Classic Christmas Album 2013

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Barbra Streisand: The Classic Christmas Album (2013)

Front cover of The Classic Christmas Album CD
Back cover of The Classic Christmas Album CD
Catalog Number: 
88843 01308 2 (Dec. 2013 digital; Oct. 2014 CD)

ABOUT THE ALBUM:
  • Legacy CD: Released October 8, 2013
  • Streisand Version [Digital]: Released December 5, 2013
  • Streisand Version [CD]: October 7, 2014
  • Compilation Produced by Barbra Streisand & Jay Landers
  • Mastered by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley for The Mastering Lab, Ojai, CA
  • Art Direction: Mike Curry/Skouras Design
  • Photography: Randee St. Nicholas (front cover), Renata Buser (back cover)
Billboard Top Holiday Albums Chart:
  • Debut Chart Date: 10-26-13
  • No. Weeks on Holiday Chart: 11
  • Peak Chart Position: #2

Tracks

  1. Jingle Bells?
  2. I'll Be Home for Christmas
  3. Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)
  4. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
  5. My Favorite Things
  6. Ave Maria
  7. I Remember
  8. One God
  9. Christmas Lullaby
  10. The Best Gift
  11. I Wonder as I Wander
  12. Snowbound
  13. Christmas Mem'ries
  14. Gounod's Ave Maria
  15. The Lord's Prayer
Please note that all of these tracks are previously released.

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, assumed responsibility in 2005 for the preservation and ongoing availability of recordings from the archives of Sony BMG — including Barbra Streisand's record label, Columbia Records.


In October 2013, Legacy released new CDs they titled the Classic Christmas Album series. The CDs collected holiday songs from label artists like Alabama, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Martina McBride, Barbra Streisand, and Andy Williams.

Streisand's Classic Christmas Album contained previously released material, culled from her classic 1967 Christmas Album and her 2001 album of holiday material, Christmas Memories.


Fans should note that there are two versions of Barbra's Classic Christmas Album they may run across:


  • The October 8, 2013 CD has 16 tracks; the cover is slightly differently colored; there is no photo on the back cover. Order from Amazon.com. It also has a different catalog number: 88883 76933 2 5. Please reference the photo below of this CD.
  • The December 5, 2013 iTunes version has 15 tracks; the songs and the song-sequence were handpicked by Miss Streisand herself (see link above).
  • The October 7, 2014 CD (now listed at Amazon as “New Master”) contained the newly sequenced songs from the December 5th version. Streisand's personal involvement yielded a more vibrant red color on the cover and a very special back cover photo from her personal collection (see link above).
The original 2013 version of the CD, with 16 tracks.

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