Christmas Music Thursday: GIVEAWAY/ CLOSED/ Review Compliation Christmas CDS

Compilation cds can either be very good or very bad. Or they can be somewhere in the middle. In the old days before single song downloads (HORRORS, yes, we had to BUY the WHOLE cd for just 2 songs!), compilation cds were sometimes the best buy for the money. This explains the success of Now That’s What I Call Music (what are they on number 30 now?).

A Very Special Christmas cds came out as a  fundraiser for the Special Olympics and has just kept going (on Vol 7 now!).  My favorite has always been Volume 2 (the green one). Probably because it has a lot of 80s artists (came out in 1992), but I like the versions on it.

Tracks:
  1. Christmas All Over Again  by Tom Petty (unexpected from Tom and the boys)
  2. Jingle Bell Rock   by  Randy Travis (nice with a country twang)
  3. The Christmas Song    by Luther Vandross   )CLASSIC)
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town   by  Frank Sinatra (CLASSIC)
5. The Birth Of Christ   by  Boyz II Men
6. Please Come Home For Christmas  by  Jon Bon Jovi (SIGH, it was the 80’s he was a hair rock God, need we say any more? Best rendition ever!)
7. What Christmas Means To Me  by Paul Young  (ah, the other British hair god)
8. O Christmas Tree     by  Aretha Franklin
9. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree   by  Darlene Love (loved her forever, so of course this is my favorite version of this song!)
10. White Christmas    by Michael Bolton
11. Christmas Is  by Run D.M.C.  (CUTE)
12. Christmas Time Again   by Extreme
13. Merry Christmas Baby     by  Charles Brown
14. O Holy Night    by  Tevin Campbell  (nicely done)
15. Sleigh Ride     by   Debbie Gibson  (really cute, not the best, but cute)
16. What Child Is This?     by  Vanessa Williams (see my previous review of her cds- WOW)
17. Blue Christmas  by  Nancy Wilson (ok, Elvis wins this one, but this is a cool version)
18. Silent Night   by   Wilson Phillips (nicely done)
19. I Believe In You   by  Sinead O'Connor (yeah , I KNOW, but it’s a decent song)

All Star Christmas is another cd that I’ve had for awhile (came out in 2000). Like AVSC it has a lot of 80s artists like Wham, and the eternal anthem, Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer. Nuff said!
Tracks
  1. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)  by  Celine Dion (classic classic classic)
  2. The Little Drummer Boy   by  Charlotte Church
  3. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer   by  Billy Gilman
  4. Christmas Through Your Eyes by Gloria Estefan  (LOVE LOVE LOVE this song)
  5. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Babyface
  6. Jingle Bell Jamboree by Keb' Mo'
  7. Last Christmas (Single Version) by Wham!   (ahhh, my childhood)
  8. Snow White/Silent Night  by Ottmar Liebert (the master of the Spanish guitar!)
  9. (I Long To Feel The) Christmas Spirit  by Donna Summer
10. Early Christmas Morning  by Cyndi Lauper
11. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year by Donny Osmond
12. Every Year, Every Christmas by Luther Vandross
13. Love On Layaway by Gloria Estefan  (cute cute song)
14. I'll Be Home For Christmas  by Al Green (LOVE LOVE Al Green!)
15. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer  by  Elmo & Patsy
16. Deck The Halls by Millennia
17. Amazing Grace  by Jeff Beck

A newer cd, Sounds of the Season, was a special NBC Holiday Collection edition sold only at Target in 2005. It has some of my favorite all time rockers- Earth Wind and Fire, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Rob Thomas and Amy Grant1
Tracks:

1. Better Days - Goo Goo Dolls
2. Silver Bells - Gavin DeGraw
3. New York Christmas - Rob Thomas
4. My Favorite Things - Rod Stewart  (sing along you KNOW you want to!)
5. Mistletoe & Holly - Leigh Nash
6. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Ray Charles  (my favorite version of this song!!)
7. Let It Snow - Michael Buble
8. Make Someone Happy – Seal  (LOVE LOVE this version!)
9. Winter Wonderland - Jason Mraz
10. A Christmas To Remember - Amy Grant   (CLASSIC)
11. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jimmy Sommers feat. Chris Botti
12. Gather Round - Earth, Wind & Fire   (it’s EWF- it’s funky!)

The Giveaway for today is the last compilation review for the day: Dear Santa, Holiday Music Collection, Vol 1. Issued by the Post Office in 2005. It contains my favorite Christmas song growing up, Feliz Navidad!  It also has Auld Lang Syne (so you can practice before New Year’s!).  Check out the tracks and then start entering to win your own, unopened (apparently I was a little over zealous and bought extra that year, then hid it from myself til last year…LOL) copy of this cd!

Tracks:

1. Nat King Cole / The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)- SO classic
2. Andy Williams / It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year-CLASSIC
3. Johnny Mathis / It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas-CLASSIC
4. Evan & Jaron / What Christmas Is To Me
5. Nick Lachey / O Come O Come Emanuel
6. Vonzell Solomon / O Come All Ye Faithful
7. Alicia Keys / Little Drummer Girl=great take on classic song!
8. Roland Gift /  Everybody Knows It's Christmas
9. Lindsay Jordan / Jolly Old St. Nicholas
10. Maxwell/Mosher / Carolina Christmas
11. Jose Feliciano / Feliz Navidad-FAVORITE
12. Mannheim Steamroller / God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
13. Trans-Siberian Orchestra / Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
14. Jesse Thomas / Merry Christmas
15. Margie Cox / Simple Gifts
16. Maxwell/Mosher / Auld Lang Syne

Giveaway:

1 opened/not used  Dear Santa Compilation Christmas cd

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Contest will end on December 9th, at midnight. Winner will be picked by Random Number (random.org) on December 10th, and emailed. As soon as winner's info is received from winner, the set will be mailed to the winner by me!

Disclosure: I was NOT compensated in any way, by any company to offer this giveaway.I bought all these cds myself, they are part of my personal collection. the giveaway cd was bought by me, and after rediscovering I had bought an extra, offered for this giveaway. Nothing was offered to me by any of the publishing companies, or artists, for positive reviews and/or promotion.