Ultimate Christmas
"Winter Symphony" redirects here. For the album by Sarah Brightman, see
A Winter Symphony.
Ultimate Christmas is a 1998 compilation of Christmas music by the Beach Boys released on Capitol Records. It rounds up all of the tracks from 1964's The Beach Boys' Christmas Album in addition to a handful of unreleased tracks from the aborted Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys album in 1977, some of which were revised to be included on M.I.U. Album the following year.[1]
As a collection of the Beach Boys' Christmas tunes, Ultimate Christmas manages to round up virtually every song the band recorded and released on the subject. In 2004 Capitol took it out of print and replaced it with Christmas with The Beach Boys, essentially the same compilation with new cover art and one song ("Christmas Time Is Here Again") removed from the tracklist.
Reception
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Ultimate Christmas (Capitol 72434 95734 2 0) never charted in the US or the UK.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Little Saint Nick" | Brian Wilson, Mike Love | Mike Love |
2:01 |
| 2. |
"The Man with All the Toys" | Brian Wilson, Love | Brian Wilson and Love |
1:32 |
| 3. |
"Santa's Beard" | Brian Wilson, Love | Love |
2:00 |
| 4. |
"Merry Christmas, Baby" | Brian Wilson | Love |
2:21 |
| 5. |
"Christmas Day" | Brian Wilson | Al Jardine |
1:47 |
| 6. |
"Frosty the Snowman" | Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins | Brian Wilson |
1:54 |
| 7. |
"We Three Kings of Orient Are" | John Henry Hopkins | Love and Brian Wilson |
4:03 |
| 8. |
"Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson | Brian Wilson |
3:09 |
| 9. |
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | Brian Wilson and Love |
2:20 |
| 10. |
"White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | Brian Wilson |
2:29 |
| 11. |
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | Brian Wilson |
2:44 |
| 12. |
"Auld Lang Syne" | Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson | group |
1:19 |
| 13. |
"Little Saint Nick" (Single version) | Brian Wilson, Love | Love |
2:08 |
| 14. |
"Auld Lang Syne" (Alternate mix) | Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson | group |
1:23 |
| 15. |
"Little Saint Nick" (Alternate version) | Brian Wilson, Love | Brian Wilson and Love |
2:04 |
| 16. |
"Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" | Brian Wilson, Stephen Kalinich | Brian Wilson and Love |
2:49 |
| 17. |
"Santa's Got an Airplane" | Alan Jardine, Brian Wilson, Love | Love and Al Jardine |
3:09 |
| 18. |
"Christmas Time Is Here Again" | Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Jardine | Jardine |
3:02 |
| 19. |
"Winter Symphony" | Brian Wilson | Brian Wilson |
3:00 |
| 20. |
"(I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Brian Wilson, Jardine | Al, Matt and Adam Jardine |
2:23 |
| 21. |
"Melekalikimaka" (aka "Kona Christmas") | Jardine, Love | Love and Jardine |
2:34 |
| 22. |
"Bells of Christmas" | Jardine, Ron Altbach, Love | Love |
2:44 |
| 23. |
"Morning Christmas" | Dennis Wilson | Dennis Wilson |
3:22 |
| 24. |
"Toy Drive Public Service Announcement" | | |
1:23 |
| 25. |
"Dennis Wilson Christmas Message" | | |
0:31 |
| 26. |
"Brian Wilson Christmas Interview" | | |
2:35 |
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