Beautiful City - The New Christy Minstrels, Sparks, Randy
Tell It on the Mountain - The New Christy Minstrels, Sparks, Randy
One Star - The New Christy Minstrels, Kane, Barry
Christmas Wishes - The New Christy Minstrels, Podell, Art
The Shepherd Boy - The New Christy Minstrels, Sparks, Randy
Sing Hosanna, Hallelujah - The New Christy Minstrels, Sparks, Randy
Sing Along With Santa - The New Christy Minstrels, Sparks, Randy
It'll Be a Merry Christmas - The New Christy Minstrels, Hooven, Marilyn
Tell Me - The New Christy Minstrels, Holtzman, Scott
A Christmas World - The New Christy Minstrels, Garvey, Pat
Parson Brown (Our Christmas Dinner) - The New Christy Minstrels, Gogerty, Grace
Christmas Trees - The New Christy Minstrels, Podell, Art
Snow in the Streets/Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine/Wassail, Wassail [*] - The New Christy Minstrels, Traditional
Do You Hear What I Hear? - The New Christy Minstrels, Regney, Noel
White Christmas - The New Christy Minstrels, Berlin, Irving
We Need a Little Christmas - The New Christy Minstrels, Herman, Jerry
Silver Bells - The New Christy Minstrels, Evans, Ray [Lyricis
Christmas Card - The New Christy Minstrels, Gurian, Robert
Sleigh Ride - The New Christy Minstrels, Anderson, Leroy
The Christmas Song [*] - The New Christy Minstrels, Torme, Mel
Here We Come A-Caroling - The New Christy Minstrels, Traditional
O Holy Night - The New Christy Minstrels, Adam, Adolphe
O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter) - The New Christy Minstrels, Capra, R.
Il Est Né [*] - The New Christy Minstrels, Traditional
The Little Drummer Boy - The New Christy Minstrels, Davis, Katherine [2
Lullay My Liking [*] - The New Christy Minstrels, Traditional
Silent Night - The New Christy Minstrels, Gruber, Franz
Erev Shel Shoshanim [*] - The New Christy Minstrels, Dor, Moshe
From Collectors' Choice, 2 highly sought-after holiday themed albums released by The New Christy Minstrels in the 60's put together on 1 CD with 3 bonus tracks.
From Collectors' Choice, 2 highly sought-after holiday themed albums released by The New Christy Minstrels in the 60's put together on 1 CD with 3 bonus tracks.
Split Personality, But You're Sure to Love One of Them!
F. Kelly | Atlanta, GA USA | 11/25/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"While I'm exceedingly grateful to the folks who made it possible for me to hear the bongo-driven "Do You Hear What I Hear?" once again, I do find it paradoxical that these two albums have been put on a single CD. The only thing they have in common is the "New Christy" name. It's like the old parable about the farmer's axe: if, over the years, he has replaced the head and the handle many times, is it the same axe? Well, the 1966 Christies who recorded "Christmas With the Christies" were a whole new axe.One look at the two album sleeves (reproduced microscopically on the CD insert) is sufficient to illustrate my point. See the earlier picture, a group of wholesome youths in honest, hand-knit garments. See the second: a bodacious chick with an ornament and electric-light-laced beehive 'do. The music inside is every bit as disparate.The bottom line is that there are those of us who love the '66 album for its slick glee-club arrangements (more Mitch Miller or Fred Waring than Kingston Trio), while there will be those who prefer the crunchy folksters of the earlier release. To each his own; just buy it!"
Christmas Nostagia with a Proviso
David B. Eck | North Carolina, USA | 12/20/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Growing up, The New Christy Minstrel's "Merry Christmas" album was the most played LP during the holidays. I was delighted to find that it had been released on CD. Even though I hadn't heard these tunes in 25 years, I could still remember the songs and lyrics. Great, folk-style group singing. Some of the arangements remind me of songs in the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" style. Roots folk, I guess you'd call it. The original 1963 album is terrific and comprises the first 14 tracks.
The follow-up 1966 LP "Christmas with the Christies," which is the 2nd half of this CD is a different story. We didn't own this LP. The group's style moved from folk to "contemporary" group vocals. It is very stuck in the mid-60's.
So, five stars for the "Merry Christmas" portion. I won't allow the "Christmas with the Christies" portion to lower the score and will stick with the first 14 tracks."
Oh how happy happy happy I am!!
Tina Bear | Sunny So Cal | 10/15/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This was my grandma's and my mom's favorite christmas album, and I have searched high and low for years for it on CD!!! Christmas was never the same after we ditched the record player! I can smell the cookies just hearing it!"
Searched for years for the CD version of Merry Christmas.
k | 12/28/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I grew up with Merry Christmas as my favorite Xmas album of all time and searched for years for the CD version and had given up until I found it together with the later 1966 on Complete! It is wonderful to be able to listen to it now without all the scratches and skips. It is the favorite in my household and now everyone has this CD in my family. I collect Christmas CD's buying several new ones each year, but this is my favorite still. I still favor the 1963 LP although I enjoy the bonus of having the 2nd 1966 Xmas release as well. I too cannot believe this CD doesn't recieve more reknown and airtime play during the holidays. The last bonus track is one of the most hauntingly beautiful melodies I have heard."