Holiday Inn & White Christmas - O.S.T.
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Composer: Gus LeveneComposer: Joseph J. Lilley
Composer: Robert Emmett Dolan
Composer: Van Cleave
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Import
CD Release Date: 2002-11-11
Music Label: Mca UK
Soundtracks:
- Happy Holiday
- White Christmas
- I'll Capture Your Heart
- You're Easy To Dance With - Fred Astaire
- Lazy
- Abraham
- Be Careful, It's My Heart
- I Can't Tell A Lie - Fred Astaire
- Easter Parade
- Song Of Freedom
- I've Got Plenty To Be Thankful For
- Let's Start The New Year Off Right
- Blue Skies/Mandy
- Sisters - Peggy Lee
- The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing - Danny Kaye
- Snow
- Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
- Choreography - Danny Kaye
- Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me - Peggy Lee
- What Can You Do With A General?
- The Old Man / Gee, I Wish I Was Back In The Army
- White Christmas - Finale
Music reviews of Holiday Inn & White Christmas - O.S.T.
Music Review: If you love the films, you'll love this disc
Rating: 5 Stars
Having read some of the negative reviews of this CD, I have decided to revise my review in response...
This disc contains recordings of songs from two of Irving Berlin's most loved film scores: HOLIDAY INN (1942) and WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954). I will concur with a previous reviewer who states that sound quality is not great, but what can you expect, considering these recordings are 62 and 50 years old, respectively, and I am forgiving enough to accept this in older recordings.
Concerning the WHITE CHRISTMAS selections:
I advise you that THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM. THERE IS NO ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN. Both albums presented on this disc are STUDIO RECORDINGS of songs from the films that were released in conjunction with the films' original theatrical releases, as was the custom in the days before original soundtrack recordings became popular. For WHITE CHRISTMAS the male leads, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, are here, but Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen are noticably absent, for different reasons. You see, the album rights were controlled by Decca, who released this album. Clooney, on the other hand, who was one of the most popular recording artists of the time, was under contract to Columbia Records which understandably would not allow her to appear on a competing label. Clooney did record her own WHITE CHRISTMAS album for Columbia Records... I discuss this later on. Clooney's lines are sung by Peggy Lee, and Vera-Ellen's vocals are done by Trudy Stevens (who dubbed her singing voice in the picture). Both ladies do commendable work.
Those who are expecting an "Original Soundtrack Recording" featuring all four stars singing the songs exactly as heard in the film will be sadly disappointed. No "original soundtrack album" exists for this film. None ever has. Of course I would love to see a genuine soundtrack album released, but I'm sure it isn't in the cards. In order to have a real music-only soundtrack album without sound effects or dialogue mixed in, original recording session masters would likely have to be used (because in this case there are no soundtrack album masters available, which is what record companies generally utilize for soundtrack releases). I'm sure that if any of these session master tapes have survived AT ALL, they would likely be in very poor condition, thus making a genuine original soundtrack CD highly unlikely (although I'm sure not impossible). Of course they could do what some others have done and just lift tracks directly from a print of the film, but then you have all the extra sound effects and dialogue that come with it, which really defeats the purpose of having a soundtrack album.
On a side note, Rosemary Clooney did record her own White Christmas album in 1954. It is currently available on the Collectables label (by arrangement with Columbia) paired with the soundtrack album of another Clooney film, RED GARTERS, both on the same disc. ASIN: B00005JIXP. Check that disc out as well, it's fabulous. Amazon does carry it.
If you can, I recommend getting this Holiday Inn/White Christmas album AND Clooney's White Christmas/Red Garters disc. You will then have all the WHITE CHRISTMAS songs you need!
I also encourage everyone to READ the reviews of a product before you buy it--see what those who have the product think about it, what they like, what they dislike, etc. Some of the disappointed reviewers of this disc would have known what to expect had they read all of the reviews by those of us who have experience with the product. It never hurts to do a little research--it may save you some big disappointments in the long run.
Description of Holiday Inn & White Christmas - O.S.T.
2002 Marks the 60th Anniversary of the Original Recording of What Has Gone on to Be the Biggest Selling and Most Played Song of all Time, Bing Crosy's "White Christmas". It is also the Anniversary of "Holiday Inn" in which this Track was First Featured in the Winter of 1942.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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