Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (Deluxe Edition)

• Available October 25th, 2024.
• All ship orders including this title will be held back.

Experience the ultimate holiday collection from the First Lady of Song! This expanded edition of Ella Fitzgerald's classic 1960 album Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas features a second LP with six tracks making their vinyl debut.

For the first time, all of Ella's holiday recordings for Verve Records and Decca Records are together on one collection. Timeless recordings like "Christmas Island" and "Santa Clause Got Stuck (In My Chimney)", plus alternate takes and duets with jazz icons like Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan.

Also included is an essay from journalist Will Friedwald and a sheet a collectable cut-out ornaments. As Ella herself once said, "the only thing better than singing is more singing," and the only thing better than the original Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is the new, deluxe edition!

Deluxe Edition double vinyl produced by Verve Records in 2024.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Jingle Bells
2. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
4. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
5. Sleigh Ride
6. The Christmas Song
7. Good Morning Blues
8. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
9. Winter Wonderland
10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
11. Frosty the Snowman
12. White Christmas
13. The Secret of Christmas
14. We Three Kings of Orient Are / O Little Town of Bethlehem
15. Christmas Island
16. The Christmas Song (Alternate Take)
17. White Christmas (Alternate Take)
18. Frosty the Snowman (Alternate Take)
19. Holiday in Harlem
20. Baby It's Cold Outside (feat. Louis Jordan)
21. Santa Claus Got Stuck (In My Chimney)
22. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You (feat. Louis Armstrong)
23. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (feat. Louis Armstrong)
24. The Christmas Song – Single Version