Unlike past years, I have hardly bought any new Xmas CDs this year. Three, to be exact, and one of those was from last January!
Stan Kenton: A Merry Christmas--a CD reissue of a Capitol LP from 1961. Interesting bonus tracks: a 1963 Kenton single, and a 1960 Maynard Ferguson suite called "Christmas For Moderns" which was on a rare Roulette single.
Peggy Lee: Christmas--the tray insert says this is a compilation of Lee's Christmas songs all on one disc. All appear to be from her Capitol era. I barely knew Peggy Lee's recordings until earlier this year, when I got two of her remastered Capitol albums on the S&P reissue label ("Bewitching-Lee" and "Latin Ala Lee"). Now I'm hooked.
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Boogie Woogie Christmas (Target Special Edition)--had to get this for the two new tracks, "Christmas Island" and "Santa Drives A Hot Rod". I already had the original CD release, plus the Japan EP with the four other Xmas bonus tracks. By adding these with the songs from the "Jingle All The Way" soundtrack (featuring Setzer's orchestra with guest vocalists), and an instrumental version of "Jingle Bells" from the Merry Axemas Vol. 1 CD, it makes a nice collection.
That's it for this year!
Stan Kenton: A Merry Christmas--a CD reissue of a Capitol LP from 1961. Interesting bonus tracks: a 1963 Kenton single, and a 1960 Maynard Ferguson suite called "Christmas For Moderns" which was on a rare Roulette single.
Peggy Lee: Christmas--the tray insert says this is a compilation of Lee's Christmas songs all on one disc. All appear to be from her Capitol era. I barely knew Peggy Lee's recordings until earlier this year, when I got two of her remastered Capitol albums on the S&P reissue label ("Bewitching-Lee" and "Latin Ala Lee"). Now I'm hooked.
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Boogie Woogie Christmas (Target Special Edition)--had to get this for the two new tracks, "Christmas Island" and "Santa Drives A Hot Rod". I already had the original CD release, plus the Japan EP with the four other Xmas bonus tracks. By adding these with the songs from the "Jingle All The Way" soundtrack (featuring Setzer's orchestra with guest vocalists), and an instrumental version of "Jingle Bells" from the Merry Axemas Vol. 1 CD, it makes a nice collection.
That's it for this year!