decca Christmas Collection on Bing December 21, 2008
Best sound quality yet on these vintage recordings, and very complete.
My only quibble is that "Count Your Blessings" isn't here; it's not technically a Christmas song, but it's from the film WHITE CHRISTMAS and became a standard which is now on many other artists Christmas albums.
"Let's Start The New Year Right" is included here, and it's not a Christmas song either ....
Buy this set, and Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics (2006 edition on Capitol), and download "Count Your Blessings" from itunes etc.
 Poor sound quality December 2, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was so happy to get this well before Christmas...yet when I played it I could hear alot of background noise and pops and clicks like from an old record. ?????? Waste of money.
Best Bing Ever September 18, 2008
This really is the best Bing Crosby Cd I own. I own about 7 of them. There is something on here for everyone. My husband who hates Christmas music has a fave on each disc, which is something since he really does detest Christmas music.
Bing Crosby reminds me of childhood Christmases! May 21, 2008
This is the ultimate for a Bing Crosby fan like me! My memory of childhood Christmases includes lots of the old carols, many of them by Bing, and of course, his best and my favorite, "White Christmas." This has everything on it, including my all-time favorite version of "Jingle Bells," the one he does with the Andrews Sisters! I also love the duet with his son Gary "That Christmas Feeling." I also love "Adeste Fidelis," "Silent Night," "Happy Holiday," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," virtually all of them! There is a funny outtake on it, a version of "Jingle Bells" that didn't make it past the recording booth.
For Bing fans or for old-fashioned Christmas fans, this is a perfect choice! I bought it the first year it came and (10 years ago) and it is still the same price!
 Very good digital re-mastering January 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bing Crosby songs on this double CD were digitally re-mastered and overall it is excellent. His earliest songs are on here - rare finds from the 1930s and 1940s are real treats. Apparently taken from sources so old that digital remastering was difficult to restore them to their original sound. The fact they are included is nice. Songs from the early 1960s are excellent in their reproduction. Song selection is outstanding - multiple versions of his standards are included. Liner notes, especially how and why recordings were made, re-recorded and released - are excellent. This double disc is a must for anyone who treasures Bing Crosby Christmas songs.
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