World and Folk Christmas CDs - Luboff Choir, Norman: Calypso Holiday/Songs of Christmas (CD,1999)

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Luboff Choir, Norman: Calypso Holiday/Songs of Christmas (CD,1999)

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From the liner notes: The musical career of Norman Luboff is a study in contrasts, as is this CD. A master at evoking a historical snapshot of a moment in time, the Norman Luboff Choir throughout the 1950s and 1960s made commercially successful albums that took their listeners on a wonderful picturesque journey using chorale music...

In "Calypso Holiday" the Norman Luboff Choir conjures up an atmosphere by selecting songs that reflect the distinctive cultures of the various islands of the Caribbean or at least what music was like in that part of the world as of the summer of 1957...

Moving from the tropical flavor of these tunes to a markedly chilier clime, but with no less verve or style, we have "Songs of Christmas." This record brought the Norman Luboff Choir great fame for its distinguished and memorable interpretations of more than twenty of the most beautiful Christmas Carols known around the world."
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Format: CD
Year Released/Length: Originally 1957 & 1956, Re-issued 1999 / 72:41
Record Label: Collectables
Style/Genre: Pop holiday
Voicing: Mixed choir w/accompaniment
A cappella?: No
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Song List:
Calypso Holiday
Calypso Carnival
The Proposal
Balance
Water
Yellow Bird
Dance De Limbo
Sound De Fire Alarm
Bamboo-Tamboo
Pig Knuckles and Rice
Like My Heart
Fisherman's Song
Dansez Calenda
Songs of Christmas
Joy to the World/I Saw Three Ships/We Three Kings of Orient Are/O Little Town of Bethlehem (Trad., arr. Norman Luboff)
What Child is This?/Twelve Days of Christmas/Baloo Lammy (Trad., arr. Norman Luboff)
The Holly and the Ivy/A La Nanita Nana/Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine/Whence Comes This Rush of Wings (Trad., arr. Norman Luboff)
The First Nowell/Wassail, Wassail All Over the Town/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Trad., arr. Norman Luboff)
Oh Tannenbaum/O Holy Night/Coventry Carol (Trad., arr. Norman Luboff)
The Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Wassailing).Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)/Deck the Hall With Boughs of Holly/Silent Night, Holy Night (Trad., arr. Norman Luboff)