The Great Songs of Christmas from Goodyear: 2020

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The Joyous Songs of Christmas [Deluxe Edition]

The Joyous Songs of Christmas
Columbia Special Products CSP 10400
1971

The most unusual deluxe edition of the series: a 4-album box set consisting of the current year's Goodyear album (Joyous Songs of Christmas) plus three complete albums in their own right:
The Joyous Songs of Christmas -- Columbia Special Products CSP 10400
The Andy Williams Christmas Album -- Columbia CS 8887
Barbara Streisand - A Christmas Album -- Columbia CS 9557
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas -- Decca DL 78128

It was also unusual in that despite the elaborate packaging, the discs all had their original record company labels, and the Bing album wasn't part of the Columbia Records group

See the 'Joyous Songs' page for information on that album

Selections from The Great Songs of Christmas [Deluxe Edition]

Selections from The Great Songs of Christmas
Columbia Special Products CSS 868-869
1968

Two-record set - 'Contemporary Christmas' (green color vinyl) and 'Traditional Christmas' (red color vinyl)

Santa Claus is Comin' To Town - Tony Bennett

Frosty the Snowman - Ray Conniff

White World of Winter - Bing Crosby

Sleigh Ride - Andre Kostelanetz

The Christmas Song - Johnny Mathis

We Need a Little Christmas - New Christy Minstrels

This Christmas I Spend With You - Robert Goulet

Toyland - Sally Ann Howes

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

Home for the Holidays - Jerry Vale

Silver Bells - Doris Day

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Percy Faith

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

It's Christmas Time All Over the World - Sammy Davis Jr

Silent Night - Julie Andrews

Joy to the World - Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

March of the Kings / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Robert Merrill

Away in a Manger - Mahalia Jackson

Carol of the Bells - New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein

O Little Town of Bethlehem - Richard Tucker

O Tannenbaum / Here We Come a-Caroling - Norman Luboff Choir

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Burl Ives

The Lord's Prayer - Barbara Streisand

Deck the Halls - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

O Come All Ye Faithful - Jan Peerce

Ave Maria - Barbara Streisand

The First Noel - Danny Kaye

The Holly and the Ivy / We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Andre Previn

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Eileen Farrell

O Holy Night - Andy Williams

Monday, December 21, 2020

Selections from the Best of The Great Songs of Christmas [Deluxe Edition]

Selections from the Best of The Great Songs of Christmas
Columbia Special Products CSM 438
1966

Definitely the longest title of all the albums in the series

Joy to the World - Philadelphia Orchestra - Eugene Ormandy

Carol of the Bells - Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / A la Nanita Nana - Norman Luboff Choir

Sleigh Ride - Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

O Little Town of Bethlehem - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Coventry Carol - Eileen Farrell

What Child Is This - Mitch Miller

Silent Night - Barbara Streisand

Away in the Manger - Mahalia Jackson

The Lord's Prayer - Richard Tucker

Sing Hosanna Hallelujah - New Christy Minstrels

Caroling Caroling - Anna Maria Alberghetti

Ave Maria - Isaac Stern

Gesu Bambino - Percy Faith

Toyland - Doris Day

Ring Christmas Bells/The First Noel/We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Frank DeVol and the Rainbow Strings

Best of the Great Songs of Christmas [Deluxe Edition]

The Great Songs of Christmas - Album Ten [Deluxe Edition]
Columbia Special Products CSS 1478
1970

The First Noel - John Davidson

Carol of the Bells - Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic

Joy to the World - Anna Moffo

The Lord's Prayer - Richard Tucker

Away in a Manger - Mahalia Jackson

Ave Maria - Isaac Stern

Silent Night - Barbara Streisand

The Happiest Christmas - Petula Clark

The Christmas Song - Tony Bennett

The Little Drummer Boy - Percy Faith

Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams

Toyland - Doris Day

The Night Before Christmas - Steve Lawrence

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Ray Conniff

Christmas Favorites

Christmas Favorites
CBS Special Products A 21273 (CD) / BT 21273 (cassette)
1989

Another limited release and the only one I know of that was released in CD and cassette form
The last Goodyear Christmas release (12 years after its predecessor)

Joy to the World - Vienna Boys Choir / London Symphony

O Holy Night - Kiri te Kanawa

Silent Night - Ambrosian Singers

O Come All Ye Faithful - Julie Andrews

The Christmas Song - Tony Bennett

Angels We Have Heard On High - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Ray Charles

I'll Be Home for Christmas - Anne Murray

Silver Bells - Johnny Mathis

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Barbara Streisand

Away in a Manger - Royal College of Music Chamber Choir / David Willcocks

Mary's Boy Child - Placido Domingo

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Boston Pops / Tanglewood Festival Chorus / John Williams

Great Songs of Christmas

Great Songs of Christmas
RCA Special Products DPL1-0285
1977

This album appears to have been a very limited release as it is not commonly found and was not marketed in all areas.

All tracks by Henry Mancini and his orchestra

The Christmas Song - Perry Como

Sleigh Ride - Philadelpia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

Toyland - Perry Como

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town - Philadelphia Orchestra / William Smith

Home for the Holidays - Perry Como

White Christmas - Philadelphia Orchestra / William Smith

Joy to the World - Philadelpia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

O Holy Night - Perry Como

Go Tell It On the Mountain - Philadelphia Orchestra / William Smith

Ave Maria - Perry Como

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus / Robert Page

Carol Medley (Caroling Caroling / The First Noel / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Silent Night) - Perry Como

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Philadelpia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

8-track edition

Mancini Moods at Christmastime

Mancini Moods at Christmastime
RCA Special Products DPL1-0217
1976

This album is an exact copy of the 1966 RCA release "A Merry Mancini Christmas." It appears to have been a very limited release as it is not commonly found and was not marketed in all areas.