Andy Williams – The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Andy Williams – The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:36 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

The Andy Williams Christmas Album was the first Christmas album released by Andy Williams and was issued by Columbia Records in 1963. Featuring classic holiday tunes such as “White Christmas” and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, the album was the number one selling Christmas album for 1963 and was certified Gold less than a year after its release. It would eventually achieve Platinum certification in 1986.

This was one of the best-selling Christmas records of the 1960s, and with good cause! Somehow, without the fatherly image of Bing Crosby, or the svelte croon of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett, or even the reverent innocence of Perry Como, Andy Williams managed to make a holiday institution! This collection of Christmas songs is full of standards normally identified with other artists, but armed with an average tenor and lots of exuberance, Andy Williams made them his own. His “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is the most exhilarating version of the song there is, and even his “White Christmas” and “O Holy Night” are more than just passable. This is not only Williams’s best Christmas collection, this is one that should be in every holiday music collection.

Tracklist:
01. Andy Williams – White Christmas (Album Version) (02:30)
02. Andy Williams – Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season (Album Version) (02:41)
03. Andy Williams – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (02:33)
04. Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Album Version) (02:32)
05. Andy Williams – A Song And A Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days of Christmas) (03:57)
06. Andy Williams – Kay Thompson’s Jingle Bells (Album Version) (02:06)
07. Andy Williams – The First Noel (03:08)
08. Andy Williams – O Holy Night (Album Version) (03:23)
09. Andy Williams – Away In A Manger (Album Version) (02:52)
10. Andy Williams – Sweet Little Jesus Boy (03:18)
11. Andy Williams – The Little Drummer Boy (Album Version) (02:16)
12. Andy Williams – Silent Night, Holy Night (Album Version) (02:13)

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