45th anniversary of “The Doris Day Christmas Album”
November 15, 2009 5 Comments
Set the mood for the happy holiday season with an array of festive tunes from America’s darling of song.
It’s getting colder and thoughts are turning to all things festive. Now is definitely the time therefore to ensure you have a copy at the ready of Doris Day’s 1964 best-seller The Doris Day Christmas Album. It may well be the 45th anniversary for this album but the sound, feeling and warm atmosphere conveyed throughout still to this day truly captures the heart and spirit of the season.
For those who don’t already own it a digitally re-mastered CD re-issue exists which was released in 2003 by Sony Music/Columbia. To be true to the original vinyl LP this CD edition utilised the same cover sleeve photograph from the 1964 release, contains all twelve of the original album recordings plus benefits from the inclusion of three rare bonus tracks: ‘Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly’, ‘I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm’ and ‘Let No Walls Divide’.
The Doris Day Christmas Album
Columbia/Sony Music UK
Order the CD from amazon.co.uk or amazon.com.
- Silver Bells
- I’ll Be Home For Christmas
- Snowfall
- Toyland
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Be A Child At Christmas Time
- Winter Wonderland
- The Christmas Song
- Christmas Present
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- The Christmas Waltz
- White Christmas
- Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly [Bonus Track]
- I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm [Bonus Track]
- Let No Walls Divide (Overdubbed version) [Bonus Track]
[...] previous?” In short, the 1997 American CD “Personal Christmas Collection” and the 2003 UK re-issue of “The Doris Day Christmas Album” only represent some and not all of Doris’s [...]
Where else can I find her Christmas CD? I am not doing business with Amazon.Com.
Hands down, the greatest Christmas album of all time! The cover is even better without the new decorations along the side! Maybe they were trying to hide her fur coat. Can’t we pretend it was fake fur and show the original cover??
I know I am crazy, but I wake up to this album every day of the year. For me, there is nothing like starting the day with Doris and Christmas. I try to keep both in my heart every day, not just once a year. Love, love, love her.
[...] Today, we are also accepting pre-orders for a new larger A3 size version (approx. 297 × 420 mm). This edition will be limited to just a few dozen copies. The special print run is produced primarily for Ms. Day’s personal use but we are now offering fans the chance to own a true collectors item. Every A3 size calendar order will be dispatched with the British CD re-issue of “The Doris Day Christmas Album“. [...]