ELVIS SINGS THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHRISTMAS
Category: Original Recordings
Original Recording Date: 1971
FTD Release Date: December 2011
Recording Location: Nashville, TN
FTD Release Format: 2-CD with Book
Disc 1
O Come All Ye Faithful
The First Noel
On A Snowy Christmas Night
Winter Wonderland
The Wonderful World Of Christmas
It Won't Seem Like Christmas
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day
If I Get Home On Christmas Day
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees
Merry Christmas Baby
Silver Bells
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (remake)
It Won't Seem Like Christmas (takes 1-3)
If I Get Home On Christmas Day (take 1)
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (takes 1-3)
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees (takes 1,2)
Silver Bells (takes 1,2)
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (remake takes 1,2)
Disc 2
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (take 4)
If I Get Home On Christmas Day (takes 2,3)
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees (take 3)
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (remake take 3)
It Won't Seem Like Christmas (takes 4,5)
O Come All Ye Faithful (take 2)
If I Get Home On Christmas Day (take 5)
The Lord's Payer
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (takes 5,6)
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees (take 4)
It Won't Seem Like Christmas (take 6)
Merry Christmas Baby (take 1 unedited)
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (remake takes 4-9)
If I Get Home On Christmas Day (take 7)
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees (takes 5-8)
Winter Wonderland (takes 7,8)
Elvis' excellent first Christmas album, "Elvis' Christmas Album," looms so large in the public psyche that it is hard to fairly judge this album, but taken on its own terms,"Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas" is a fine collection that would be a welcome addition to any Elvis fan's stocking. This release includes a number of seasonal standards ("O Come, All Ye Faithful," "The First Noel," and "Winter Wonderland") as well as newer songs such as "On a Snowy Christmas Night" and the title track. The highlights of the album are a gritty six minute version of Charles Brown's hit "Merry Christmas Baby" and the version of "Blue Christmas" Elvis performed on his comeback television special.
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