Bing Crosby - Ultimate Christmas (Black Vinyl)

Black Vinyl, 2 LP

UMe's black-vinyl double LP of Ultimate Christmas, twenty-eight recordings spread evenly across four sides, seven to a side. uDiscover Music lists this barcode as the black pressing; the gold and candy-colored editions carrying the same title are separate records with their own barcodes.

The set gathers Crosby's holiday catalogue rather than reissuing a single album, and UMe released it on August 23, 2024. Side A opens with "White Christmas," the Irving Berlin song Crosby first recorded for Decca in May 1942.

The Andrews Sisters sing on three of the four sides: "Mele Kalikimaka" on side B, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" on side C and "Jingle Bells" on side D. Carol Richards joins Crosby on "Silver Bells," the visualizer above. Three carol medleys sit across sides C and D, pairing "Deck the Halls" with "Away in a Manger" and "I Saw Three Ships," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" with "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," and "What Child Is This?" with "The Holly and the Ivy."

Side D closes on two more Irving Berlin songs, "Happy Holiday" and "Let's Start the New Year Right," both written for the 1942 film Holiday Inn that introduced "White Christmas" in the first place. uDiscover Music describes the collection as the definitive gathering of Crosby's Christmas music.

Tracklist

Side A

1. White Christmas
2. Winter Wonderland
3. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
4. Do You Hear What I Hear?
5. Silver Bells
6. I Wish You A Merry Christmas
7. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Side B

8. Mele Kalikimaka
9. Frosty The Snowman
10. I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)
11. Twelve Days Of Christmas
12. The Little Drummer Boy
13. Silent Night
14. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Side C

15. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
16. Christmas Carols: Deck The Halls / Away In A Manger / I Saw Three Ships (Medley)
17. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
18. Sleigh Ride
19. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Medley)
20. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
21. What Child Is This? / The Holly And The Ivy (Medley)

Side D

22. Jingle Bells
23. Happy Holiday
24. Adeste Fideles
25. Here Comes Santa Claus
26. The First Nowell
27. O Holy Night
28. Let's Start The New Year Right

Complete the Collection of 3:

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