http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2

Holiday Hits 2008
This year, we've teamed up with some of the biggest names in the music business to create a one-of-a-kind holiday mix. It's our gift to you!

These eight songs can be downloaded free for the next 48 hours.

Download the CD cover (http://media.oprah.com/video/200811/pdf/O_holidayhits_CDcover.pdf)
Download the CD label (http://media.oprah.com/video/200811/pdf/O_holidayhits_CDlabel.pdf)

To download songs:
If you're on a PC, right-click (Mac users: Ctrl-click) on a song link. Internet Explorer users, select "Save Target As"; Firefox users select "Save Link As".
Select where you wish to save the file on your computer, and then click on "Save".
Once the file has been saved, go to the location where you saved the file and open the file to begin listening.
To learn how to burn songs onto a CD (for your personal use only) click here (http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/home/homeimprovement/slideshow3_ss_personal/4)

Holiday Hits 2008

Faith Hill, "Joy to the World" from the album Joy to the World

Tony Bennett, "I'll be Home for Christmas" from the album A Swingin' Christmas

Il Divo, "O Holy Night" from the album The Christmas Collection

Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from the album Noel

Brian McKnight, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from the album I'll Be Home for Christmas

Amy Grant, "O Come All Ye Faithful" from the album The Christms Collection

Harry Connick Jr., "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" from the album What a Night! A Christmas Album

Aretha Franklin, "Silent Night" from the album This Christmas

Oprah (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=1&afsrc=1) is offering a free download of 8 holiday classics performed by popular artists for the next 48 hours. Thanks MNLPHS
The songs include:

Faith Hill "Joy to the World (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=2&afsrc=1)"
Tony Bennett, "I'll be Home for Christmas (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=3&afsrc=1)"
Il Divo, "O Holy Night (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=4&afsrc=1)"
Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=5&afsrc=1)"
Brian McKnight, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=6&afsrc=1)"
Amy Grant, "O Come All Ye Faithful (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=7&afsrc=1)"
Harry Connick Jr., "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=8&afsrc=1)"
Aretha Franklin, "Silent Night (http://slickdeals.net/?pno=15828&lno=9&afsrc=1)"

Heres a folder will all the songs in it (i downloaded it the last time oprah had this up)
Link (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c4e9d44fb0bfc1cd34ec03e3e223c21fec573ead c231806b)



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Awesome Thanks !!

Nice - good for a little traveling music. Thanks, w/rep.

Awesome Thanks !!

That was the Bear.
Say, ya'll from around here (Prattville/Bham/Mtgy)?

That was the Bear.
Say, ya'll from around here (Prattville/Bham/Mtgy)?

Yea I thought it was a great quote...25 m. south of Huntsville

Thanks =) Thumbed and repped!

That was the Bear.
Say, ya'll from around here (Prattville/Bham/Mtgy)?


I'm in Birmingham. :wave:

Thanks!

Thanks thumbs up & repped.

Thank you :D

Strange,

My computer is opening them as quicktime and I cannot figure out how to save them.
tried with three browsers.

Anyone?

Try either right clicking on the name of the album, then select "Save link as..." or if you're on a mac, Option (or Control) click, then select "Save link as..."

I know those two work in Firefox, on a mac too.

This is awesome! Thanks!
Last Christmas was so ho-hum for me. I'm getting into the spirit this year. :)

Got'em

Thanks!

dang, free music but really low quality!

oh well,
merry christmas.

Try either right clicking on the name of the album, then select "Save link as..." or if you're on a mac, Option (or Control) click, then select "Save link as..."

I know those two work in Firefox, on a mac too.
Strange,

Thanks though.

usually I do not have to right/option click to save.

double fingers on my laptop keypad worked or control on my mac.

Thanks

dang, free music but really low quality!

oh well,
merry christmas.

I know, right? Only 3 songs are tagged (Tony Bennett, Faith Hill, Aretha Franklin) and 2 songs are 96 kbps (Brian McKnight and Il Divo).

Thank You so much! Great post :thumbup:

Thanks!!!

thanks

thankss

Wife'll like this.

Repped!

Perfect, thanks!

who is il divo? is that the italian devo?

Thanx, can't beat free, but beware some of these are a bit cheezy on the sound quality (96kbps).

thanks OP, never would have known as i have very little interest in oprah-related things

who is il divo? is that the italian devo?

Yes. They are actually very good.

I'll burn this on CD and play it in repeat mode at my home. Xmas feel, thx Oprah!

Holiday Hits acquired. :rock:

Thanks, will put this in good use

Wonderful! Thank you, OP! 4 reps an a big TU!!!

awesome

music to shop by:lol:

Yeah, it is too bad the Il Divo track is such low quality. If you can get this track (or almost any of their tracks) via FLAC and you have a FLAC decoder (ie Some Sandisk MP3 players or WinAmp), their tracks send chills through me... Really great vocals IMHO!

Thanks! This is perfect for getting in the Christmas spirit.

Thanks!

Wherei s Kristin? And why didn't she post this? :lol:









Thanks OP! :)

Holiday classics? Every single one of those looks like a Christmas song to me. Why bother relabeling it the more generic term?

Maybe they should include some traditional Hannukah, Kwanzaa, and Solstice songs for the sake of winter holiday diversity.

Thanks, repped!

And in terms of that Bear Bryant quote, I'm sure those Auburn coaches were already out on the practice field by 6 AM instead of in their offices. :)

War Eagle!
AU Alum '05

Thanks OP and repped, but dang shipping kills this deal :D

Free is free, but you'd think Oprah would at least take the time to encode these properly and enter correct tag information.

Thanks!

thanks.

thanks, passed along to my mom :)

Thanks for posting!

good find man!

Thanks!

Merry CHRISTmas, OP
repped

thanks for the tip, nice little collection!

Thanks, repped!

And in terms of that Bear Bryant quote, I'm sure those Auburn coaches were already out on the practice field by 6 AM instead of in their offices. :)

War Eagle!
AU Alum '05

:teehee:
See ya Saturday :wave:

Thanks!

Merry CHRISTmas, OP
repped

It is not even Thanksgiving, yet!

Free is free, but you'd think Oprah would at least take the time to encode these properly and enter correct tag information.

Oprah pirates music!!! Someone should stuff an apple in her mouth, wrap her in giant leaves, bury her in a pit for few days, then feed her to the hungry!!!!

Merry Xmas, OPRAH!!!

thanks! repped.

Downloaded, burned to CD. Thank you very much.

repped. i actually really ike this

thanks for posting! Oprah is balling!!

Thanks and repped.

Nice, great find!

Thank You :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:

Thanks OP. And it's nice that they are encoded at a decent bitrate, instead of something cheap. This goes well with the "Seriously West Coast" Christmas songs that were from last year at this time (11/23/07 to be exact). Long live Slick Deals!!:woot:

Yes. They are actually very good.
I'll buy that they're Italian but they don't sound like Devo at all!

I'll buy that they're Italian but they don't sound like Devo at all!

Actually none of them are Italian. I only know because I went to their website.

I liked that rendition of O Holy Night. I'm gonna try to get ahold of more of Il Divo's music.

free music...yessss...thank you

Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from the album Noel

I have this CD is and it is awesome! :nod: I :heart: Josh Groban!

I just shopped the album artwork, ready for iTunes (400x400):

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5777/holidayhitscx1.jpg

Roll Tide!

Thanks for spreading the holiday joy. Now I don't have to listen to those annoying musical lights my wife keeps playing...:sleepy: :sleepy: :sleepy:

in, repped

question: anyone have trouble with the music once it was burned to a CD? My husband made a CD and some of the songs play nicely, and others just stop abruptly in the middle of the song.....

Thanks, although a couple are low quality....wow..

:thumbsup:

Very nice find. :hug: Much appreciated and repp'd

outstanding :bounce:

Thanks, repped!

And in terms of that Bear Bryant quote, I'm sure those Auburn coaches were already out on the practice field by 6 AM instead of in their offices. :)

War Eagle!
AU Alum '05


Repped! Yeah!!
WAR EAGLE!! It is always 2 different teams that show upon that Saturday. In the end only ONE game matters...The Iron Bowl!

thanks :thumbup: and repped.. mom loves holiday music so yay! thanks

:clap:

Thank you!! Can't beat a little free music to get you in the Christmas spirit!

Thanks

Thanks OP!
This is where DownThemAll for Firefox comes in handy! :)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

i like electro,i like it retro,house and tekno

Very nice. :nod:

Thx. And to think I was naughty this past year and still I get free music. The irony is, I'll have to take back some of the bad things I said about Oprah. LOL

@ neolgism (you're kinda right but none the less... ) you scrooge!

thanks

Thanks

For those of you who just want a copy of the album cover to drag into iTunes or whatever, here ya go.

I just shopped the album artwork, ready for iTunes (400x400):

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5777/holidayhitscx1.jpg

Roll Tide!
Wish I saw this sooner, wouldn't have done it myself. :)

Thanks for the heads up, thread starter. But damn, the quality on some of these MP3s are horrible. For example, O Holy Night is ripped at a crummy 96 kbps. :(

I was hoping Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas is you" would've been offered. :sadwalk:

thanks!

Thanks....MERRY CHRISTMAS

Thanks!

Thanks so much! LOVE the free music! Repped of course!http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2

Holiday Hits 2008
This year, we've teamed up with some of the biggest names in the music business to create a one-of-a-kind holiday mix. It's our gift to you!

These eight songs can be downloaded free for the next 48 hours.

Download the CD cover (http://media.oprah.com/video/200811/pdf/O_holidayhits_CDcover.pdf)
Download the CD label (http://media.oprah.com/video/200811/pdf/O_holidayhits_CDlabel.pdf)

To download songs:
If you're on a PC, right-click (Mac users: Ctrl-click) on a song link. Internet Explorer users, select "Save Target As"; Firefox users select "Save Link As".
Select where you wish to save the file on your computer, and then click on "Save".
Once the file has been saved, go to the location where you saved the file and open the file to begin listening.
To learn how to burn songs onto a CD (for your personal use only) click here (http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/home/homeimprovement/slideshow3_ss_personal/4)

Holiday Hits 2008

Faith Hill, "Joy to the World" from the album Joy to the World

Tony Bennett, "I'll be Home for Christmas" from the album A Swingin' Christmas

Il Divo, "O Holy Night" from the album The Christmas Collection

Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from the album Noel

Brian McKnight, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from the album I'll Be Home for Christmas

Amy Grant, "O Come All Ye Faithful" from the album The Christms Collection

Harry Connick Jr., "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" from the album What a Night! A Christmas Album

Aretha Franklin, "Silent Night" from the album This Christmas

Most of the songs are great disregard the bit rates. However, the weakest one in my opinion is the Aretha Franklin's Silent Night. The next is the Amy Grant's O Come All Ye Faithful. Not about their voices that I don't like, it's the music arrangement. Many of these songs are classic and traditional Christmas songs. But nowaday all these artists always want to rearrange the music. I understand that each one wants to have their personality imprinted on the songs but, come on, respect and preserve the traditional and classical nature of these holiday songs. I remember last year in one of the late night talk shows. One young female singer (forgot her name) sang one Christmas song with a very disgusting arrangement - we thought that she was stoned. We ended up turned off the TV. I know this is my personal opinion. You may see it very differently.

I agree with many SD'ers here that Divo's O Holy Night is great - so do Faith Hill, Tony Bennett and Josh Groban.

Happy Thanksgiving to all SD'ers. Sleep early and start the BF 2008 early (not much good deals this year plus I am broke. :weeping: )

Thanks!

I'm unable to click on any songs, this might be dead now.

I'm unable to click on any songs, this might be dead now.

Don't worry - you didn't miss much.

Oprah has 8 songs that you can download for free from her website (http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2). It includes a CD Cover download and a CD Label download to go with the songs. Hurry though! It's only available for the next 48 hours, until Sat., 12/20.

Songs Available
1. Faith Hill, "Joy to the World" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/Joy-To-The-World.mp3) from the album Joy to the World
2. Tony Bennett, "I'll be Home for Christmas" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/Ill-Be-Home-For-Christmas.mp3) from the album A Swingin' Christmas
3. Il Divo, "O Holy Night" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/O-Holy-Night.mp3) from the album The Christmas Collection
4. Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/It-Came-Upon-A-Midnight-Clear-Album-Version.mp3) from the album Noel
5. Brian McKnight, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/Most-Wonderful-Time.mp3) from the album I'll Be Home
6. Amy Grant, "O Come All Ye Faithful" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/O-Come-All-Ye-Faithful.mp3) from the album The Christms Collection
7. Harry Connick Jr., "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/Its-Begining-To-Look-A-Lot-Like-Christmas.mp3) from the album What a Night! A Christmas Album
8. Aretha Franklin, "Silent Night" (http://media.oprah.com/sterm/Silent-Night.mp3) from the album This Christmas

There was a similar offer in November but it expired. Go to the website and follow the instructions!

Oprah is offering free Christmas music for you to download for the next 48 hours. She is providing the Cd cover and label.

Here are some of the artists:

Holiday Hits 2008

Faith Hill, "Joy to the World" from the album Joy to the World

Tony Bennett, "I'll be Home for Christmas" from the album A Swingin' Christmas

Il Divo, "O Holy Night" from the album The Christmas Collection

Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from the album Noel

Brian McKnight, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from the album I'll Be Home for Christmas

Amy Grant, "O Come All Ye Faithful" from the album The Christms Collection

Harry Connick Jr., "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" from the album What a Night! A Christmas Album

Aretha Franklin, "Silent Night" from the album This Christmas

Go to this website and download the music:

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2

Merry Christmas!

thanks and repped, nothing beats free; and I swear I don't watch oprah, I'm a manly-man

I thought this was from about three weeks ago on the freebie page? Isn't it expired by now?

thanks

Thanks OP!

Repost:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1039900

will these transfer onto a sansa or zune?

will these transfer onto a sansa or zune?

They're regular MP3's. Shouldn't be a issue on the sansa, don't know how the zune works. Drag and drop?

These are NOT DEAD! The songs are STILL AVAILABLE!!!

Downloaded for the wife's collection.....

Reps and thumbs up!

H8 Opra. Love free songs.

Thanks so much for this!!!!!

Your welcome guys! I am just glad I got thumbs up, etc.. this is only my second post! :)

thanks.....

H8 Opra. Love free songs.

I am no fan of oprah either but i love the free songs:nod:

Thank you!

repped and thumbs! thanks!

I love Oprah, but I don't really like her.

Free songs...good!

yeah! Who doesn't like free Christmas music!! She could've given us some more freebies though!!

thanks

got it - great music ... thanks!

....Oprah is offering free Christmas music for you to download for the next 48 hours. She is providing the Cd cover and label.
Go to this website and download the music:
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2

Yay!! I feel loved!! :D

Free down load of Holiday 2008 album. The web site says only for 48 hours only but does not give a starting time. You must go to the site to get this. link:http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2

From the site: Holiday Hits 2008
This year, we've teamed up with some of the biggest names in the music business to create a one-of-a-kind holiday mix. It's our gift to you!

These eight songs can be downloaded free for the next 48 hours.


Holiday Hits 2008

Faith Hill, "Joy to the World" from the album Joy to the World
www.amazon.com
© 2008 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Tony Bennett, "I'll be Home for Christmas" from the album A Swingin' Christmas
www.tonybennett.net
© 2008 Sony Music Entertainment

Il Divo, "O Holy Night" from the album The Christmas Collection
www.Ildivo.com
© 2005 Simco Limited exclusively licensed to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited

Josh Groban, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from the album Noel
www.joshgroban.com
© 2007 Reprise Records

Brian McKnight, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from the album I'll Be Home for Christmas
www.bmcknight.com
© 2008 Razor & Tie Direct, LLC

Amy Grant, "O Come All Ye Faithful" from the album The Christms Collection
www.amygrant.com
© 2008 Amy Grant Productions

Harry Connick Jr., "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" from the album What a Night! A Christmas Album
www.hconnickjr.com
© 2008 Sony Music Entertainment

Aretha Franklin, "Silent Night" from the album This Christmas
www.borders.com
© 2008 DMI Records

The web site gives details of how to get these free. There is also: Download the CD cover PDF
Download the CD label PDF

This has been up for at least a month.

This was good from 11/26 to 11/28
It is expired now

Thanks!...You just have to right click the links on the page and save them (they save as .mp3)

This has been up for at least a month.

nope this is something different

This was good from 11/26 to 11/28
It is expired now

I just got done down loading it 12-20-08 not expired

thanks!

nope this is something different



I just got done down loading it 12-20-08 not expired
Just did it thanks OP

We should mark this milestone - Oprah releases something (albeit a digital holiday album download) that does not have her face on the cover :) woohoo!

Good find OP - this will make it appear that I am getting in the holiday spirit without having to spend a lousy dime. Bah Humbug.

This was good from 11/26 to 11/28
It is expired now

Works just fine. Try it before making a comment

Worked for me! Thx!

yugh shes fat

nope this is something different

No, it's not. (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=1039900) :shake:

yugh shes fat

Let's see a pic of you then, Gwyneth Paltrow.

Thanks again OP for a good deal

:shake:

This has been up for at least a month.

This was good from 11/26 to 11/28
It is expired now

Same songs as before, but available again now.

nope this is something different



I just got done down loading it 12-20-08 not expired

Works just fine. Try it before making a comment

Perhaps you should do your homework... Try reading this thread (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1039900), where these same songs were originally posted.

OP, you were beat by someone in the Freebies section here (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=144949&t=1086014).

Got all eight, can't complain with free.

Thanks OP, I rarely check the freebies section so I would have never seen this.

nope this is something different

This is the EXACT same thing that was on Oprah's show a few weeks ago. I downloaded it then.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=254624&t=1039900

I use to like her until she got so Political with Bammie...UGGG

Thanks nice post. The show just ran again. That is why it is still up.

dang I already have most of these...

I'll pass.

I like these songs but not by any of these artists.
I like the artists (most of them) but not their versions of these songs.

I like the slower beat more classical versions. Think "Bing Crosbyish."
.

The Queen of Soul is singing to me as I type! Thanks OP!

Every song has a different bitrate (320, 192, 96, 128...etc) That's lame.

Thanks..repped.

Not an Oprah fan - but I'm a big fan of free...

Not an Oprah fan - but I'm a big fan of free...

Ditto. Thanks OP

Thanks for posting, OP. I don't check out the freebie section very often so I would have missed it. Repped and :thumbsup:

thanks for the post op repped

Oprah makes me sick

This is still valid

I reposted it when I saw that it was back and up again.. Why did my post get merged with all of this.

I reposted it when I saw that it was back and up again.. Why did my post get merged with all of this.

The answer lies in your question: because you reposted.

I reposted it when I saw that it was back and up again.. Why did my post get merged with all of this.

I searched Hot deals for this yesterday and nothing came up so I posted it. I logged in tonight, and found all this. I guess it was posted in freebies the first time the Oprah show was on, then it expired When the show was aired again (Friday the 19th), it became active again. That is when we posted it, you in freebies and I in hot deals. Soon after, they were all merged eliminating our ability to get repped for letting everyone it was alive again.:(
P.S. Thanks to those of you who did rep me before the merge, I appreciate it!