Hey pallies, likes we're back with 'nother beautiful blast from a past wintry season here at ilovedinomartin. Today we groov-i-ly goes back to our Dino-gram posted on December 12 in the year of our Dino 2016 (Original post found HERE.) That Dino-day we swankly shared Dino-seasonal delight from the hipster wintry blog, "hip christmas - holiday music that rocks, rolls, swings, and twangs," where supreme scriber Mr. Randy Anthony holds forth.
In speakin' of his potently powerful passion for winter seasonal songs, Anthony 'fesses up that "I've got a problem. A big problem. A problem draped in tinsel, hung with mistletoe, and wrapped in red and green - and rock and roll. Somewhere between a few dozen Christmas albums and a few hundred, I had to come clean - I've got a Christmas music monkey on my back."
Well, we here at ilovedinomartin have ubber understandin' for addictions as we always always need our next Dino-fix, and we are awesomely appreciative that Randy's addiction to "holiday music that rocks, rolls, swings, and twangs" has brought us a fantastic feature on our most beloved Dino's amazin' al-b-um recordin's for the Dino-season!
Mr. Anthony has created a marvelous montage of incredible insights on the various incarnations of Dino-wintry croon al-b-ums, makin' this a powerfully pleasurable read. We thanks Randy for his remarkable reflections and 'specially helpin' those younger in Dino to get the big picture of Dino-seasonal croonin'. To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-note.
We Remain,
Yours In Dino,
Dino Martin Peters
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Making Spirits Bright compiles seasonal recordings from 1953 to 1966, including some rare singles and selections from two Christmas albums for two different labels: A Winter Romance (Capitol, 1959) and The Dean Martin Christmas Album (Reprise, 1966). A Winter Romance (repackaged in 1965 as Holiday Cheer) is far the better of the two, a typically suave, sexy Martin LP - though it's as much a concept album about winter as a traditional Christmas album. Rather than blathering on about Santa and Frosty, most of the songs revolve, literally, around romance in winter - c.f. "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm." Rudolph, however, eventually pokes his red nose in....
The Dean Martin Christmas Album was recorded after Dino switched to Reprise, a label founded by his Rat Pack peers. But, by the mid-60's Martin was moving rapidly towards the middle of the road like most old school vocalists. So, unlike A Winter Romance, Christmas Album is a traditional holiday offering - that is, it's a deadly dull affair with little to recommend it beyond Dino's customary croon. Though never reissued verbatim on CD, most of the contents are found on Making Spirits Bright.
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Happily, "Let It Snow" is included twice on Making Spirits Bright - in both the irresistible, original 1959 version and a rare, rockin' 1966 reprise. But sadly, Making Spirits Bright has been deleted, though it's widely available on the second-hand market. No matter, because a very similar package, Christmas With Dino, was issued in 2004 (with yet another variation popping up in 2006). Christmas With Dino expands the former album's track count by two tippling songs and has been remastered - so it's arguably the superior purchase. Regardless, Dean Martin's Christmas music is required listening for all hipster geeks - bottoms up! [top of page]
- A Winter Romance (1959)
- Holiday Cheer (1965)
- The Dean Martin Christmas Album (1966)
- Making Spirits Bright (1998)
- Christmas With Dino (2004)
- My Kind Of Christmas (2009)
- Baby It's Cold Outside (1959)
- The Christmas Blues (1953)
- I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (1959)
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1959)
2 comments:
Man! Randy is DEFINATELY one of us, pal! Meanin'...a SUPER digger of Dino! Loves his wintery reviewin' of ALL the Dino wintery/Christmassy jams! Hits the nail on the head with the "winter music" reference, also. We've mentioned it, more than once, how "Winter Romance" is a "wintery" al b um...rather than simply 'nother Christmas al b um. Which is just 'nother Dino-treasure to us! Can jam on that vinyl right up 'til March 30...as far as I'm concerned, pals! Haha!! Great read!
Hey pallie, likes Danny-o, likes, of course, we 'gree with you man...and we woulda goes so Dino-far as to sez that Dino-wintery croonin' ougha goes on all 12 months of each Dino-year as our Dino's spirit dictates. Keeps lovin' 'n sharin' our mighty marvelous majestic DINO!
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