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The Carpenters: Christmas Collection 1974-1978 (Remastered) 2CD-New $29.99

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The Carpenters: Christmas Collection 2CD-New Made In UK.

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Christmas Portrait is the first Christmas album and ninth studio album by the American popular music duo Carpenters, released on October 13, 1978. The standard CD version of Christmas Portrait, first issued in 1984, is a “Special Edition” compendium of selected tracks from the Carpenters’ two Christmas albums into one 70-minute program, with tracks from each interspersed in the running order; “Ave Maria” was remixed at this time in order to include a choral track that went missing in 1978 and was later found. A CD of the original LP content was briefly issued exclusively in West Germany around the same time. In 1996, a two-CD set titled Christmas Collection was issued internationally, containing Christmas Portrait and An Old-Fashioned Christmas together in their original respective track lists.

Video: The Carpenters – A Christmas Portrait (1978) Complete TV Special

Tracklist:

Christmas Portrait
1-1 O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Arranged By, Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
 0:28
Overture:

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
 (4:38)
1-2a Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)

Written-By – Trad. French Carol*
1-2b I Saw Three Ships

Written-By – Overton*, Trad. Welsh Carol*
1-2c Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Written-By – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
1-2d God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Written-By – Trad. English Carol*
1-2e Away In A Manger (Luther’s Cradle Hymn)

Written-By – Anon*, Murray*
1-2f What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)

Written-By – Will C. Dix*
1-2g Carol Of The Bells

Arranged By, Adapted By – Nick Perito, Peter Knight (5)
1-2h O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

Written-By – Fred Oakeley*, John Wade*
1-3 The Christmas Waltz

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne*
 2:15
1-4 Sleigh Ride

Arranged By – Billy May
 2:39
1-5 It’s Christmas Time / Sleep Well, Little Children

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By [It’s Christmas Time] – Al Stillman, Victor Young
Written-By [Sleep Well, Little Children] – Alan Bergman, Leon Klatzkin
 2:53
1-6 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Arranged By – Billy May
Written-By – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
 3:55
1-7 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
 1:05
1-8 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

Arranged By – Billy May
Written-By – Mel Torme*, Robert Wells (2)
 3:39
1-9 Silent Night

Arranged By, Adapted By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By [Originally By] – Franz Gruber
 3:19
1-10 Jingle Bells

Arranged By, Adapted By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By [Originally By] – James Pierpont*
 1:10
1-11 The First Snowfall / Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By [Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow] – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne*
Written-By [The First Snowfall] – Paul Francis Webster, Joseph F. Burke*
 3:35
1-12 Carol Of The Bells

Arranged By, Adapted By – Nick Perito, Peter Knight (5)
 1:39
1-13 Merry Christmas Darling

Arranged By – Richard Carpenter
Producer – Jack Daugherty
 3:05
1-14 I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Arranged By – Billy May
Lyrics By [Words] – Buck Ram, Kim Gannon
Music By – Walter Kent
 3:48
1-15 Christ Is Born

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
 3:13
1-16 Winter Wonderland / Silver Bells / White Christmas

Arranged By – Billy May
Written-By [Silver Bells] – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans*
Written-By [White Christmas] – Irving Berlin
Written-By [Winter Wonderland] – Dick Smith (3), Felix Bernard
 5:31
1-17 Ave Maria

Arranged By, Adapted By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – Charles Gounod
Written-By [Originally By] – Johann Sebastian Bach
 2:35
An Old-Fashioned Christmas
2-1 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Arranged By – Richard Carpenter
Written-By – Sears*, Willis*
 0:43
Overture:

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
 (8:13)
2-2a Happy Holiday

Written-By – Irving Berlin
2-2b The First Noel

Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
Written-By – Trad. Old English Carol*
2-2c March Of The Toys

Written-By – Victor Herbert
2-2d Little Jesus

Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
2-2e I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Written-By – Tommie Connor
2-2f O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Written-By – L.H. Redner*
2-2g In Dulce Jubilo

Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
2-2h Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus)

Written-By – Pietro A. Yon*
2-2i Angels We Have Heard On High

Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
Written-By – Trad. French Carol*
2-3 An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
 2:14
2-4 O Holy Night

Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – Adolphe Adam*
 3:31
2-5 (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Lyrics By [Words] – Al Stillman
Music By – Robert Allen (3)
 2:13
Medley:

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
 (3:43)
2-6a Here Comes Santa Claus

Written-By – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
2-6b Frosty The Snowman
2-6c Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Written-By – Johnny Marks
2-6d Good King Wenceslas

Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
Written-By – John Mason Neale
2-7 Little Altar Boy

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – Howlett Peter Smith*
 3:43
2-8 Do You Hear What I Hear?

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – G. Shayne*, N. Regney*
 2:53
2-9 My Favorite Things

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – Rodgers & Hammerstein
 3:53
2-10 He Came Here For Me

Arranged By – Billy May
Written-By – Ron Nelson (2)
 2:12
2-11 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town

Arranged By – Richard Carpenter
 4:04
2-12 What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – Frank Loesser
 2:51
Selections From “Nutcracker”

Adapted By – Richard Carpenter
Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Written-By – Peter Illych Tchaikovsky*
 (6:14)
2-13a Overture Miniature
2-13b Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
2-13c Trepak
2-13d Valse Des Fleurs
2-14 I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

Arranged By – Peter Knight (5)
Lyrics By – Henry Wadsworth*
Music By – Johnny Marks
 2:21
Digitally remastered from original source tapes for superior sound quality.
Disc One ℗ 1978 A&M Records, Inc.
Disc Two ℗ 1984 A&M Records, Inc. + ℗ 1974 A&M Records, Inc.
© 1996 A&M Records, Inc. A Universal Music Company
Made in the EU
Standard 2CD jewel case reissue.

Additional information

Weight 14 oz
Dimensions 8 × 8 × 3 in
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