Mr Xmas

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With Mr. Christmas, the ever-popular Joe Diffie delivers a middle-of-the-road collection of tunes that run from the fun and holy to the maudlin and ludicrous. Diffie's title track is a lively and somewhat funny song about Santa sliding sideways in the snow, while "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" is a tale of a temp who comes in his pickup truck to help out the jolly old elf when Rudolph gets sick, but the tune doesn't go quite far enough with the concept. The rest of the original songs--and the covers--are formula-friendly, and while Brent Mason's fluid guitar playing is especially satisfying, the overall result is a set of mostly forgettable stuff. Still, you really have to wonder what the old Joe D. was thinking when he recorded "Magazine Angels" with its how-to chorus: "Sprinkle some glitter on magazine angels / Use matchsticks and clothespins to build Bethlehem / Make the star in the East from a piece of foil." Somebody got paid for this? Now that was a gift. --Martin Keller

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Average customer rating: Relaxing Christmas music Wonderful music for the holidays Great CD, I disagree with previous reviewer. OK Christmas Album

Christmas Album California Guitar Trio Manufacturer: Inside Out U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Whitewater Rocks the West Pathways The First Decade Cg3+2 ASIN: B00006RYBP Release Date: 2004-09-13

Tracks:

1. Carol of the Bells
2. Oh Christmas Tree
3. What Child is This?
4. Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring
5. Go Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
6. Unto Us a Child is Born
7. Jingle Bells
8. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
9. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
10. Silent Night

Customer Reviews:

Relaxing Christmas music.......2004-11-12

I've been a CGT fan for years but I never got around to picking this up until recently. I wanted some mellow Christmas music for putting on in the evenings when I've got a fire going and I'm just looking to relax. Overall it's a great CD and I can highly recommend it to anyone. I hate to suggest putting CGT on as background music, but frankly, this CD is perfect for it.

Probably the only song I'm not a big fan of is the first track "Carol of the Bells" which I find merely okay. However the rest of the songs range from great to fantastic (their rendition of Silent Night happily revives that oft played tune for me). If you like classical guitar, then this CD is a must have. If you are serious about music, well you just won't find many Christmas CDs with this kind of musicianship. If you are looking for something relaxing to play at Christmas, this is also a great CD for you. If you are looking for something for something with a bit of kick to it, this isn't your CD. (When I want something like that I tend to throw on Dean Martin or Harry Connick Jr.)

Wonderful music for the holidays.......2004-09-20

This is a great CD to put on when you want some light holiday music that won't overwhelm you. The guitar work is incredible and they do a great job of putting a fresh spin on some well worn territory. Still you can put it on when you have guest over and still be able to talk and enjoy the company without the distraction of lyrics. It makes for a very comforting background. I highly recommend it.

Great CD, I disagree with previous reviewer........2004-03-05

This CD is great to listen to, from the first track which is a really cool rendition of Carol of the Bells. It is a song that seems perfectly suited to their playing style.

The whole CD is great, as long as you can look past the fact that you will likely not get a present anytime soon despite the christmas songs.

OK Christmas Album.......2003-04-27

There's nothing really wrong with this CD other than it not being what I expected. I was expecting more traditional (perhaps heavier) guitar renditions of various Christmas songs. Instead, the music is lighter and more "California-ish." It'll serve as some background Christmas music, but there's nothing here that really grabs your attention.

Average customer rating: A Gem good for the holidays After years of waiting, this finally gets released on an American CD

A Christmas Carol/Mr. Pickwick's Christmas Charles Dickens , Hanns Eisler , Victor Young , Ronald Colman , and Charles Laughton Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Eisler, Hanns | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music | General Christmas | Today's Deals | Box Sets | Children's Music | Classical Instrumental | Halloween | Hanukkah | Kwanzaa | Opera & Vocal | Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Pop Vocal Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Merry Christmas A Colonial Christmas Becket A Renaissance Christmas / Cohen, Boston Camerata Now Is the Caroling Season ASIN: B000B8I8DW Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Victor Young
2. Quickly I Made Myself Ready For Bed - Victor Young
3. There At My Bedside - Victor Young
4. Wake Up, Man! - Victor Young
5. And Looking Up, I Beheld - Victor Young
6. I Have The Highest Pleasure (The Pickwickians Set Off To Visit Mr. Wardle) - Hanns Eisler
7. But If They Were Cheerful And Happy Outside The House (At The Farm) - Hanns Eisler
8. We're All Ready, I Believe (The Dance) - Hanns Eisler

Customer Reviews:

A Gem.......2006-04-04

I discovered this CD last Christmas and have added it to my Christmas favorites. The Colman 'A Christmas Carol' full-cast radio play is much better than either Laurence Olivier's or Orson Welles'. Furthermore, though it is a monologue, I think the Laughton 'Mr. Pickwick's Christmas' a greater artistic work than the Colman 'A Christmas Carol'. No one could have read this story better than Laughton, one of the 20th-century's greatest actors.

Last year I gave a copy of this CD to a friend who is an old-movie buff, and she was delighted. I shall do likewise next Christmas as no classic movie lover could resist these performances.

good for the holidays.......2006-02-21

Loved these storries, especially Mr Picwicks Christmas, beautiful old english storry. loved it

After years of waiting, this finally gets released on an American CD.......2005-12-27

Lately, Deutsche Grammophon has been releasing on CD some of the old American Decca mono recordings of the 1940's and '50's. While the original 78-RPM Broadway cast albums of "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "The King and I" and "Annie Get Your Gun" found their way to CD years ago, some of these Decca recordings have inexplicably been ignored by American CD labels, including Decca itself, and now DGG has taken up the slack and is doing a splendid job.

Their latest is not a classical or popular music release. It is a spoken word album - a very overdue American release of two Charles Dickens classics, "A Christmas Carol" and "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas". Both were previously available on an Australian CD which was never released in the U.S. Each Dickens tale was originally released by American Decca as a single item on 78 RPM before the age of LP's. "Carol" was recorded in October 1941, and released in November of that year, a sobering thought considering the fact that Pearl Harbor was soon to be attacked, ushering the United States into World War II. "Pickwick" followed three years later, in November of 1944. Both were later included on a single 33 1/3 RPM LP, one of the most popular Decca albums ever made, selling well into the late 1960's. The LP version of "A Christmas Carol", however, omitted two characters (the charity collectors) heard in the 78 RPM version, and that moment has not been restored on this CD. (Ferdinand Munier, who played one of them, is erroneously credited as appearing on this album. He does not.) The sound is quite good, especially for recordings made before the age of real hi-fi, though, of course, it is not stereo.

Both stories are beautifully done. In "A Christmas Carol", renowned film actor Ronald Colman stars as Ebenezer Scrooge, and while he would have seemed miscast if he had ever done a film version of the story, he is quite excellent on records, his beautiful voice not only acting the role of Scrooge, but, in a very imaginative touch, narrating the story to the listener in character, as if Scrooge were reminiscing about his misspent life. He makes no attempt to sound "old", but is nonetheless completely convincing - better than Laurence Olivier is in *his* recorded version (and I, an Olivier fan, once never imagined I'd say that).

A further testament to the excellence of this production is that, although it is only twenty minutes or so long, each actor convinces completely in his role, and the story never seems rushed, because director George Wells has known exactly how to edit it. The supporting cast includes few familiar names, although all were noted screen character actors of the period; the most familiar names are Hans Conried (Captain Hook in Disney's animated "Peter Pan") as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and Gale Gordon ("The Lucy Show"'s Mr. Mooney) as a *speaking* Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

This "Carol" certainly won't replace Alastair Sim's 1951 film, but it will certainly do on records. (I have not heard Patrick Stewart's one-man version).

The second selection on this CD is a tour-de-force for Dickens enthusiasts and fans of virtuoso acting. It is Charles Laughton doing a one-man reading of the Christmas chapter from "The Pickwick Papers". Unlike "A Christmas Carol", this selection is not really adapted, just abridged. It is Dickens' words all the way through, with musical accompaniment, and no one has ever read Dickens better than Charles Laughton, one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century. Dickens is not boring in his hands. Laughton is delightful as he supplies all the voices, male and female, of the many characters.

Those who like their CD's to play 70 minutes or more may be disappointed with this one; it plays for only 39 minutes. But it is undoubtedly a very worthwhile recording, and it ought to have the same success on CD that it had on LP and 78 RPM years ago.

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Family Christmas Favorites Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00066FAYY Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Jingle Bells
2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
4. Silver Bells
5. Christmas Song
6. Winter Wonderland
7. Night Before Christmas
8. Mr. Santa
9. Silver & Gold
10. Most Beautiful Day of the Year
11. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
12. White Christmas

Tracks:

1. Christmas Medley: The Great Songs of Christmas/O Little Town of ... - The Mantovani Orchestra
2. Santa's Sleigh Ride Medley: Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells/The Christmas ... - The Mantovani Orchestra
3. Nativity Medley: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Canticle NoGreensl ... - The Mantovani Orchestra
4. We Wish You a Merry Christmas Medley: Ding Dong Merrily on ... - The Mantovani Orchestra

Average customer rating: A popular and welcome addition to family, daycare center, community library, and elementary school Christmas music collections.

Mr. Stinky Feet's Christmas Jim Cosgrove Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Sing-A-Longs | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000IHYWDQ Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

1. Hark! It's Harold The Angel
2. Have You Seen That Star?
3. Prepare The Way
4. Mary's Little Boy
5. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
6. (Deck The Halls)
7. How Many Days 'Til Christmas
8. (Phlegmwick The Elf)
9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
10. (A Day At The Beach)
11. Mele Kalikimaka
12. Santa Hey Santa
13. Whatcha Gonna Call That Baby?
14. Peace On Earth
15. Away In A Manger

Customer Reviews:

A popular and welcome addition to family, daycare center, community library, and elementary school Christmas music collections........2006-12-10

Featuring the rhythmic and award-winning talent of children's entertainer Jim Cosgrove, "Mr. Stinky Feet's Christmas" features an eclectic mix of upbeat and lively music that consists of both traditional seasonal tunes and Cosgrove's own original music backed up by the Kansas City Children's Chorus. The fifteen numbers comprising this outstanding and highly recommended CD for preschool and kindergarten children ages 2 to 6 includes: Hark! It's Harold the Angel; Have you seen that star?; Prepare the Way; Mary's Little boy; Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer; Deck the Halls; How Many Days 'til Christmas; Phlegmwick the Elf; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; A Day at the Beach; Mele Kaltkimaka; Santa hey Santa; Whatcha gonna call that baby?; Peace on Earth; and Away in a Manager. "Mr. Stinky Feet's Christmas" will prove to be a popular and welcome addition to family, daycare center, community library, and elementary school Christmas music collections.

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Winter Wonderland Various Artists Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00006L3L3 Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

1. Christmas Medley: The Great Songs Of Christmas/O Little Town Of Bethlehem/Adeste Fideles/Silent Night/Joy To The World/The First Noel/Away In A Manger/The Great Songs Of Christmas - The Mantovani Orchestra
2. Santa's Sleigh Ride Medley: Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells/The Christmas Song/Let It Snow/Winter Wonderland/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer/Jingle Bells/Sleigh Ride - The Mantovani Orchestra
3. Nativity Medley: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Canticle Noel/Greesleeves/Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring/O Tannenbaum/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/The Little Drummer Boy/Paris Angelicus - The Mantovani Orchestra
4. We Wish You A Merry Christmas Medley: Ding Dong Merrily On High/The Holly And The Ivy/Deck The Halls/The Skater's Waltz/Good King Wenceslas/We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Auld Lang Syne - The Mantovani Orchestra

Tracks:

1. Jingle Bells
2. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
4. Silver Bells
5. Christmas Song
6. Winter Wonderland
7. The Night Before Christmas
8. Mr. Santa
9. Silver & Gold
10. The Most Beautiful Day Of The Year
11. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
12. White Christmas

Average customer rating:

Mr Christmas Joe Diffie Manufacturer: Sony Special Product ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Under $7 | Today's Deals | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00005NNJC Release Date: 2002-06-01

Tracks:

1. Mr. Christmas
2. Christmas Song
3. Leroy the Redneck Reindeer
4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
5. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
6. Wrap Me in Your Love
7. All Because of a Baby Boy
8. Silent Night
9. Praise and Alleluia to the Savior
10. Magazine Angels
11. O Holy Night

Average customer rating: I loved this!

[2 Discs: Cd & Dvd] She Left Me for Randolph: You Lose Mr. Scrooge, If I Was an Angel, Cajun Daze of Christmas, Noel the Christmas Mouse, Santa's Mailbox, Hillbilly Christmas, All I Want for Christmas Is a Soldier Coming Home, King of Kings, Foggy Xmas Breakdown, You're Working for Me, She Left Me for Randolph swamp dogg & ned McElroy, Xmas Balls: featuring monty lane allen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000JWCPZC

Customer Reviews:

I loved this!.......2006-11-19

For a fresh take on Rudolph--this is IT! Lots of great music.

Average customer rating:

Christmas Favorites Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Under $7 | Today's Deals | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00005NC0S Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

1. Jingle Bells
2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
4. Silver Bells
5. Christmas Song
6. Winter Wonderland
7. Night Before Christmas
8. Mr. Santa
9. Silver and Gold
10. Most Beautiful Day of the Year
11. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
12. White Christmas

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