Just In Time For Christmas

ChristmasReviews.com, August 2000.
Andrew Driscoll has a beautiful voice, and this Broadway inspired offering is a fitting showcase for it.

Product Description
Just In Time For Christmas by singer and actor Andrew Driscoll is a wonderful assortment of some of your favorite classics and terrific new tunes. From the ridiculously funny "What Can You Get A Wookiee(When He Already Owns A Comb?)" featuring a barbershop quartet, an Elvis imitation, and a verse "sung" by Chewbacca himself to the traditional "Oh Holy Night" to the jazzy "The Christmas Song" to the pop duet and title track "Just In Time For Christmas" this recording is a perfect gift for the lover of holiday songs.

Just In Time For Christmas

Just In Time For Christmas,Andrew Driscoll,Conundrum Records,Christmas songs ranging from classic to touching to clever to ridiculous.

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Average customer rating: This Is Christmas Music At It's Very Best Late Arriver in Appreciation Nancy LaMott, Just in Time for Christmas Nancy, with that Christmas feeling Sing a Torch, Jeannette Isabella

Just in Time for Christmas Nancy Lamott Manufacturer: Midder Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Come Rain or Come Shine Beautiful Baby Listen to My Heart My Foolish Heart Live at Tavern on the Green ASIN: B000005AAX Release Date: 1994-10-31

Tracks:

1. Some Children See Him
2. I Saw Three Ships /Bring A Torch,Jeannette, Isabella
3. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
4. I'll Be Home for Christmas
5. (Christmas) Stay With Me
6. Earth & Sky
7. All Those Christmas Cliches
8. What Child Is This?/I Wonder As I Wander
9. A Child Is Born
10. Just In Time For Christmas
11. Baby It's Cold Outside
12. A Song For Christmas
13. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

Album Description

Musicians include Christopher Marlowe, Jay Leonhart, John Redsecker, Ken Sebesky, Joe Passaro Engineer: Randy Hansen Produced by David Friedman for MIDDER Music Records, Inc. All arrangements by Christopher Marlowe (except where noted)

Customer Reviews:

This Is Christmas Music At It's Very Best.......2007-05-29

I wish I could give everyone I knew this cd for Christmas. Of all of my Christmas music, this is probably the one I reach for the most. It is a much needed departure from all of the "canned" or "just add water" type of holiday music that floods the market. Nancy LaMott seemed to have an inner-beauty that came through into all of her music. I loved Nancy LaMott's singing and I am so glad she was able to have this cd produced before her much too early death.

Late Arriver in Appreciation.......2007-04-14

I first heard Nancy Lamott on a Christmas music CD distributed by Ralph Lauren. "Just In Time For Christmas" gradually became my favorite. I became determined to hear more from her and found this CD. The other reviewers of this CD are absolutely correct - you will really enjoy this music. I only wish I had heard her in person.

Nancy LaMott, Just in Time for Christmas.......2007-01-11

A great Christmas album. The title song is spectacular. I first heard it on a Ralph Lauren compliation CD for Christmas. That was the first time I heard Nancy, and I have been in love with her music since.

Nancy, with that Christmas feeling.......2006-12-01

I have an extensive... a euphamism here .... collection of Christmas and Advent music and I came upon this particular CD 'just in time for Christmas' last year. What a find!

Nancy Lamott's voice was a flexible, wonderful instrument. The only drawback song in my opinion is 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town' - like many novelty songs, it loses something when you listen to this recording frequently. Otherwise, Nancy is here and her heart shines through her unique cabaret voice in different aspects on each song.

Nice to hear some 'new' standards as well - 'Christmas Cliches' and 'Just in Time for Christmas' stand out. The recording of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is one of the best ones around because it sounds like they had fun playing off one another. Worth the time, worth the money. Nancy's voice had the ability of resonating with the heartstrings. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up.

Sing a Torch, Jeannette Isabella.......2005-01-01

Say what you want about Kathie Lee Gifford, she at least had the good taste and savvy to champion singer Nancy LaMott (during the latter's lifetime) and did her part to promote this great but somewhat obscure cabaret singer to a national audience. Of course, Nancy LaMott is still not the household name she should be if this were a just world. Posthumous stardom is not an impossibility, as the success of Eva Cassidy's records have proven. Nancy LaMott was certainly as big a talent--and as compelling a story as Ms Cassidy, but her recorded legacy has been (apparently) been tied up in various legal wranglings, which is more than unfortunate. It's almost criminal that her records are not more readily available. She was among the greats, and if megastardom was not something to be realized in her all too short life, at least let her be discovered now.

But, hey, it's the holiday season, and I'm in a generous mood, so let me just do my bit to promote Nancy LaMott's music--and in her Christmas album in particular. For some reason, I found myself going on a holiday music bender this year. Perusing the old collection, it became ridiculously clear how many holiday albums I owned, and how few I had actually listened to. Nancy's was one I had played quite a bit back when it was new, and then it joined the ranks of the other Christmas recordings stashed away "until next year."

So I made a point to rediscover these yuletide treasures once more this season. And many of them really were quite good. Of course, one hears the many of the same tunes over and over and over again. I'm sure that I could get into numerous debates over which singer "owns" this song or does "the definitive" take on that one. Such arguments are pointless, and not exactly in keeping with the holiday spirit anyway, but I will say this: when Nancy LaMott takes on one of those old holiday chestnuts (whether or not it's roasting on an open fire) you will, at least for the moment, put all other fondly remembered versions out of your mind. She makes all those old songs new again--no mean feat when you're talking "The Christmas Song" or "I'll Be Home For Christmas." And the new stuff is pretty wonderful too. A little cabaret irony on the title track and "All Those Christmas Cliches," a little unabashed mush on numbers like "Earth and Sky" and "Some Children See Him." It all works, in part because of who Nancy LaMott was--a great interpretive singer who could interpret just about anything.

Average customer rating: Not impressed Inexorable wonder!

Magical Musicals / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Elfman, Danny | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cincinnati Pops | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ragtime at the Magical Kingdoms The Magical Music of Disney The Big Picture ASIN: B00001QGKF Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

1. Hercules: Introduction
2. Hercules: The Gospel Truth
3. Hercules: One Last Hope
4. Hercules: I Won't Say
5. Hercules: Zero To Hero
6. Hercules: A Star Is Born
7. Hercules: Go The Distance
8. Aladdin And the King Of Thieves: Party In Agrabah
9. Pocahontas: Just Around The River Bend
10. The Return Of Jafar: You're Only Second Rate
11. The Return Of Jafar: Forget About Love
12. The Return Of Jafar: I'm Looking Out For Me
13. The Return Of Jafar: Nothing In The World
14. Toy Story: You've Got A Friend In Me
15. 101 Dalmations: Cruella De Vil
16. Pocahontas: Colors Of The Wind
17. Oliver And Company: Once Upon A Time In New York City
18. Oliver And Company: Why Should I Worry?
19. The Nightmare Before Christmas: What's This?
20. James And The Giant Peach: Good News
21. Mulan: Orchestral Suite
22. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: The Bells Of Notre Dame
23. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Someday
24. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: God Help The Outcasts
25. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy
26. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Court Of Miracles
27. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: A Guy Like You
28. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Heaven's Light

Customer Reviews:

Not impressed.......2003-11-25

I was not terribly impressed with this CD. Fortunately, I decided to get it from the library to see if it was good before deciding whether or not to buy it.

Although the orchestration of the songs is well done, most of them simply were not meant to be performed by a chorus; and they sound terrible in that form. If you want some of the songs on this CD, I suggest you look at one of Disney's compilation CDs in the Classic Disney Vol. 1-5 series or the actual soundtracks of the movies.

Inexorable wonder!.......2001-06-23

Where to start?! Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra have had a track record for recording some of the most stupendous movie music ever. Magical Musicals is just another example of how audaciously bold, yet beautiful Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops have taken the original scores, molded them into the same pieces, yet at the same time, creating life of their own in each and every note. If you are looking for ANY soundtrack containing Disney music, this should be the first CD you listen to. There are others out there, and yes, they may sound beautiful and enchanting, but you won't find such a unique and compelling score anywhere else other than this CD. Check it out!!

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Broadway: America's Music 1935-2005 Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Letters from Iwo Jima (Two-Disc Special Edition) ASIN: B000B8I93Q Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
2. Summertime
3. I Could Write a Book
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. I Can Cook Too
6. Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please
7. If I Loved You
8. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
9. Thou Swell
10. I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
11. There's No Business Like Show Business
12. South American Way

Tracks:

1. Shall We Dance
2. Ohio
3. Luck Be a Lady
4. Mack the Knife
5. There's a Small Hotel
6. Once in Love with Amy
7. Yodel Blues
8. Lazy Afternoon
9. There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
10. You're Just in Love
11. Now Is the Time

Tracks:

1. Impossible Dream
2. Love Makes the World Go 'Round
3. Try to Remember
4. Put on a Happy Face
5. I Say Hello
6. Happiness
7. She Loves Me
8. What Kind of Fool Am I?
9. Shy
10. Consider Yourself
11. Poor Little Person

Tracks:

1. Magic to Do
2. They're Playing My Song
3. I Don't Know How to Love Him
4. I Won't Send Roses
5. Good Morning Starshine
6. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
7. Hard Candy Christmas
8. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
9. Won't You Charleston with Me?
10. Applause

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Memory
3. On My Own
4. Muddy Water
5. How Could I Ever Know
6. American Dream
7. I Know Him So Well
8. Dr. Jazz
9. Me and My Girl
10. Suddenly Seymour

Tracks:

1. Mamma Mia!
2. Popular
3. Seasons of Love
4. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
5. Whatever Lola Wants
6. Crazy
7. How Deep Is Your Love
8. Stars
9. People Like Us
10. I Go to Rio

Average customer rating: for GOOD reason! (I couldn't give it 0 stars and have page post)

Marilyn Horne: The Men in My Life Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Górecki, Henryk Mikolaj | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Horne, Marilyn | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hadley, Jerry | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Bernstein, Leonard | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Berlin, Irving | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Gershwin, George | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | Q to T | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: An American Songbook [Australia] No One Is Alone Jerry Hadley - Golden Days - Tenor hits from the Golden Age of Operetta Great Recordings Of The Century - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sings Operetta / Ackermann The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ASIN: B000003FQ0 Release Date: 1994-08-16

Tracks:

1. Swingin' On A Star
2. The Man I Love
3. You're Just In Love
4. Blah, Blah, Blah/Just In Time
5. Small World
6. Long Before I Knew You
7. Friendship
8. All The Things You Are
9. In The Still Of The Night
10. Some Enchanted Evening
11. I Get Embarrassed
12. All Through The Night
13. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
14. All I Ask Of You
15. The Little Things You Do Together
16. Love Walked In/Our Love Is Here To Stay
17. Somewhere

Customer Reviews:

for GOOD reason! (I couldn't give it 0 stars and have page post).......2007-07-17

Short and Sweet!

In case you're wondering why this is only going for $2. for new copies from secondary dealers, is because it wasn't worth the $16.00 it originally was priced at! What a SHOCK when I got this home from the store and put it in my machine!

I gave it away in a grab bag at work!

All I can say is: "Miss Horne, I am so sorry that you allowed this to be released...it's worse than the stuff that Callas/Di Stefano did at the end."

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Just in Time for Christmas Pam Tillis Manufacturer: Stellar Cat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000TJ6BM8 Release Date: 2007-08-21

Average customer rating: Where would Christmas be without Mary & Joseph, Morecambe & Wise, Laurel & Hardy and cracker surprise? Creative, unique, always spirit-lifting! Some essential tracks, and then some filler... Have an alternative Christmas Delightful!

Just in Time for Christmas Various Artists Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000008E9R Release Date: 1990-08-21

Tracks:

1. Christmas Day - Squeeze
2. Cool Yule - Rebel Pebbles
3. Yo Ho Ho - Klark Kent
4. Hark - Torch Song
5. Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday - Reckless Sleepers
6. We Three Kings - Steve Hunter
7. Home for the Holidays - The dB's
8. Silent Night - Molly Johnson, Norman Orenstein
9. It Only Comes Once a Year - Deborah Holland
10. All I Want for Christmas - Timbuk 3
11. More Than One Night a Year - Kennedy Rose
12. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Dread Zeppelin
13. Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas - Wall of Voodoo

Customer Reviews:

Where would Christmas be without Mary & Joseph, Morecambe & Wise, Laurel & Hardy and cracker surprise?.......2006-12-16

In 1990, IRS Records released this CD, featuring Christmas songs performed by artists who recorded for their label. Songs are mostly originals, along with a few covers of older Christmas songs. All of the songs are at least decent, with nothing being bad. The original songs by Squeeze and the dB's are both great. As for the covers, Reckless Sleepers do a terrific version of "Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday" and Dread Zeppelin contribute a fun, irreverent version of "All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth". This CD is hard to find now, but it's worth looking for if you're tired of hearing the same old Christmas songs.

Creative, unique, always spirit-lifting!.......2006-12-15

I started getting interested in more diverse Christmas music at a good time. This CD was released, I grabbed it and haven't seen it around much since. A few of the tracks have made their way into other compilations like Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough - New Wave Xmas.

Squeeze starts off with Christmas Day - a modernized account of Jesus' birth. Clever, catchy, and a nice toe tapper. Cool Yule is next by Rebel Pebbles. Very girlish and fun, envision Cyndi Lauper going Christmas shopping with the Go-Gos.

Yo Ho Ho by Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland) - a well-put together tune. Copeland plays all his instruments on his solo KK album, I don't know if that's the case here. This one took a while to grow on me but it's a nice heartfelt ditty about being with family on Christmas.

Hark by Torch Song - a very upbeat techno version of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Mostly just a drumbeat and a few cut-up phrases from the carol, but this deserves mainstream airplay IMO. Followed by Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday by Reckless Sleepers. It has a beat and a vocalist reminiscent of Squeeze, a more easy listening tune. A traditional rendition of We Three Kings is next by Steve Hunter. An experienced guitarist who was worked with the likes of Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and Mitch Ryder, Steve does a great standard guitar instrumental here.

The pace steps up a bit on Home for the Holidays by The dB's. It's a bit country, a bit corny, but it's okay. Silent Night by Molly Johnson and Norman Orenstein is next. Nothing fancy. Molly has a clean, pure voice and the guitar is an edgy, slightly fuzzed backdrop, it works. This was re-released on a 2005 CD called Plugged In For The Holidays, one I may have to pick up...

Okay, moving into the homestretch, Deborah Holland performs It Only Comes Once A Year. She has a super voice and sings a great original tune that has a light festive feel to it. Timbuk3 takes it from there with All I Want For Christmas. Using their classic lyric-bending ways, plays on words, etc., they make a ploy for peace among a Christmas list fraught with toys bent on violence. Just slightly 'message' oriented, I am far more delighted by their stylistic guitar, harmonica, and lyric abilities.

Track 11, Kennedy Rose sings More Than One Night A Year. A creative song with a strong bass drive to it as she soulfully sings of a world as one on a special night of the year.

Contrasting that, things take a decidely lighter turn on the last two tracks. First, Dread Zeppelin does All I Want For Christmas. Well-known for their trademark Elvis/Zeppelin-like rock/reggae mix of sound, they don't disappoint here, characterizing an ever-hungry Elvis doing his thing. Tongue-in-cheek, humorous, and just musical enough to enjoy without being taken too seriously. Finally, Wall of Voodoo wraps things up with Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas. If there's one song I have to pick for liking the least, it would have to be this one. It's not a total bust, but the theme of someone getting shot at Christmas during an argument is not very celebratory of the holiday. A little too much dysfunction happening in these verses for my tastes.

All in all, a stellar collection for alternative fans of the 80's.

Some essential tracks, and then some filler..........2005-01-14

This seems to be out of print now, but is worth picking up if you can find a good price on a used one. Several of the songs by the more well-known artists are available on other compilations. (The songs by Squeeze, Timbuk 3, and Wall of Voodoo can all be found on "Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Christmas".) The dB's "Home For the Holidays" is hard to find anywhere else.
For the record, I get a kick out of Dread Zeppelin's Elvis-meets-reggae-meets-Zeppelin-meets-Spike-Jones-with-a-touch-of-Zappa "...My Two Front Teeth", but most people I've played it for find it annoying.
Also for the record, Klark Kent is actually Stewart Copeland of the Police.

Have an alternative Christmas.......2004-11-21

If you like any of the bands on this album, it is worth picking up. It has many unique, original Christmas songs as well as a few classics. Plus, the bands with whom I'm familiar stay very close to their styles here. Squeeze provides a very Squeeze-like "Christmas Day" while "Cool Yule" is a cute, quirky tune by Rebel Pebbles. "Hark" is a very unique take on "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" while Steve Hunter's "We Three Kings" is a very traditional, instrumental version of the classic. "Silent Night" is given a lot of soul by Molly Johnson & Norman Orenstein. "Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday" by Reckless Sleepers is a 1950s style song. The worst track by far is "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth." It is a very silly song by Dread Zeppelin where the singer tries to be funny by imitating Elvis and shifting the song into a rendition of "Viva Las Vegas." It does not work.

Here are my favorites on this album: "Home for the Holidays" is a very catchy number by the dB's. In fact, I find myself humming it around the holidays (and even at other times of the year). "It only Comes Once a Year" by Deborah Holland is also very pleasant and catchy and "More Than One Night a Year" by Kennedy Rose has a dark beauty to it. It is my favorite track on this album. Timbuk 3's "All I Want for Christmas" (not the "two front teeth" song but an original song about world peace) is also excellent with beautiful acoustic guitar. It is very Timbuk 3, so fans of the band will no doubt like it. Not a favorite track of mine, but Klark Kent's style sounds so much like Stan Ridgway on "Yo ho ho" that I've scoured the album cover several times looking for Ridgway's name (not to be found). Speaking of Ridgway, his old band's offering of "Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas" is a riot. Fans of Andy Prieboy era Wall of Voodoo will love this track. It sounds like it could have fit very snugly on Seven Days in Sammystown. For an alternative Christmas, get Just in Time for Christmas.

Delightful!.......2003-12-08

A great alternative to the muzak of Manheim Steamroller and et al...

I just wish that Amazon.com would have it in stock!

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Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx) Andr Kostelanetz Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007L8X4 Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

1. Say It With Music Remember Blue Skies
2. Top Hat White Tie And Tails How Deep Is The Ocean (How High
3. This Is The Army Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning Soft
4. Whatll I Do Always The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers
5. The Piccolino Cheek To Cheek
6. White Christmas
7. The Girl That I Marry Say It Isnt So Mandy
8. Give Me Your Tired Your Poor God Bless America
9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Yesterdays
10. Ive Told Every Little Star The Song Is You
11. The Night Was Made For Love She Didnt Say Yes All The Things
12. Look For The Silver Lining They Didnt Believe Me Long Ago (A
13. I Dream Too Much The Jockey On The Carrousel
14. Why Was I Born The Way You Look Tonight Who
15. Make Believe Bill
16. Why Do I Love You You Are Love Ol Man River
17. Fascinatin Rhythm
18. Mine
19. The Man I Love
20. Embraceable You Soon
21. I Got Rhythm
22. Bess Oh Wheres My Bess
23. S Wonderful
24. Maybe
25. Someone To Watch Over Me Oh Lady Be Good
26. Embraceable You
27. Strike Up The Band
28. Begin The Beguine
29. All Through The Night
30. I Concentrate On You
31. I Love You
32. Night And Day
33. In The Still Of The Night
34. Ive Got You Under My Skin
35. Blow Gabriel Blow
36. Just One Of Those Things (Bonus Track)
37. Hallelujah Time On My Hands
38. Tea For Two
39. Carioca
40. Without A Song
41. More Than You Know
42. Orchids In The Moonlight
43. Sometimes Im Happy I Know That You Know
44. Through The Years Drums In My Heart
45. Malaguena
46. La Cumparsita
47. Mexicana Medley
48. Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
49. Siboney
50. Caminito
51. Adios
52. No Taboleiro De Bahiana
53. The Moon Of Manakoora
54. Lotus Land
55. Kashmiri Song
56. Jamaican Rhumba
57. Flamingo
58. Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
59. Andalucia
60. Sweet Leilani (Bonus Track)
61. Frenesi (Cancion Tropical) (Bonus Track)
62. Show Boat
63. South Pacific
64. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
65. An American In Paris
66. Porgy And Bess

Album Description

The multi-faceted Andre Kostelanetz left his mark on the music world as an acclaimed conductor/arranger/accompanist. His most notable contribution is the creation of the Easy Listening genre, done by bridging the gap between Classical and Pop music. Highlights on this 6 CD box set include Irving Berlin's 'Cheek To Cheek', George Gershwin's 'The Man I Love' and Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Just One Of Those Things' (Cole Porter), 'Sweet Leilani' (from Waikiki Wedding) & 'Frenesi' (Cancion Tropical). Standard jewel cases housed in a deluxe wooden box w/hinged lid (approx. 6 x 5''). Collectables. 2003.

Average customer rating: Not Just For Chanukah

Just in Time for Chanukah! Margie Rosenthal , and Ilene Safyan Manufacturer: Sheera Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Hanukkah | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Hanukkah | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000DGOK Release Date: 1996-01-26

Tracks:

1. O Chanukah
2. Chanukah Blessings
3. Hanerot Halalu
4. Ner Li
5. S'Vivon Sov, Sov, Sov
6. I Have A Little Dreidle
7. Mi Yimallel
8. Yodim Atem
9. Eight Candles
10. Matathias Bold
11. Take A Potato
12. Ma'oz Tzur
13. The Ballad Of Judah Maccabee

Customer Reviews:

Not Just For Chanukah.......2002-01-07

Without a doubt, this is one of my all-time favorite albums, and it's not just for Chanukah; I listen to it throughout the year.
The female vocals are both beautiful and haunting, especially the song Yodim Atem; it literally brings tears to my eyes. But this is also a fun album, a great sing-along for everyone.
Even my non-Jewish friends fell in love with it! I must admit I'm not too keen on the 3 kids songs on the album [ Dreidel,
Take a Potato, Mattathias -- possibly because I've heard them too much ] but the kids love them. Simply a must-have album!

Average customer rating: Wookiee Mania!! Just In Time For Christmas...INDEED!

Just In Time For Christmas Andrew Driscoll Manufacturer: Conundrum Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00005QI4P Release Date: 2001-09-20

Tracks:

1. What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?)
2. Just In Time For Christmas
3. The Christmas Song
4. Oh Holy Night
5. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
6. We Can Be Kind
7. The Little Drummer Boy
8. The Night Before Christmas Song
9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Album Description

Just In Time For Christmas by singer and actor Andrew Driscoll is a wonderful assortment of some of your favorite classics and terrific new tunes. From the ridiculously funny "What Can You Get A Wookiee(When He Already Owns A Comb?)" featuring a barbershop quartet, an Elvis imitation, and a verse "sung" by Chewbacca himself to the traditional "Oh Holy Night" to the jazzy "The Christmas Song" to the pop duet and title track "Just In Time For Christmas" this recording is a perfect gift for the lover of holiday songs.

Customer Reviews:

Wookiee Mania!!.......2001-09-30

I bought this recording for one reason, and one only....I am a die-hard Star Wars fan! When I saw that this artist, Andrew Driscoll had done a version of "What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Has A Comb?)", I just had to hear it. The only other version I have heard was from the out-of-print Star Wars Christmas album, and I must say really stunk. Driscoll's version is exciting, interesting, and yes, purely RIDICULOUS!!! When listening to this song, I can only envision the music video which I am sure will follow eventually. Starting off with a barbershop quartet of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, C3PO, and Yoda...followed by Han Solo doing an Elvis impersonation (hilarious)....followed by a verse of Chewbacca singing? and doing a soft shoe. This one will be hilarious!! The rest of the recording was a great surprise. It is a mixture of holiday favorites like The Christmas Song, Oh Holy Night, and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and very good songs I have not heard before like Just In Time For Christmas and We Can Be Kind. Check this one out...even if you aren't a Star Wars fan!

Just In Time For Christmas...INDEED!.......2001-09-30

I originally saw Mr. Driscoll perform while promoting his first recording, What I Am. When Just In Time For Christmas came out, I thought it would be a perfect gift holiday gift. This recording is a great collection of songs I already knew and loved like O Holy Night, Little Drummer Boy, and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, but it also has some terrific new songs like Just In Time For Christmas and We Can Be Kind. The highlight of this recording for my kids (5 and 7) though has been What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas. They listen to just about everyday! I would recommend this to CD to everyone who enjoys holiday music or are looking for a gift for someone who does.

Average customer rating: Eclectic McCormack

A Christian Celebration Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000000WYK Release Date: 1993-11-23

Tracks:

1. Jerusalem
2. The Battle Hymn Of The American Republic
3. God Bless America
4. Holy God We Praise Thy Name
5. Onward! Christian Soldiers
6. Jacob's Dream - Genesis 28, vv, 11-19: Nearer My God To Thee
7. Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere (Heaven)
8. Holy Night D. 827 Op. 43, No. 2 (Nacht And Traume)
9. The Lady Of The Lake - Canto. 3, No. 29 The Song of Ellen Douglas - III: Ave Maria, Maiden Mild D.839 Op. 52, No. 6
10. Op. 26, No. 7: To The Children (K detyam)
11. Skylark and swallow: A Prayer To Our Lady
12. Messe Solenelle in A Op. 12: Panis Angelicus (Bread Angels)
13. All Through The Night
14. Silent Night, Holy Night
15. See Amid The Winter's Snow
16. Christ In His Garden Op. 54-5
17. The Palms
18. Recitative And Aria Of Jesus Christ: Christ On The Mount Of Olives - Jehova! Hear Oh Hear Me...Oh My Heart Is Sore Within Me
19. Calvary: There Is A Green Hill Far Away
20. Christ Lag in Todes Banden - Cantata No. 4, passus 3: Jesus Christ, The Son Of God
21. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - canatta No. 147, passus 10: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
22. God Keep You Is My Prayer
23. Just For Today

Customer Reviews:

Eclectic McCormack.......1998-09-10

This is a most interesting collection of McCormack in song. Many of these songs sung by McCormack on this disk I have heard him sing for the first time. McCormack sounds a bit awkward with his singing of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and God Bless America. I rate this recording 3 stars not because if McCormack's defencies, but because of some of the poor quality 78rpm transfers. All the pops and hisses remain. A good digital transfer eliminates this annoyance so one can further enjoy McCormack's wonderful artistry. To hear McCormack's voice truly rise from the grave, I strongly recommend: McCormack in Song, Released by Nimbus

Christian Music:

1. KidPop!
2. Kids Sing Christmas-Favorites (with Song Booklet)
3. Liquid Sunshine
4. Living in the Material World [Import]
5. Lucky [CD-single] [Import]
6. Mirror Mirror
7. Mr. Wilson's Elementary School Band Concert
8. No Time At All [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Note To Self:
10. On His Wings

Christian Music

christian music

Christian Music

No Cities Left [Import]

Piano By Starlight

Respect the Dead

HALLOWEEN BASH

Skimskitta

Pre-Modern Wireless: The Peel Sessions 1971-1974 [Live]

Klokken [Import]

Rearview Mirror

Meet the Beatles-Live [Import]

Permanent Vacation [Import] [Limited Edition]

Our Time in Eden

Maria Teresa Vera's Revival

On the Nile

Works For Cello And Piano

Nachtmusik