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Media Type: CD
Artist: COMO,PERRY
Title: PERRY COMO CHRISTMAS
Street Release Date: 09/25/2001
Domestic
Genre: XMAS VOCAL

Track Listing

1. Medley: Caroling, Caroling/The First Noel/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
2. Love in a Home
3. Christmas Symphony
4. There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
5. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
6. Christmas Dream
7. Christmas Eve
8. What Love Is Made Of
9. My Favorite Things
10. Bells of St. Mary's
11. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
12. Christmas Song
13. Father of Girls
14. Turnaround
15. Medley: Here We Come A-Caroling/We Wish You a Merry Christmas
16. All Through the Night
17. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever
18. Love Is Spreading Over the World
19. I Know What God Is
20. O Holy Night
21. Medley: The Story of the First Christmas: O Little Town of Bethlehem
22. Ave Maria

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1259 in Music
• Brand: COMO,PERRY
• Released on: 2001-09-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

"Ave Maria" with The Robert Shaw Chorale in Living Stereo!
As his first full stereo Christmas album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como" was being released in October, 1959, Perry recorded two very special new versions of the "Ave Maria" and "The Lord's Prayer" as a guest of The Robert Shaw Chorale ( Male Voices ) which are two hallmark hymns of his entire recording career. Although these two hymns were released originally on a limited distribution stereo single, all subsequent re-releases were either monaural or fake stereo. The difference in the hearing of these two recordings re-mixed and remastered in REAL Living Stereo is so remarkable that one might consider them to be different versions. Perry's performance, coupled with the Male Voices of the Robert Shaw Chorale, in stereo to the left and to the right, are certain to send a chill up your spine. His singing is both assured and assuring and the sequencing of "Ave Maria" directly following his legendary "Story of the First Christmas", itself over ten minutes in length, is seemingly as it was meant to be. Both of these hymns are being re-released this month within another compilation "Perry Como Sings Songs of Faith and Inspiration" but this Christmas compilation is definitely highlighted by the inclusion of "Ave Maria" at it's closing. Also included within this compilation is a first release of Perry's "The Bells of St. Mary's" which was recorded during the 1962 sessions for one of Perry's hallmark albums "By Request" produced by Hugo and Luigi with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers. A beautiful song long buried within the RCA Victor Archives and now seeing the light of day for the first time ever! This compilation was not intended to be "just another Christmas record" as it's contents will reveal. These recordings are pure Perry Como and represent the songs Perry liked to sing and record during this very special time of year. With more than 75 minutes of music, there's something here for everyone, no matter how one celebrates Christmas, for people of all faiths. The recording quality is excellent.

Something for Everyone - NOT just a Christmas CD, but more.
If you bought this for just 3 songs: 'Christmas Eve', 'All Through the Night' and 'Love In A Home' - you would be happy, as was I. This includes the unreleased 'Bells of St. Mary's'. But, there is something for everyone on this CD - and it is NOT just a Christmas CD, but has tons of songs about family, life, AND holidays. With the recent current events, an album like this is something to really make you think. The songs were personally selected by Perry's biggest historian, Mr. Townsend of Canada. There are several original 78 RPM versions of songs instead of the later stereo recordings; his 1974 song 'Christmas Dream' sounds crisper than ever digitally remastered. A neat and insightfull collection of a talented artist. Something for everyone to enjoy on this over 1-hour-long CD.

Living Stereo ~ the REAL THING!
This album contains the first re-release of Perry's 1959 "Ave Maria" in more than 40 years. To think that this beautifully recorded hymn sat in the RCA Archives for all those years is absolutely amazing. How many more recordings are there locked up? The companion hymn "The Lord's Prayer" has also been released within the Buddha compilation recently released as well. Bravo BMG! Another real "find" within this compact disc is the previously unreleased "The Bells of St. Mary's" recorded by Perry in 1962 within sessions for his "By Request" album, 40 years ago this year, and it too was locked away all this time! A beautiful collection of songs superbly performed.