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*[[Donald "Duck" Dunn|Donald Dunn]] - [[bass guitar]], [[claves]] on "White Christmas" |
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*[[Al Jackson Jr.]] - [[drums]], [[percussion]] |
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In the Christmas Spirit | ||||
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Released | November 1966 | |||
Recorded | 1966 | |||
Studio | Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Southern soul, instrumental rock | |||
Length | 34:09 | |||
Label | Stax/Atlantic | |||
Producer | Jim Stewart | |||
Booker T. & the M.G.s chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | link |
In the Christmas Spirit is the fourth album by the R&B/soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in November 1966. It charted 9 weeks peaking at #13 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart December 2, 1967.[1] The album features instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols and songs.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont)
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
- "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
- Side two
- "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore)
- "Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson)
- "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey)
- "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
- "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.)
- "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional)
Personnel
- Booker T. & the M.G.s
- Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ, piano, vibraphone
- Steve Cropper - guitar, bass guitar on "White Christmas"
- Donald Dunn - bass guitar, claves on "White Christmas"
- Al Jackson Jr. - drums, percussion
References
- ^ "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 79, no. 48, December 2, 1967, p. 8. worldradiohistory.com.