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Percy Faith Music Of Christmas CD

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3.8 stars (6 Customer Reviews)

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One of the classic easy listening Christmas albums, 1966's MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS is perennially one of Percy Faith's most popular albums. Unlike Faith's later CHRISTMAS IS album, which included several vocal tracks, the 14 tracks on MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS are completely instrumental full-orchestra arrangements of some glorious Christmas songs, from the usual suspects-"Deck the Halls," "Joy to the World," etc.-to a batch of more obscure gems like the English carols "The Holly and the Ivy" and "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming." The CD remastering job is excellent, and the music is first-rate orchestral easy listening. Highly recommended to all easy listening fans, though admittedly non-fans might find it a bit soppy.
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List Price $7.99 (You save $1.90)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Christmas CDs, Nostalgia, Easy Listening, Christmas/ Chanukkah
Label Columbia
Orig Year 1966
All Time Sales Rank   2810  
CD Universe Part number 1086019
Catalog number 38302
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 25, 1990
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Percy Faith Music Of Christmas Songs


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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Joy to the World
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Silent Night, Holy Night$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Good King Wenceslas
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.First Noel, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming / O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.O Holy Night$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.The Holly And The Ivy / Here We Go A-Caroling
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.O Come All Ye Faithful

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Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

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5 stars Percy Faith Music Of Christmas
This is one Christmas cd I'm glad I own.Every holiday song on this cd is lush with heavy strings by Percy Faith.I love every song.My favorites are The First Noel,It Came Upon A Midnight Clear and Deck The Halls.Suprisenly I've heard Joy To The World and Deck The Halls by Faith played on Rock stations during the holiday season which is suprising because this is beautiful music.If you listen to beautiful music year round you should get this cd for beautiful Christmas music.Beautiful Music Stations use to play a lot of Faith Christmas Music.Yes this needs a remastering but I'm happy with the one I have.It still sounds ok.Colletibles will eventually reissiue and remaster this along with Halleluia(aka Music Of Christmas vol 2)as they plan on reissiuing the whole Percy Faith catalog even the Singles.I also recommend Percy Faith Christmas Is.This is another one of my favorite holiday albums.Other artist I recommend for holiday music include Tony Bennett,Mantovani,Jackie Gleason,James Last,Johnny Mathis,The 101 Strings,Radio City Music Hall,Andy Williams,Kenny G,Kenny Rogers and Dolly Pardon,Robert Goulet,Roger Williams,Ronnie Aldrich,Frank Chacksfield and others.
Submitted by Jeff Carter (Perry GA USA)
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5 stars Great Album
Wonderful old-fashioned Christmas music.
Submitted by Carolyn (Waverly, MO, USA) Verified Buyer
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5 stars Beautiful Album, Poor Remastering
I run a web page dedicated to the music of Percy Faith so I'm a little jaded, but this album was recorded and released in 1958; and to be really technical, it represents a "full re-recording" of it's original MONO version, CL 588 from 1954. The original CL 588 version had me hooked as an 8-year old, I played it summer and winter to the consternation of parents and neighbors! As a classic album it is a terrible shame that as one of Sony/Columbia's early remastering efforts, it was all screwed up; the right channel is "hot,", the left channel way down in highs, and you can hear the frequency spectrum open and close dynamically - and you shouldn't - best example, the kettle drum on the opening bars of GOOD KING WENCESLAS sounds as if it's under water, then it "opens up" as the music progresses. Faith's catalog of wonderful music has been reissued on CD, and with great remastering (clipped beginnings/endings appear on a few) but it is tragic that this once-in-a-lifetime classic instrumental collection of Christmas music has yet to be carefully remastered.
Submitted by mrbill360 (Shawnee Mission, KS, USA)
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4 stars Sweet Nostalgia
I too grew up with this album, and, despite poor reviews of the remastering, will purchase it for my 90-year old mother. The LP was always playing as we decorated, baked cookies, trimmed the tree, etc. I have 2 minor issues with the product description: I would have been 12 in 1966 and am 99% certain the album was playing in our house before then. Second, and I'm 100% certain of this, the tune for "The Holly and the Ivy" is the less well-known French tune, not the English. Cheers!
Submitted by Richard (Bethlehem, PA, USA)
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2 stars Great music, POOR REMASTERING
I grew up with this album. My father truly believes that this is the greatest album of Christmas music EVER produced. These unique arrangements will stand the test of time. Other versions of these Christmas classics sound bland by comparison. NO ONE comes close to Percy Faith for these traditional Christmas classics. Unfortunately, Sony did not remaster the album for cd issue. The tapes used are clearly poor copies of the master. The beginning of the brass of Joy to the World are cut off buy a split second, the snare drum on Good King Wincelas is muffled. If you have your old LP, hang on to it, because it sounds much better!!! Percy's follow up album, Music of Christmas volume 2 is lovingly remastered and sound great, unlike this one. Unfortunately, that album has been deleted by Sony. If you see it used, buy it. In the meantime, avoid this album until it get remastered by Sony.
Submitted by brianphoto (Manteca, CA)
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