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: The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings It didn’t take long for to snap up the young star playing Sir Lancelot in the smash Broadway musical ; Robert Goulet was still treading the floorboards eight times a week for the show when the label released his first album, Always You, in October 1961. Goulet went on to record over 20 albums for Columbia over the next decade, notching three Pop hits and 15 Easy Lis- SELLING POINTS: tening smashes, but among his most beloved recordings are the two Christmas albums he recorded for the label, which this 29-track, 79-minute collection presents along with five rare bonus • Robert Goulet’s Role as Sir Lancelot in the tracks. The first, 1963’s This Christmas I Spend with You, was a blend of old and new Yuletide fa- Broadway Production of Camelot Led to a vorites that went Top 5 on the Christmas charts; produced by Jim Foglesong and arranged by Recording Contract with Columbia, Where Frank Hunter, it’s a true Christmas classic. The second, Robert Goulet’s Wonderful World of He Recorded Over 20 Albums Christmas, came out five years later and was produced by the great Jimmy Wisner (“Asia Minor”); in keeping with the late-‘60s spirit, it had some more socially conscious seasonal fare like “He’s • His Two Christmas Albums, 1963’s This Gonna Take Away Our Christmas” alongside such swinging, lighthearted songs as “Sleigh Ride” Christmas I Spend with You and 1968’s and “Hurry Home for Christmas.” Both albums have been out of print for years and command big bucks on the used market—they appear here in their entirety, with a fresh remastering from Robert Goulet’s Wonderful World of Sean Brennan at Battery Studios in New York. But that’s not all of the that Christmas, Are Among the Most Cherished Goulet recorded for Columbia—when we say The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings Records in His Catalog we mean it! Also here are three rare duets he recorded with his wife for a se- ries of albums released by Columbia Special Products for such clients as Goodyear Tire and Beneficial Financial, • The Complete Columbia Christmas plus both sides of a promotional-only single he recorded for the Christmas Seals charity. With liner notes by compiler Joe Marchese, and Recordings Offers Both of His Columbia added photos, this jampacked collection is a long-overdue reminder of the magnitude of Robert Goulet’s talent, and an essential addition to Christmas Albums Plus Five Rare any Christmas music collection. Bonus Tracks Songs: • 29 Tracks and over 79 Minutes of Music This Christmas I Spend with You Robert Goulet’s Wonderful World of Christmas Bonus Tracks

• Liner Notes by Joe Marchese 1. This Christmas I Spend with You 13. Do You Hear What I Hear 25. This Christmas I Spend with You 2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 14. Hurry Home for Christmas (Mono Single Version) • Added Photos 3. December Time 15. Wonderful World of Christmas 26. White Christmas (Mono Single Version) 4. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 16. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 27. – with Carol Lawrence 5. The Christmas Song 17. Christmas Day 28. Angels We Have Heard on High – • Remastered by Sean Brennan at Battery 6. Silver Bells 18. (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays with Carol Lawrence Studios in NYC 7. Winter Wonderland 19. Sleigh Ride 29. Carol of the Bells – 8. White Christmas 20. Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep with Carol Lawrence 9. O Holy Night 21. 10. Panis Angelicus 22. On This Noel STREET DATE: November 4, 2014 11. Ave Maria 23. He’s Gonna Take Away Our Christmas LABEL: Real Gone Music 12. O Come All Ye Faithful 24. The Christmas Waltz GENRE: Holiday FORMAT: CD ORDER USING 848064003076

SELLING POINTS: & THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS The Williams Brothers Christmas Album • Andy Williams and His Brothers Bob, DIck and Don Started Singing Together in 1938 For those lucky enough to have discovered it, The Williams Brothers Christmas Album, origi- nally—and briefly—released in 1970 on , is a long-lost seasonal gem that and Appeared on Andy’s Christmas Specials ranks up there with other treasured Christmas albums by artists such as the Ray Conniff for Decades Singers and . For decades, beloved crooner Andy Williams hosted his an- nual Christmas television specials that would feature musical appearances with his singing • Their 1970 Release, The Williams Brothers brothers Bob, Dick and Don. And they put that practice to use on this record—the first side Christmas Album, Was Available Only Briefly of the LP showcases the Beach Boys-style harmonies of the Brothers on such Christmas classics such as “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” and from the Barnaby Label and Previously “White Christmas.” The second side, meanwhile, contains an incredible 17-minute Christ- Appeared on CD in a Very Limited Edition mas medley that begins and ends with “Caroling, Caroling” and includes such tunes as “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Sleep Well, Little Children,” and “It’s Christmas Time.” • Features an Amazing 17-Minute Medley of Produced by Andy and conducted by Al Capps, this rare album has never come out on in its entirety on CD Christmas Classics other than an extremely limited Branson theatre edition—and this is also the first time the album has been remastered from the original stereo master tapes (by Mike Milchner) and reissued with original artwork. Notes by Joe Marchese place this release in the context of Andy’s incredible career and that of his brothers, with whom he started singing way back in 1938! If you enjoy Andy’s classic Christmas al- • First Time Reissue from Original Stereo bums from the ‘60s and ‘70s (which are available on Real Gone Music’s Andy Williams: The Complete Christmas Recordings collection), Master Tapes and with Original Artwork you should definitely check out this hard-to-find treasure.

• Remastered by Mike Milchner at SONGS: SonicVision 1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 2. ’s Jingle Bells • Liner Notes by Joe Marchese 3. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) 4. I’ll Be Home for Christmas • Added Photos 5. The Holiday Season 6. White Christmas 7. MEDLEY: Caroling, Caroling / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Away in a Manger STREET DATE: November 4, 2014 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Good King Wenceslas / Joy to the World / Sleep Well, Little Children LABEL: Real Gone Music Deck the Hall / To Santa Claus House We Go / It’s Christmas Time ALSO AVAILABLE GENRE: Holiday Carol Number Twelve / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / The First Noel ANDY WILLIAMS FORMAT: CD O Come, All Ye Faithful / Silent Night, Holy Night / Reprise: Caroling, Caroling The Complete Christmas Recordings

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