The Essential Bluegrass Christmas Collection: Christmas Time’s A‐Comin’

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Christmas Time’s A‐Comin’
Bill Monroe2:50
2Christmas Is Near
The Stanley Brothers2:07
3Christmas Time Back Home
recording of:
Christmas Time Back Home
writer:
John Duffey and Ann Hill (songwriter and composer)
publisher:
Zap Publishing Co.
The Country Gentlemen3:09
4Bluegrass Christmas
The McCoury Brothers2:39
5Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
cover recording of:
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
lyricist and composer:
R. Fisher Boyce (in 1938)
Emmylou Harris3:07
6Old‐Fashioned Christmas
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
J.D. Crowe (on 1960-08-17)
double bass:
Junior Huskey (father of Roy Huskey, Jr.) (on 1960-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Willie Ackerman (US studio drummer) (on 1960-08-17)
fiddle:
Herb Hooven (on 1960-08-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Jimmy Martin (US bluegrass musician) (on 1960-08-17)
mandolin:
Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1960-08-17)
background vocals:
Douglas G. Kirkham (on 1960-08-17), Culley Holt (on 1960-08-17), Millie Kirkham (on 1960-08-17) and Marijohn Wilkin (on 1960-08-17)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-08-17)
Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys2:39
7It’s Christmas Time
Larry Sparks2:15
8Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
Lynn Morris2:51
9Merry Christmas From Our House to Yours
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver3:00
10That’s Christmas Time to Me
producer:
Walter Haynes (steel guitarist, producer and songwriter)
banjo:
Bill Holden (US bluegrass banjoist and guitarist) (on 1977-07-28)
bell:
Walter Haynes (steel guitarist, producer and songwriter) (on 1977-07-28)
double bass:
Randy Davis (US bluegrass bassist) (on 1977-07-28)
fiddle:
Buddy Spicher (American country and bluegrass fiddle player) (on 1977-07-28)
guitar:
Wayne Lewis (bluegrass guitarist) (on 1977-07-28) and James Monroe (US bluegrass singer, son of Bill Monroe) (on 1977-07-28)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1977-07-28)
recorded at:
Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States (on 1977-07-28)
recording of:
That’s Christmas Time to Me (on 1977-07-28)
writer:
Virginia Stauffer
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:38
11I’m Goin Home, It’s Christmas Time
Ralph Stanley2:44
12Call Collect On Christmas
Del McCoury3:47
13Jingle Bells
Reno and Smiley1:44
14I Feel the Christmas Spirit
The Isaacs2:58
15The Friendly Beast
The Johnson Mountain Boys2:08
16Away in a Manger
Larry Stephenson3:11
17White Christmas
Larry Sparks2:38
18The First Noel/It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/Joy to the World
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver2:59