Description
Tracklist:
A1: Cool Yule
A2: Winter Wonderland (Single Version)
A3: I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
A4: ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?
A5: Christmas In New Orleans
A6: White Christmas
B1: Christmas Night In Harlem
B2: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
B3: Moments To Remember
B4: What A Wonderful World
B5: A Visit From St. Nicholas
Comes with a plain white inner sleeve with curved corners. The shrink-wrap has a hype sticker on the front and may have a ‘Made in France’ sticker on the back.
[From back cover]
Mastering: Seth Foster at Universal Music Mastering Studios, NY
On ‘A Visit From St. Nicholas’ [track B5]:
Armstrong read it twice on one of his reel-to-reel tapes […]. For this release, one of Armstrong’s unedited readings is being issued for the first time.
Poem recorded by Louis Armstrong at his home on Feb. 26, 1971
Sullivan Fortner’s piano accompaniment recorded May 17, 2022 at Sear Sound, NYC.
[From back cover and labels]
A Verve Records / UMe Release 2022 UMe / Verve Label Group, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
[From hype sticker]
First Louis Armstrong Christmas record ever
Features a never-before-heard spoken word track “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
Runouts are etched except ‘STERLING’ on both sides is stamped, and ‘[MPO logo] 22 282814’ on side A and ‘[MPO logo] 22 282218’ on side B are laser etched.
