In the Christmas Spirit

In the Christmas Spirit
Studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.s
Released	November 1966
Recorded	1966
Studio	Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	R&B, Southern soul, instrumental rock, Funk
Length	34:09
Label	Stax/Atlantic
Producer	Jim Stewart
Booker T. & the M.G.s chronology
And Now! (1966) In the Christmas Spirit (1966) Hip Hug-Her (1967)

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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. The album features instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols and songs.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont)
2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
5. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
6. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)

Side two

1. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore)
2. "Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson)
3. "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey)
4. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
5. "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.)
6. "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