Country Christmas

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Blue Christmas
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of “Blue Christmas”)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
3:05
2Silent Night
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
3:26
3White Christmas
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
White Christmas (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
3:49
4Figgy Puddin'
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
2:56
5Here Was a Man
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
Here Was a Man (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
writer:
Johnny Bond (country music guitarist, singer, songwriter and historian) and Tex Ritter
2:43
6Joy to the World
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol) (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
2:43
7O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
3:42
8What Child Is This
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
What Child Is This? (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
4:16
9The First Noel
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
The First Noël (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
4:12
10Away in a Manger
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick) (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
3:26
11O Christmas Tree
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum") (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
3:33
12O Come All Ye Faithful
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
3:18
13It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
3:59
14Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
3:52
15I'll Be Home for Christmas
recording engineer:
Mike Bridges
producer:
Ralph Jungheim (producer, photographer, jazz associated)
recorded at:
Germantown Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (from 1991-06 until 1991-08)
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:18

Credits

Release

photography:Steve Breitborde (Photographer)
graphic design:Harriet Breitborde (designer based in Glendale, California)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3891649 [info]
ASIN:DE: B00002MYGS [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0001134928 [info]