The Classic Christmas Album (Johnny Mathis album)

The Classic Christmas Album
Compilation album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedOctober 7, 2014[1]
Recorded1958–2013[2]
GenreChristmas
Length39:51
LabelColumbia
Johnny Mathis chronology
Sending You a Little Christmas
(2013) 		The Classic Christmas Album
(2014) 		The Complete Global Albums Collection
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
JazzWeekly.compositive[3]
TheSecondDisc.compositive[4]

The Classic Christmas Album is a Christmas compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on October 7, 2014, by Columbia Records[1] and includes two 1961 recordings that were previously unavailable: "Ol' Kris Kringle" and the original version of the title track from his 1969 Christmas album Give Me Your Love for Christmas. Three other songs ("Christmas in the City of the Angels", "Sign of the Dove" and "The Very First Christmas Day") make their debut on compact disc as of this release,[5] and two other non-album singles ("Christmas Is..." and "My Kind of Christmas") can be counted among the rarities here. The collection also includes a selection or two from several of Mathis's Christmas studio albums—"Sleigh Ride" from Merry Christmas, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Sounds of Christmas, "Calypso Noel" from Give Me Your Love for Christmas, "The Christmas Waltz" and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" from Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis, and "Home for the Holidays" from Sending You a Little Christmas—as well as his duet with Bette Midler from her 2006 holiday album Cool Yule, which was a medley of "Winter Wonderland" and "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!".

  1. ^ a b "The Classic Christmas Album - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ^ (2014) The Classic Christmas Album by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records 88843091032.
  3. ^ "OLD SCHOOL CHRISTMAS…Perry Como: The Classic Christmas Album, Johnny Mathis: The Classic Christmas Album, Frank Sinatra: The Classic Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand: The Classic Christmas Album". jazzweekly.com. Jazz Weekly. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Holiday Gift Guide Review: "The Classic Christmas Album" Series". theseconddisc.com. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Johnny Mathis: "The Classic Christmas Album" is available everywhere TODAY!". JohnnyMathis.com. RoJon Productions Inc. Retrieved 15 February 2015.