Various Artists's Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories CD Cover

Various Artists released Time-Life Music: Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories in .Tracks include Do You Hear What I Hear - Bing Crosby, Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Nat King Cole and Winter Wonderland - Anne Murray.The average rating from customers is 3.5 stars from 27 reviews, and the album is ranked #6495 on Amazon. Read more about Various Artists or browse their Various Artists CD Covers.

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It's actually a budget version of that anthology, and not a bad deal at all.

Even though it includes some of the same songs, this isn't the Time-Life Christmas collection advertised annually on TV.

Some may argue it's missing the two Elvis Presley tracks found on the three-CD TV version.

Others will contend that any self-respecting Christmas music aficionado probably already owns (or should own) Elvis's wonderful '57 Christmas Album.

What's attractive about this one is it gathers a lot of classic singular performances in one place--a tad too much Bing Crosby, perhaps, but also the original hit versions of "Jingle Bell Rock," Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby," Burl Ives's "Holly Jolly Christmas," and the Drifters' "White Christmas" (the blueprint for Elvis's version).

This is a terrific cross section of seasonal sounds.

--Bill Holdship.

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