Classic Christmas

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1Joy to the World
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1980)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
2:05
A2Away in a Manger
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
cover recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
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
3:05
A3O Little Town of Bethlehem
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
3:26
A4Silent Night, Holy Night
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
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
3:01
A5It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1980)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
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)
3:38
B1Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
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)
2:25
B2I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
cover recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
2:19
B3O Come All Ye Faithful
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
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)
2:56
B4Little Gray Donkey
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1980)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
cover recording of:
Little Gray Donkey
writer:
Charles Tazewell (radio playwright, children's author) and Roger Wagner
4:41
B5The Christmas Guest
engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
conductor:
Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1980)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (Nashville) in Nashville
cover recording of:
The Christmas Guest
writer:
Grandpa Jones and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
recording of:
The Christmas Guest
writer:
Grandpa Jones and Bill Walker (Australian‐born US composer and conductor)
4:37

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