Christmas with The Chipmunks is the name given to four different Christmas music albums by Alvin and the Chipmunks. These albums were released individually in 1962, 1963, 2007 and 2008.
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Released | 1962 | |||
Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 30:10 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
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Christmas with The Chipmunks was released in 1962 and contains 12 tracks. The album peaked at #33 on Billboard's Best Best For Christmas album chart on December 25, 1965. [2] The tracks from this and its follow-up album, Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 have been in continuous circulation since their original releases; however, at some point since the late 1980s, Volume 2's cover has been given to Volume 1 and vice versa, with the volume number and track listing staying the same. Both albums have been combined and reissued several times since their original release, making the songs the most well known in the Chipmunk canon. The most current version available is a 2012 re-release Chipmunks Christmas. [3]
= originally issued on Around the World with The Chipmunks
= originally issued on Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks
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Released | 1963 | |||
Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 33:10 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Liberty Records (LP) EMI-Manhattan Records (CD) | |||
Producer | Ross Bagdasarian | |||
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Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 was released in 1963 and contains 12 tracks. Like Christmas with The Chipmunks, this volume contained 11 traditional holiday songs and one original composition by Ross Bagdasarian ("Wonderful Day").
Christmas with the Chipmunks (reissue) was released in 2007. The songs in this collection were all 24 songs from Christmas with the Chipmunks and Christmas with the Chipmunks Vol. 2 (although not in their original order of release from both volumes) and, as a bonus song at the end, the 1968 duet with Canned Heat "The Chipmunk Song".
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Released | September 16, 2008 | |||
Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 48:10 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Ross Bagdasarian Sr. | |||
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Christmas with The Chipmunks (reissue) was released in 2008. [9] The songs in this collection were culled from the two previous volumes released by Liberty Records. This version was remixed with heavy reverb added to the tracks.
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