Wonderland: Yulesville

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
From the creators of the Grammy Award winning Ultra-Lounge Series comes a new collection of timeless music called Wonderland - adventures in popular culture.

Yulesville – Snowballs and highballs from Santa’s cooler: This novel collection of sixteen hot toddies is so intoxicating that Jack Frost might take a nip (or two). This garland of hep cats and kittens includes Pearl Bailey "Jingle Bells, Cha, Cha, Cha", Leon Redbone "That Old Christmas Moon", Booker T and the MG’s "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", as well as Louie Prima, Claudine Longet, Lionel Hampton, Ann-Margret, Duke Ellington, Tiny Tim and many more. Nuttier than Grandma’s fruitcake, more outrageous than the sugar plum fairy - It’s enough to make your bells jingle. Welcome to the other Tinseltown!

Tracks:

Jingle Bells Cha-Cha-Cha - Pearl Bailey
Winter Wonderland - Dean Martin
I'd Like You For Christmas - Julie London
The Christmas Song - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
White Christmas - Lionel Hampton
That Old Christmas Moon - Leon Redbone
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Marlowe Morris
Snow - Claudine Longet
Let It Snow/Santa Suit - Four Piece Suit
It Happened In Sun Valley - Randy Van Horne Singers
Shake Hands With Santa Claus - Louis Prima
Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy) - Duke Ellington
Christmas Trees And Holly Leaves - Holly Cole
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Al Hirt
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Booker T. & The MG's
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Tiny Tim

Album Description

From the creators of the Grammy Award winning Ultra-Lounge Series comes a new collection of timeless music called Wonderland - adventures in popular culture.

Yulesville - Snowballs and highballs from Santa's cooler: This novel collection of sixteen hot toddies is so intoxicating that Jack Frost might take a nip (or two). This garland of hep cats and kittens includes Pearl Bailey "Jingle Bells, Cha, Cha, Cha", Leon Redbone "That Old Christmas Moon", Booker T and the MG's "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", as well as Louie Prima, Claudine Longet, Lionel Hampton, Ann-Margret, Duke Ellington, Tiny Tim and many more. Nuttier than Grandma's fruitcake, more outrageous than the sugar plum fairy - It's enough to make your bells jingle. Welcome to the other Tinseltown!

Customer Reviews:

Party music.......2004-03-13

The Duke Ellington riff on the Dance of the Sugar Plum fairy alone is worth the price of this CD. Better than all of the prepackaged tripe out there today. This is perfect if you want to be different from all the other Christmas coctail parties that will be playing pale imitations of these pieces.

What was it they were thinking?.......2004-01-03

This is one of the worst holiday grouping you will ever buy, just to own one of the most treasured gems I have in my 4,000 + music collection. Sergio Mendes & Brazill 66, doing Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song" is one of the most unbelievable versions you will ever hear. The fact they omitted it in the review, yet thankfully made it auditionable, will prove my point. The whole version of this gem by the second Brazil will be your first pick for decades!! Throw the rest away! Incidently Johnny Mandel is the arranger!

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