The Time–Life Treasury of Christmas, Volume Two

The Time–Life Treasury of Christmas, Volume Two is a mail order Christmas music collection produced by Time–Life Music in cooperation with RCA Records. It is a follow up to the bestselling Time–Life Treasury of Christmas, and was first available in 1987. It contained 48 songs on three LP records, two cassettes or two compact discs. The collection is still available for purchase through Time–Life's website.

The program

Record One, Side One

  1. "The Christmas Song" - Nat King Cole
  2. "Jingle Bells" - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
  3. "The Little Drummer Boy" - Roger Whittaker
  4. "Sleigh Ride" - Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops
  5. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" - Harry Belafonte
  6. "Up on the House Top" - Eddy Arnold
  7. "Irish Carol" - Julie Andrews
  8. "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" - Chet Atkins

Record One, Side Two

  1. "Bless This House" - Perry Como
  2. "Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem/It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" - Canadian Brass
  3. "Christmas Is for Children" - Glen Campbell
  4. "Blue Christmas" - Elvis Presley
  5. "Frosty the Snowman" - Red Foley
  6. "An Old Christmas Card" - Jim Reeves
  7. "In Dulci Jubilo" - The Vienna Choir Boys
  8. "O Come All Ye Faithful" - Ed Ames

Record Two, Side Three

  1. "Silent Night" - Sergio Franchi
  2. "There's No Christmas like a Home Christmas" - Perry Como
  3. "Christmas Day" - The Beach Boys
  4. "Tennessee Christmas" - Alabama
  5. "Home for Christmas" - Morton Gould and the RCA Symphony Orchestra
  6. "Coventry Carol" - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  7. "The Holly and the Ivy" - Roger Whittaker
  8. "O Holy Night" - Luciano Pavarotti

Record Two, Side Four

  1. "White Christmas" - Perry Como
  2. "Winter Wonderland" - The Andrews Sisters
  3. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Bing Crosby
  4. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" - The Robert Shaw Chorale
  5. "The Gifts They Gave" - Harry Belafonte
  6. "The Toy Trumpet" - Arthur Fiedler, Al Hirt and the Boston Pops
  7. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" - Roger Whittaker
  8. "Good King Wenceslas" - The Ames Brothers

Record Three, Side Five

  1. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Bing Crosby
  2. "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" - Jim Reeves
  3. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" - The Supremes
  4. "Jingle Bell Rock" - Chet Atkins
  5. "That Special Time of Year" - Gladys Knight & the Pips
  6. "Pretty Paper" - Willie Nelson
  7. "Old Toy Trains" - Roger Miller
  8. "Medley: We Three Kings/The First Nowell/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - The Robert Shaw Chorale

Record Three, Side Six

  1. "Medley: Here We Come a-Caroling/We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Perry Como
  2. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" - Ed Ames
  3. "Shepherds in the Field Abiding" - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  4. "Joy to the World" - Julie Andrews
  5. "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" - Virgil Fox
  6. "Gesù Bambino" - Luciano Pavarotti
  7. "Ave Maria" (Bach/Gounod) - Renata Tebaldi
  8. "Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah" - The Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra
  • Note: On current CD pressings of The Time–Life Treasury of Christmas, Volume Two, Mel Tormé's version of "The Christmas Song" is featured in place of the Nat King Cole version, and the Supremes' "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" is omitted.

See also

  • The Time–Life Treasury of Christmas