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This collection is not as nice as the To Wish You a Merry Christmas album which contains original 1950's selections. Some of these seem over-produced, and some selections jump out at you because they don't fit with the rest.
Belafonte is a joy--whether at Christmas or any time. I highly recommend this remastered album.
A nostalic Christmas purchase; as a young girl how I loved this man's voice. Spirituals and folk music had grown in popularity; his rendition of these numbers is timeless. Do you remember "Day-O". Belafonte's choice of carols was a refreshing choice for the time. The quality of the re-make has room for improvement yet the music moves past this fault. His performance of "Mary's Boy Child " is a compelling gift to us; it is a Christmas classic.
I love Harry Belafonte's voice and I love having a different style of Christmas music to listen to. It's the first CD I play when Christmas is approaching. Then, I listen to the more traditional music. This is a wonderful, wonderful CD.
Harry Belafonte's recording delivers "Mary's Boy Child", "The Friendly Beasts" and other Christmas (not holiday) songs as only he could sing them. His voice is rich and mellow, and the songs are sung with tenderness, and joy, and the wonder of the events of that night. It was a thrill to find my long-scratched LP re-released as a CD, with a lot of new songs added, including the rousing "Amen". If you love Belafonte and/or good Christmas music, you must add this to your collection.
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