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Doris Day Pictures
Artist:
Doris Day
Origin:
United States, Cincinnati - OhioUnited States
Born date:
April 3, 1924
Doris Day Album: «The Complete Christmas Collection»
Doris Day Album: «The Complete Christmas Collection» (Front side)
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  • Customers rating: (4.8 of 5)
  • Title:The Complete Christmas Collection
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Review - Product Description
Your ticket to the greatest Christmas Day ever a 22-track collection containing her complete holiday-themed recordings, plus some unreleased material! We ve gone deep into the Columbia vaults and even into Doris private collection for this one; the first 12 tracks hail from her beloved 1964 release The Doris Day Christmas Album, and include Silver Bells; I ll Be Home for Christmas; Snowfall; Toyland; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Be a Child at Christmas Time; Winter Wonderland; The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire); Christmas Present; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; The Christmas Waltz, and White Christmas. Then, I ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm comes from the ambitious Hooray for Hollywood double-album that she recorded with Frank DeVol in 1959, while Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly (first U.S. release!) is the only finished song from a shelved holiday album Doris began with DeVol that same year. Here Comes Santa Claus; Ol Saint Nicholas; Christmas Story; Silver Bells, and The Christmas Song (with Les Brown & His Orchestra) are all single sides she cut for Columbia from 1946 to 1950, while Silent Night and Christmas Greeting from Doris are unreleased tracks, the first from her early- 50s radio show, the second from her late- 60s TV show for CBS. The set winds up with an emotionally-charged reading of Let No Walls Divide taken from the all-star Christmas album We Wish You the Merriest Columbia released in 1951 to promote stars like Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin and Andre Previn as well as Doris. We can t think of a vocal star we d rather have over for Christmas we think this Collectors Choice Music exclusive will be a perennial holiday favorite in your home for years to come. Merry Christmas!
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
- Absolutely PERFECT for bringing the Christmas spirit!

WOW! DOUBLE WOW!! I used to listen to Doris Day's 1964 "The Doris Day Christmas Album", from which the first 12 songs of this CD come from, when I was a kid! My brother and I would wake up early in the morning, turn on our Christmas tree lights, make some Postum (if you're too young to know who Doris Day is you probably don't know what Postum is, google it!) and listen to the 1964 album on my mom and dad's record player contained in their massive wood chest stereo. My wife gave me a copy of a friend's Doris Day album several years ago but I realized today it does not have her 1964 version of "Silver Bells" on it. However, this CD has both the 1946 version AND the 1964 version of "Silver Bells"; the 1964 version is muuuuch more soft and velvety with a relaxing, gorgeous orchestral accompaniment (sp?) to it.

Why is the original 1964 "The Doris Day Christmas Album" so fantastic? It isn't just because of fond memories my brother and I shared, but also because her renditions of classic Christmas songs are sooooo wonderful; the instrumental parts are sweetly melodious and Doris's silky, clear voice never fails to conjure up images of warm fireplaces with flames dancing about while you snuggle with your sweetheart next to a 10 foot tall Christmas tree in your impeccably clean and luxuriously Holiday-decorated home. THAT'S the kind of Christmas experience we all crave.

I've read quite a few comments on Amazon of Doris Day fans wishing that someone would put out a CD with ALL of her 1964 album renditions on it plus Doris's other Christmas songs. This "Doris Day-Complete Christmas Collection" is it! Other non-1964 album songs, like "Christmas Story", also share the same rich quality as her other 1964 songs.

Buy it! You'll absolutely LOVE it!

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
- That Old Christmas Feeling

If this cd does not put you in the Christmas mood nothing will.

Quiet,soothing and sweet this will take you back to those days of

Christmas parties and happy times. Even if your not a Doris fan (not that this is possible) you will love it.Some of the songs I had heard before some not but here they all are with a special holiday greeting from Doris herself. Christmas has passed but I still put this on.

I give this the highest rating I can. Buy it now you wont be sorry.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
- LISTEN TO THIS AND FALL IN LOVE WITH DORIS DAY

I LOVE THIS CD. PART OF THIS CD IS FROM A CHRISTMAS ALBUM RECORDED IN 1964. IN 1964 I WAS 7 YEARS OLD. MY FATHER BOUGHT THIS ALBUM AT AN OLD STORE WHERE WE USE TO SHOP YEARS AGO. I LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YEAR AFTER YEAR UNTIL IT SOMEHOW WAS LOST OR PITCHED IN THE TRASH. THIS IS THE ALBUM THAT MADE ME FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH DORIS. HER VOICE IS LIKE AN ANGEL, AND THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE JUST SO AWESOME. I LOVED DORIS THEN AND I LOVE HER STILL. BUY THIS CD. EVEN IF YOU DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH DORIS YOU WILL LOVE THE CD. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MORE DORIS DAY!

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
- Excellent

I purchased Doris Day..The Complete Christmas Collection right before the holidays. I am a huge fan of hers. This CD is absolutely wonderful. If any of you are Doris Day fans then this is a must, even though I had a couple of her other Christmas CD'S, this one has all of her recordings to listen to during the holidays or anytime. It is well worth every penney. Doris Day to me is probably one of the best female singers of our time.

If I could have rated it ten stars I would have.

Carol

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- Perfection!

What a voice! beautiful music, perfect for a tree trimmig evening and when you need a little Christmas in your life.