Album lore

A Capitol Christmas assembles twenty-four tracks from Capitol’s mid-century vaults, offering a festive collection steeped in swing and jazz-inflected holiday cheer. Released in 2016 on Capitol Catalog MKT, the compilation gathers renditions of standards like “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You),” “Winter Wonderland,” and “White Christmas,” many performed by girl groups whose polished harmonies evoke the era’s easy elegance. “Christmas Island,” a featured track, exemplifies the set’s blend of rhythmic buoyancy and seasonal warmth.The album serves as a seasonal artifact that captures Capitol’s mid-century recording ethos, spotlighting lush arrangements and vocal finesse. The selection is neither exhaustive nor strictly uniform, but it offers a pleasing cross-section of holiday music that remains a staple for crate-diggers drawn to vintage Christmas grooves and the label’s storied canon.

Album lore

A Capitol Christmas assembles twenty-four tracks from Capitol’s mid-century vaults, offering a festive collection steeped in swing and jazz-inflected holiday cheer. Released in 2016 on Capitol Catalog MKT, the compilation gathers renditions of standards like “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You),” “Winter Wonderland,” and “White Christmas,” many performed by girl groups whose polished harmonies evoke the era’s easy elegance. “Christmas Island,” a featured track, exemplifies the set’s blend of rhythmic buoyancy and seasonal warmth.The album serves as a seasonal artifact that captures Capitol’s mid-century recording ethos, spotlighting lush arrangements and vocal finesse. The selection is neither exhaustive nor strictly uniform, but it offers a pleasing cross-section of holiday music that remains a staple for crate-diggers drawn to vintage Christmas grooves and the label’s storied canon.