STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - JOHNNY CASH - THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

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Good morning and Merry Christmas to you all ! We are so happy you joined us for the #1 Christmas record on our 12 Days Of Christmas Countdown. The Christmas Spirit by Johnny Cash was released November 11, 1963 on the Columbia label and produced by  Don Law and Frank Jones. The LP,  Cash's first Christmas album and his overall 17th, peaked at #7 Holiday Albums chart It contains four of his originals and eight covers, including it's sole single, "The Little Drummer Boy" (#24 Holiday Singles, #63 Country Singles). This copy was a recent purchase from The Wax And The Needle.

1. "The Christmas Spirit" (incorporates "O Little Town of Bethlehem") Cash 5:03

2. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jean Baptiste Calkin 2:30

3. "Blue Christmas" Bill Hayes, Jay Johnston 2:25

4. "The Gifts They Gave" Cash 3:34

5. "Here Was a Man" Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter 2:44

6. "Christmas as I Knew It" Cash, June Carter, Jan Howard 3:41

7. "Silent Night" Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr 3:29

8. "The Little Drummer Boy" Katherine Davis, Henri Onerati, Harry Simeone 2:34

9. "Ringing the Bells for Jim" Carter, Howard 2:47

10. "We Are the Shepherds" Cash 3:13

11. "Who Kept the Sheep" Cash, Carter 1:58

12. "Ballad of the Harp Weaver" Edna St. Vincent Millay 4:22

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
Luther Perkins, Grady Martin, Jack Clement - Guitar
Marshall Grant - Bass
W.S. Holland, Buddy Harman - Drums
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bill Pursell - Organ, Piano
Maybelle Carter - Autoharp
Anita Kerr - Organ
Bob Johnson - Flute