Name: The Voice of Christmas: The Complete Decca Recordings
Brand: MCA
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The Voice of Christmas

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Album: The Voice of Christmas: The Complete Decca Recordings
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Happy Holiday
2)	Silent Night - (previously unreleased, first version)
3)	Adeste Fideles - (first version)
4)	Silent Night
5)	White Christmas
6)	Adeste Fideles
7)	Silent Night
8)	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
9)	I'll Be Home for Christmas
10)	Ave Maria
11)	White Christmas
12)	Silent Night
13)	Christmas Song, The
14)	O Fir Tree Dark
15)	First Noel, The
16)	You're All I Want for Christmas
17)	Christmas Carols: Deck the Halls/Away in a Manger/I Saw Three Ships: Deck The Halls / Away In A Manger / I Saw Three Ships
18)	Christmas Carols: Good King Wenceslas/We Three Kings of Orient Are: Good King Wenceslas / We Three Kings Of Orient Are / Angels We Have Heard On High
19)	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
20)	That Christmas Feeling
21)	Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter
22)	Marshmallow World, A
1)	Christmas in Killarney
2)	It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
3)	Sleigh Ride
4)	Sleigh Bell Serenade
5)	Christmas Is A-Comin'
6)	First Snowfall, The
7)	Is Christmas Only a Tree
8)	I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
9)	Jingle Bells
10)	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
11)	Twelve Days of Christmas, The
12)	Here Comes Santa Claus
13)	A Crosby Christmas, Pt. 1: That Christmas Feeling/I'd Like to Hitch ...: That Christmas Feeling / I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus
14)	A Crosby Christmas, Pt. 2: The Snowman/That Christmas Feeling/I'd ...: The Snowman / That Christmas Feeling / I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus
15)	Poppa Santa Claus
16)	Mele Kalikimaka
17)	Silver Bells
18)	Little Jack Frost, Get Lost
19)	White Christmas
20)	Snow
21)	White Christmas - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
22)	Let's Start the New Year Right

Album: The Voice of Christmas: The Complete Decca Recordings
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Happy Holiday
2)	Silent Night - (previously unreleased, first version)
3)	Adeste Fideles - (first version)
4)	Silent Night
5)	White Christmas
6)	Adeste Fideles
7)	Silent Night
8)	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
9)	I'll Be Home for Christmas
10)	Ave Maria
11)	White Christmas
12)	Silent Night
13)	Christmas Song, The
14)	O Fir Tree Dark
15)	First Noel, The
16)	You're All I Want for Christmas
17)	Christmas Carols: Deck the Halls/Away in a Manger/I Saw Three Ships: Deck The Halls / Away In A Manger / I Saw Three Ships
18)	Christmas Carols: Good King Wenceslas/We Three Kings of Orient Are: Good King Wenceslas / We Three Kings Of Orient Are / Angels We Have Heard On High
19)	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
20)	That Christmas Feeling
21)	Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter
22)	Marshmallow World, A
1)	Christmas in Killarney
2)	It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
3)	Sleigh Ride
4)	Sleigh Bell Serenade
5)	Christmas Is A-Comin'
6)	First Snowfall, The
7)	Is Christmas Only a Tree
8)	I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
9)	Jingle Bells
10)	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
11)	Twelve Days of Christmas, The
12)	Here Comes Santa Claus
13)	A Crosby Christmas, Pt. 1: That Christmas Feeling/I'd Like to Hitch ...: That Christmas Feeling / I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus
14)	A Crosby Christmas, Pt. 2: The Snowman/That Christmas Feeling/I'd ...: The Snowman / That Christmas Feeling / I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus
15)	Poppa Santa Claus
16)	Mele Kalikimaka
17)	Silver Bells
18)	Little Jack Frost, Get Lost
19)	White Christmas
20)	Snow
21)	White Christmas - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
22)	Let's Start the New Year Right

Performer Notes

Tracks recorded from 1935 to 1956.
Includes liner notes by F.B. (Wig) Wiggins.
Digitally emastered by Steven Lasker.
Personnel: Peggy Lee (vocals).
Recording information: 02/21/1935-09/08/1950.
Editor: Paul Elmore.
If your recollections of Crosby at Christmas are limited to "White Christmas," the official MCA/Decca re-release of THE VOICE OF CHRISTMAS is the place to turn. According to the informative and detailed liner notes provided by F.B. (Wig) Wiggins (who's the American representative of the "International Crosby Circle"), Crosby only agreed to record holiday material (which the singer thought was inappropriate for a popular singer) when Decca agreed in 1935 to donate the proceeds to charity.
It will come as a surprise to learn that the recording of "White Christmas" that became a classic was actually Crosby's second version of the chestnut, made in 1947 after the original plates from the 1942 release became worn out. This pair of CDs includes both versions, plus an unreleased 1942 version and a 1954 rendition with Danny Kaye. There are also four versions of "Silent Night," and less religious material like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Jingle Bells."