Repost - Retro Christmas
Per request, here it is again, my retro (sorry... vintage) themed holiday themed compilation! Hope you all are happy now, enjoy!
"The compilation features 25 songs, one for each day until Christmas day. The theme is as the title of the compilation suggests, mostly 50s, 60s and 70s Christmas songs. You will most likely recognize the titles, but probably not have heard them played like this (well, not all of the songs anyway). Happy holidays from Ultra Swank!"
01. Jack Jones - Sleigh Ride
02. Esquivel - Frosty The Snowman
03. The Hollyridge Strings - Santa's Got A Brand New Bag
04. John Barry - Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown
05. Dean Martin - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
06. Henry Mancini - Winter Wonderland - Silver Bells
07. Eddie Dunstedter - I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus
08. John Klein - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
09. Esquivel - Sun Valley Ski Run
10. The Hollyridge Strings - Santa Claus is coming to Town
11. Henry Mancini - White Christma
12. Burt Bacharach - The Bell That Couldn't Jingle
13. Esquivel - Here Comes Santa Claus
14. The Hollyridge Strings - Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
15. Henry Mancini - Frosty The Snow Man
16. Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani - Holiday On Skis
17. Ferrante & Teicher and Les Baxter - Sleigh Ride
18. Esquivel - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
19. Dean Martin - White Christmas
20. The Metro Strings - Christmas
21. Henry Mancini - The Christmas Song
22. John Klein - Winter Wonderland
23. Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians - Ring Those Christmas Bells
24. Julie London - I'd Like You For Christmas
25. Stan Kenton - What Is A Santa Claus
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Labels: christmas, compilations, music
Posted at 4:16 PM | 16 comments | links to this post 
My name is Chris and I live in Sweden. I love the 50s and 60s lifestyle and design. I am very fascinated by the architecture of the period too, for instance googie, modernism, the work of Joseph Eichler, John Lautner and Arne Jacobsen's international style. I have a large archive with space-age, library, bossa, cocktail, retro soundtracks and exotica music. I also believe that things were better in the old days.
16 Comments:
i love it. it's the perfect companion to the hectic holiday season. thanks for posting it. :)
November 10, 2007 5:38 AM
& i shall download this later...not now though, it's really late.
November 10, 2007 10:24 AM
Hooray. You are a champ!
Thanks, this will kick my Christmas season of with a bang this year..
November 13, 2007 2:32 AM
Hi Chris!
I have some awesome content for you to display on here, but how can i contact you?
Please send me an email : novastarbuzz (at) hotmail (dot) com
and thank you for all that amazing sound and stuff!!
guillaume from belgium
November 13, 2007 11:01 PM
I will be enjoying this wonderful share over the holidays. Cheers!
November 15, 2007 8:36 PM
Hey, Chris --
I just discovered your blog. Very cool stuff (I was especially pleased to see you also have an affection for The Man From U.N.C.L.E.).
Since you're heavily into lounge music, you should check out the Internet radio station martiniinthemorning.com/
You can also check out my blog at www.myspace.com/bish8
"Cheers!"
Paul
November 16, 2007 5:03 PM
Was tipped off to your comp recently and digging it sincerely, many thanks, Ultra. Soo, had to share this one with you & your viewers as yes, it's in a very similar seasonal vein, complete with homemade artwork too.
Light Refreshment For Your Holidays!
01 - Burl Ives - Holly Jolly Christmas (TV Version)
02 - Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
03 - Jack Jones - My Favorite Things
04 - The Three Suns - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
05 - Capitol Studio Orchestra - Cha-Cha All The Way
06 - Claudine Longet - I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
07 - Burt Bacharach - The Bell That Couldn't Jingle
08 - The Singers Unlimited - Snowfall
09 - Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe And Holly
10 - Dean Martin - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Alternate Version)
11 - Sammy Davis Jr. - Jingle Bells
12 - Ferrante & Teicher - Sleigh Ride
13 - The Flirtations - Christmas Time Is Here Again
14 - Bing Crosby - The White World Of Winter
15 - Al Caiola - Holiday On Skis
16 - Henry Mancini - Frosty & Rudolph Medley
17 - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Jingle Bell Rock
18 - The Swingle Singers - Christmas Medley
19 - Jimmy Smith - White Christmas
20 - Joe 'Mr. Piano' Henderson - Swingin' Sleigh Ride
21 - Vince Guaraldi Trio - Skating
22 - The Johnny Mann Singers - Deck The Halls
23 - Kay Starr - (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag
24 - Martin Denny - (Silent) Exotic Night
25 - Arthur Lyman - Winter Wonderland
26 - The Mexicali Brass - Joy To The World
27 - Ray Conniff Singers - Here We Come A-Caroling
28 - The Soulful Strings - Little Drummer Boy
29 - Tijuana Voices With Brass - What Child Is This?
30 - Tony Bennett - I Love The Winter
31 - Ray Anthony - Christmas Trumpets - We Wish You A Merry Christmas Medley
32 - Stan Francis - Jingle, Jingle, Jingle (TV Version)
We loungers gotta drink, er... stick together!
Lounge On Ultra Swank!
-LT
ps. Hi CineBeats! Been awhile, have a safe n' happy to you & yours!
November 16, 2007 7:07 PM
I'm glad to see this back!! Thanks Chris.
November 18, 2007 1:34 AM
Hey, great blog! I love all the retro culture you've been spotlighting. I myself am a huge fan of the retro aesthetic. I am a painter living in Southern California and I've been focusing my work on retro suburbs. I've even managed to paint a few Eichlers. To view my work, go to www.dannyhellerart.com. Thanks for posting all the great musings and keep it up!
November 20, 2007 5:02 AM
WOW WOW WOW! Just found your blog - it is totally hip and retro and groovy!
And thanks for sharing the ultra-cool tunes!
November 23, 2007 8:07 AM
Superb blog and wonderfull choice of music!
I'm a big fan!
December 3, 2007 1:12 AM
Hello Chris,
I was born in 1953, but I feel like I was born just a little too late. I am also attracted to mid-century style and ambiance. How I wish I could have been a housewife, ready with a martini for my hard-working husband, rather than the harried, working mom I turned out to be. Thank you so much for your blog, and the gift of this music.
Yours,
Lilly
December 4, 2007 4:28 PM
Season's Greetings to you Chris, and thank you very much for offering Retro Christmas to us! Love your videos, too! BorderlineNOS
December 5, 2007 11:27 AM
Chris - Thanks for the fantastic compilation. I'm curious whether you did some special audio processing on it, because it sounds really good -- far better than most of the mp3 recordings I have from that era. I'd love to know your secret / encoder / enhancer, etc.
Great selection of tracks! I hope you do this again. Thanks,
December 13, 2007 6:57 PM
Warren, no secret hehe. I use good source material, and if not's up to my standards I usually clean up the tracks manually. I.e.removing hiss, hum and what not. But I don't think I did that to any of the tracks on this compilation, I usually just do that on really old songs like the ones found on my 'Retro Shopping' series.
December 13, 2007 9:42 PM
Thank you for the post!
December 13, 2007 10:53 PM
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