Perfect Candidates Week 4

Here we are at week four and we're close to hitting the 100 track mark. Only 75 or 80 more than the final compilation will allow and I haven't hit my actual CD collection yet. Next week I'll make a few tough decisions and knock a few contenders off the list.

Until then here's this week's additions...

1. A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's - The Andrew Sisters with Danny Kaye
2. Christmas Chopsticks - Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
3. Do You Hear What I Hear - The Gamble Folk
4. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Ray Conniff
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - George Shearing Quintet
6. Holiday For Bells - Bert Kaempfert
7. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Doris Day
8. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby
9. Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
10. Last Christmas - Pas/Cal
11. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin
12. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Partridge Family
13. Snowfall - Enoch Light
14. The Christmas Waltz - Frank Sinatra
15. The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Andrews Sisters w/ Bing Crosby
16. What Child Is This - Julie Andrews
17. Winter Wonderland - The Peter Wood Singers

Surprises :

Last Christmas - one of my least favorite modern pop Christmas tunes and yet there's something about this version...

Do You Hear What I Hear - The Gamble Folk - the more I hear it the more I like it. It will certainly make one of my personal mixes in 2008 - the Perfect Mix may be a long shot though.

Here are some of the albums I went through to find this week's selection (in no particular order, besides alphabetical)...

Countryside Unitarian Fellowship - Hey Jesus Christ Welcome to This World
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album / The Wonderful World of Christmas
Frankie Ford - Christmas
Joe Wise - He Has Come
Lawrence Welk's Little Band - Merry Christmas
Neil Sedaka- The Miracle Of Christmas
Reflection - Nativity
The Andrews Sisters- Christmas
The Gamble Folk - Christmas Boy
The Joyful Noise - Nativity
Various Artists - Carols and Candlelight - Great Songs of Christmas - Goodyear 14
Various Artists - Christmas Pizza
Various Artists - Santa Claus Comes

Many of this week's albums (including The Gamble Folk and The Joyful Noise) came from the wonderful and highly recommended sharity site Heavenly Grooves