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.

All tracks by Henry Mancini and his orchestra

The Little Drummer Boy

Jingle Bells/Sleigh Ride

The Christmas Song

Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells

Frosty the Snowman / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

White Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas

Silent Night / O Holy Night / O Little Town of Bethlehem

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Deck the Halls / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

We Three Kings / O Come All Ye Faithful / Joy to the World

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Away in a Manger / The First Noel

Henry Mancini Selects Great Songs of Christmas
RCA Special Products DPL1-0148
1975

The first Goodyear Christmas LP released through RCA instead of Columbia

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Henry Mancini

Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Carpenters

Joy to the World / Angels We Have Heard on High - Robert Shaw Chorale

Irish Carol - Julie Andrews with the Andre Previn Orchestra

Silent Night - Perry Como

O Holy Night - Mantovani

Ave Maria - Leotyne Price

Jingling Brass - Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass

Christmas Is The Warmest Time Of The Year - Ed Ames

White Christmas - Henry Mancini

Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald

The Christmas Song - John Gary

Silver Bells - Kate Smith

A Christmas Toast - Bing Crosby

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve / Auld Lang Syne - Henry Mancini

Carols and Candlelight
Columbia Special Products P 12525
1974

This was the second release (and one of only two) in the series that split the "sacred" and "secular" songs into separate sides

Joy to the World - Andre Kostelanetz

O Holy Night - Kate Smith

The First Noel - John Davidson

What Child Is This - Julie Andrews

Go Tell It On the Mountain - Mahalia Jackson

Silent Night - Harry Belafonte

O Come All Ye Faithful - Mormon Tabernacle Choir / New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein

I'll Be Home For Christmas - Doris Day

Moonlight in Vermont - Stan Getz

Christmas Is - Percy Faith

The Christmas Song - Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart

I Love the Winter Weather / I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Tony Bennett

Snowfall - Enoch Light

White Christmas - Andy Williams

The Many Moods of Christmas
Columbia Special Products P 12013
1973

White Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald

Christmasland - Tony Bennett

Winter Weather - Jo Stafford

O Litte Town of Bethlehem - Barbara Streisand

The Christmas Waltz - Pat Boone

Whatever Happened to Christmas? - Frank Sinatra

Jingle Bells / It's Christmastime All Over the World - Sammy Davis Jr

The Christmas Song - Tex Beneke in the Glenn Miller Style

Toyland - Doris Day

Jingle Bell Rock - Pete Fountain

Christmas Is - Bing Crosby

O Come All Ye Faithful - Julie Andrews

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Andy Williams

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Ella Fitzgerald

Christmas Is...
Columbia Special Products P 11417
1972

Christmas Is - The Hillside Singers

Winter Wonderland - Jo Stafford

White Christmas - Frank Sinatra

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland

What Child Is This - Vikki Carr

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town - Tony Bennett

The Christmas Song - Barbara Streisand

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby

I'll Be Home For Christmas - Doris Day

O Holy Night - Andy Williams

Jingle Bells - The Mills Brothers

Silver Bells - Patti Page

Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters

Silent Night - Julie Andrews

8-track version

The Joyous Songs of Christmas

The Joyous Songs of Christmas
Columbia Special Products CSP 10400
1971

Since this was the first album in the series to not bear the name 'The Great Songs of Christmas', it was thought that 'Joyous' would be the new name for the series in the Seventies. Instead, this was the only release with the 'Joyous' name.

We Need a Little Christmas - Percy Faith

The Christmas Song - Carol Burnett

Winter Wonderland - Tony Bennett

Love's What You're Getting for Christmas - Bobby Sherman

The Christmas Waltz - The Lennon Sisters

Deck the Halls - Danny Kaye

Joy to the World - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Barbara Streisand

Go Tell It On The Mountain - Jim Nabors

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Lena Horne

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy / Temple University Concert Choir

Sleigh Ride - Andy Williams

Silver Bells - Johnny Mathis

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Ray Conniff

Album 10

The Great Songs of Christmas - Album Ten
Columbia Special Products CSP 1478
1970

Although the GSC series sometimes repeated performances from album to album, this was the only edition marketed as such

The First Noel - Jon Davidson (originally appeared on Album 7)

Carol of the Bells - Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (originally appeared on Album 3)

Joy to the World - Anna Moffo (originally appeared on Album 8)

The Lord's Prayer - Richard Tucker (originally appeared on Album 5)

Away in a Manger - Mahalia Jackson (originally appeared on Album 6)

Ave Maria - Isaac Stern (originally appeared on Album 3)

Silent Night - Barbara Streisand (originally appeared on Album 6)

The Happiest Christmas - Petula Clark (originally appeared on Album 9)

The Christmas Song - Tony Bennett (originally appeared on Album 7)

The Little Drummer Boy - Percy Faith (originally appeared on Album 8)

Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams (originally appeared on Album 6)

Toyland - Doris Day (originally appeared on Album 4)

The Night Before Christmas - Steve Lawrence (originally appeared on Album 7)

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Ray Conniff (originally appeared on Album 6)