Ultra Lounge: Christmas Cocktails Part 2 (2LP)
COMPILATION
Vocals - Julie London (A4) [click here to see more products featuring Julie London]
Vocals,piano, guitar, bass, drums, and strings - Nat King Cole (B2) [click here to see more products featuring Nat King Cole]
Vocals,piano, guitar, bass, and strings - Peggy Lee (D4) [click here to see more products featuring Peggy Lee]
Vocals with piano, bass, drums - Lou Rawls (A3)
Vocals accompanied by piano, drums, bass, and orchestral strings - Nancy Wilson (B3)
Vocals, piano, bass, guitar, and drums - Wayne Newton (C4)
Vocals - Riz Ortolani, Jimmy McGriff (A1, C1), Lena Horne (A2), Eddie Dunstedter (A5), June Christy (B1), Les Brown, The Starlighters (B4), Dean Martin (C2), George Shearing (C3), The Ventures (D1), Bob Atcher & The Dinning Sisters (D2), Martin Denny (D3), Les Baxter (D5)
Bass - Nokie Edwards
Lead guitar - Bob Bogle
Brass, percussion, bass guitar - Billy May and His Orchestra (C3)
Brass, piano, and vibraphone - Jackie Gleason
Drums - Mel Taylor
Dual pianos, brass, strings, and percussion - Ferrante & Teicher (D5)
Lead guitar, with bass, drums - Al Caiola (A1, C1)
Orchestral arrangement with violins, violas, cellos, and other strings - The Hollyridge Strings
Piano, vibraphone, and exotic percussion - Martin Denny
Rhytm guitar - Don Wilson
Trumpet - Ray Antony
Written by Leroy Anderson, James Pierpont (A1), Ray Ellis, Al Stillman (A2), Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore (A3), Bob Russell (A4), Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (A5), A. Miller, Claes Pearce (B1), Donald Yetter Gardner (B2), Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (B3), Irving Berlin (B4), Tommie Connor (C1), Frank Loesser (C2), Claude Thornhill (C3), Joe Beal, Jim Boothe (C4), Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson (D1), Lyle Moraine (D2), Martin Denny (D3), Irving Berlin (D4)
2 LPs, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES (Digital Remastering)
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Capitol
Original Label : Capitol
Recorded August 2, 1949 - April 3, 1968 in Los Angeles
Produced and compiled by Brad Benedict
Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg
Executive-Producer - Wayne Watkins
Art Direction by Tommy Steele, Andy Engel
Design by Andy Engel
Artwork by Timothy Eames
Liner Notes by RJ Smith
Photography by Don Miller
Originally released in September 1997
Reissued in 2014
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Sleigh Ride / Jingle Bells
2. Jingle All the Way
3. Merry Christmas, Baby
4. Warm December
5. Let It Snow / Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Side B:
1. The Merriest
2. All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
3. The Christmas Waltz
4. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / Jing-A-Ling
Side C:
1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
2. Baby, It's Cold Outside
3. Snowfall / Snowfall Cha-Cha
4. Jingle Bell Rock
Side D:
1. Frosty the Snowman
2. Christmas Island
3. Exotic Night
4. Happy Holiday
5. Sleigh Ride / Santa Claus' Party
Reviews :
"Christmas Cocktails, Vol. 2 is an entertaining but unspectacular collection of classic carols performed in a lounge fashion. For connoisseurs of kitsch, it's an entertaining disc, but other listeners might find the camp a little too much to take." Allmusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.16 / 5