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Disappointing

B.R. | Modesto, CA United States | 12/20/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"If you want a great Bing Crosby Christmas CD purchase the White Christmas CD that shows him on the cover wearing a Santa hat. There you will find all the old favorites including some duets with the Andrew Sisters. This CD is a radio broadcast. It's choppy and doesn't flow like the other one. Some of the renditions are different also. I was very disappointed and wished I had been able to hear it prior to buying it."

Great Classic Christmas CD

elb | 06/20/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's Bing. It's Christmas music. What more do you need to know? There's nothing modern here. It's great background or sing-along music that your grandparents will love."

A Kraft Music Hall Christmas

Gregor von Kallahann | 08/16/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There have been a number of Bing Crosby Kraft Music Hall radio broadcasts released on CD, and they've proven to be quite enjoyable. And I assume they've found their audience. That being the case, there would seem to be no reason NOT to engage in a little truth in advertising and market this CD as what it is: outtakes from his classic broadcasts. The studio version of "White Christmas" (as well as of several other tracks included here) are readily available on numerous other budgetline compilations. This could actually have been marketed as something unique.



In fact, had they left in a bit more of the actual radio banter (as several other CDs in the series did), it would have been even more interesting, fun and (for some) nostalgic. Laserlight didn't need to misrepresent this recording. It would have been a special treat for Crosby fans and for old time radio fans as well.



One special treat is the jazzed up version of "Jingle Bells." Yes, there have been several of those, including a studio take by Crosby himself, but the John Scott Trotter arrangement from this CD is among the cleverest and most musically interesting of all."