Christmas Songs By Sinatra

First version of the LP issue, released with a green cover design and "nonbreakable vinylite" text. Issued on red Columbia "Long Playing"/"Microgroove" labels. Track A4 on jacket: Adeste Fideles Only "Christmas Songs by Sinatra" appears as title on front cover; no "Frank Sinatra," which appears on back cover and labels. LP reissue of four-disc 78 RPM album set [url=/release/5972805-Frank-Sinatra-Christmas-Songs-By-Sinatra]Columbia C-167[/url]. Not a compilation. While the first four tracks were previously available as single 10" 78 RPM records, the remainder were prepared exclusively for this album set as first released October 1948: A1 - Side A of [url=/release/3187908]Columbia 36756[/url] (November 1944); A2 - Side A of [url=/master/1481200]Columbia 37152[/url] (November 1946). A3, A4 - Both sides of [url=/master/909293]Columbia 37145[/url] (October 1946). Track recording details not on release: A1: Recorded November 14, 1944, New York City; A2, A4: Recorded August 8, 1946, Hollywood, California; A3: Recorded August 27, 1945, Hollywood, California; B1, B2, B4: Recorded December 28, 1947, Hollywood, California; B3: Recorded July 3, 1947, Hollywood, California.

• A1 | White Christmas
• A2 | Jingle Bells
• A3 | Silent Night, Holy Night
• A4 | Adeste Fideles = O, Come All Ye Faithful
• B1 | O Little Town Of Bethlehem
• B2 | It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
• B3 | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• B4 | Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town