AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny
The exotica revival continues with Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, the perfect gift for the swinging hipster on your list. Among the highlights: Billy May's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo," Jimmy McGriff's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/White Christmas," Dean Martin's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," Julie London's sultry "I'd Like You for Chri
I picked this up in a record shop in Maine a few years ago. Very excited at the time because I really like the other albums that I have by her and being unaware that she had an album of carols. But for one reason or another several Christmases came and went without this getting a bath and a spin. All changed, about to give her a listen shortly.
CREATOR OF THE STARS Christmas Music from Earlier Times Anonymous, Praetorious, Erbach, De Lassus, Desprez, Du Fay, Byrd, Ockeghem Pomerium
Alexander Blachly - director
Archiv Produktion
LUTHERAN MASS FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING Michael Praetorius Gabrieli Consort & Players
Boys Choir and Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral
Paul McCreesh - director
Archiv Produktion
HI-FIDELITY HOLIDAY A Holiday Compilation in Stereo Esquivel, Keb' Mo', Cocteau Twins, Dean Martin, Combustible Edison, Leonard Cohen, XTC, El Vez, James Brown, The Alarm, The Temptations, Peggy Lee, Robbie Robertson, The Blue Hawaiians, Bobby Darin
Starbucks/EMI