The Christmas Spirit

Kritikk
The Christmas Spirit Studioalbum av Johnny Cash

Språk	engelsk
Utgjeve	November 1963
Innspelt	14. august 1959 - 17. september 1963
Sjanger	Country
Selskap	Columbia
Produsent	Don Law, Frank Jones
Allmusic ^[1]
Johnny Cash-kronologi
Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963)	The Christmas Spirit	The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash (1964)

The Christmas Spirit er det syttande albumet, og den fyrste joleplata, til countryartisten Johnny Cash. Det vart utgitt av Columbia Records i november 1963. Albumet inneheld fire jolesongar skrive av Cash, og åtte songar av andre låtskrivarar, blant anna "Blue Christmas", "Silent Night" og "Little Drummer Boy".

Innspeling

"The Little Drummer Boy" vart spelt inn 14. august 1959. "Blue Christmas", "Silent Night" og "The Christmas Spirit" vart spelt inn 6. juni 1962. "The Gifts They Gave" og "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" vart spelt inn 26. mars 1963. "Who Kept the Sheep" vart spelt inn 28. og 29. juni 1963. "Christmas as I Knew It" vart spelt inn 10. juli 1963. Resten av songane vart spelt inn 17. og natt til 18. september 1963. Alle songane vart spelt inn i Columbia Recording Studio (tidlegare Bradley Film & Recording Studio) i Nashville, Tennessee.^[2]

Innhald

Nr.	Tittel	Lengd
1.	«The Christmas Spirit» (Cash)
2.	«I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day» (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John B. Calkin)
3.	«Blue Christmas» (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnston)
4.	«The Gifts They Gave» (Cash)
5.	«Here Was a Man» (Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter)
6.	«Christmas as I Knew It» (June Carter, Jan Howard)
7.	«Silent Night"» (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr)
8.	«The Little Drummer Boy"» (Katherine Davis, Henri Onerati, Harry Simeone)
9.	«Ringing the Bells for Jim» (June Carter, Jan Howard)
10.	«We Are the Shepherds» (Cash)
11.	«Who Kept the Sheep» (Cash, June Carter)
12.	«Ballad of the Harp Weaver» (Vincent Millay)

Medverkande

Johnny Cash - Vokal, gitar
Luther Perkins, Grady Martin, Jack Clement - Gitar
Marshall Grant - Bass
W.S. Holland, Buddy Harman - Trommer
Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bill Pursell - Orgel, piano
Maybelle Carter - Autoharpe
Anita Kerr - Orgel
Bob Johnson - Fløyte

Listeplassering

Album - Billboard (Nordamerika)

År	Hitliste	Posisjon
1963	Pop Albums	7

Singlar - Billboard (Nordamerika)

År	Singel	Hitliste	Posisjon
1959	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Country Singles	24
1959	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Country Singles	63

Kjelder

Luma Electronic entry on The Christmas Spirit Arkivert 2002-05-28 ved Wayback Machine.

Denne artikkelen bygger på «en:The Christmas Spirit» frå Wikipedia på engelsk, den 14. august 2011.

[1] ttp://www.allmusic.com/album/r132797

[2] ttp://www.hankwilliamsdiscography.com/p/JohnnyCash/index.html

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