Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Christmas / Various - Red Colored Vinyl [LP]
Now That's What I Call Christmas / Various - Red Colored Vinyl
Various Artists
LP Rel Date: 2002-12-08
'NOW That's What I Call Christmas' is back! This collection presents a selection of 50 festive favourites across 3 beautiful red coloured vinyl. A great gift to yourself, this blockbuster collection is also the perfect gift for your friends and family - featuring all the well-loved classics, leading off with the perennially popular 'Last Christmas' from Wham! And further #1s from Slade, Boney M., Shakin' Stevens and Band Aid. Evergreen favourites from Paul McCartney, Chris Rea, Pretenders' and John Lennon & Yoko Ono are all present alongside the timeless 'Step Into Christmas' from Elton John, 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' from Wizzard - and The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl with 'Fairytale Of New York'. Huge contemporary hits from Leona Lewis, Kelly Clarkson, and Coldplay are featured, along with Mariah Carey's fabulous version of 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)', and the beautiful 'Home For Christmas' from Kate Bush. There are '70s and '80s crackers from Jona Lewie, Mud, The Wombles, Greg Lake and Cliff Richard. 'NOW That's What I Call Christmas' presents an incredible line up of classics from legendary artists including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, and 'White Christmas' from Bing Crosby - and joyous sing-a-long anthems from Darlene Love with 'Marshmallow World', Brenda Lee 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree', Jackson 5's 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town', The Crystals' 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' and 'Jingle Bell Rock' from Bobby Helms. Finally closing with two #1s that have become seasonal standards - 'Stay Another Day' from East 17, and 'The Power Of Love' from Frankie Goes To Hollywood. The perfect playlist whether you're decorating the tree, singing along making (or eating!) the mince pies or enjoying the company of friends and family.
Tracklist:
- Wham! - Last Christmas
- Elton John - Step Into Christmas
- Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
- Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord
- Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
- Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
- The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
- Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (12" Mix)
- Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
- Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
- Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
- Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
- Elvis - Blue Christmas
- Mud - Lonely This Christmas
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [Feat. the Plastic Ono Band ; the Harlem Community Choir]
- Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas
- Bing Crosby ; David Bowie - Peace on Earth/The Little Drummer Boy
- Johnny Mathis - When a Child Is Born
- Cliff Richard - Mistletoe ; Wine
- Coldplay - Christmas Lights
- Kate Bush - Home for Christmas
- Ed Sheeran ; Elton John - Merry Christmas
- Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
- Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas
- Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
- The Crystals - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas
- Mike Oldfield - in Dulce Jubilo
- Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry
- The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (Feat. Kirsty MacColl)
- The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
- Whitney Houston - Do You Hear What I Hear?
- The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
- Darlene Love - Marshmallow World
- Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (With Mitchell Ayres ; His Orchestra)
- Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Ray Conniff ; the Conniff Singers - Ring Christmas Bells
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Nat King Cole - the Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
- The Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling
- Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Munchener Freiheit - Keeping the Dream Alive
- East 17 - Stay Another Day
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - the Power of Love