Various Artists – Christmas #1’s – Target Exclusive Vinyl Record

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Various Artists – Christmas #1's – Target Exclusive Vinyl Record

Christmas #1's presents Various Artists in a release with a clear musical identity rather than a loose collection of songs. This holiday collection focuses on enduring seasonal recordings, bringing together crooners, early rock-and-roll hits, soul performances, children’s favorites, and traditional songs. The album invites complete-sequence listening: individual tracks have enough character to stand alone, but the writing, performances, and production reveal more when the program is allowed to unfold in its intended order.

Elton John leads into Vince Gill and Nat King Cole, while Brenda Lee, Bobby Helms, the Jackson 5, Louis Armstrong, Gene Autry, Burl Ives, the Temptations, and Bing Crosby carry the broad program. That ordering gives the record a natural sense of movement, with the opening establishing its world, the middle deepening or complicating the mood, and the closing selections leaving the final impression. Transitions in tempo, texture, and point of view become especially noticeable when the songs are heard together instead of reduced to a few familiar singles.

Orchestral warmth, playful novelty, gospel-rooted harmony, country ease, and jukebox energy give the collection contrast while keeping the mood festive. The production supports those choices without flattening the performers into one unchanging sound. Vocals, rhythm, instrumental color, and space are balanced from track to track, allowing immediate hooks to coexist with smaller details that become clearer after several plays.

Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic

Track Listing

Track 1 — Side A — Step Into Christmas — Elton John

Track 2 — Side A — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas — Vince Gill

Track 3 — Side A — The Christmas Song — Nat King Cole

Track 4 — Side A — Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree — Brenda Lee

Track 5 — Side A — The Chipmunk Song — The Chipmunks

Track 6 — Side A — Jingle Bell Rock — Bobby Helms

Track 7 — Side A — Santa Claus Is Coming to Town — The Jackson 5

Track 8 — Side B — Cool Yule — Louis Armstrong and the Commanders

Track 9 — Side B — A Holly Jolly Christmas — Burl Ives

Track 10 — Side B — The Little Drummer Boy — The Harry Simeone Chorale

Track 11 — Side B — Silent Night — The Temptations

Track 12 — Side B — Do You Hear What I Hear? — Do Re Mi Children’s Chorus

Track 13 — Side B — White Christmas — Bing Crosby