- The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
Infobox Album |
Name = The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
Type =Album
Artist =Johnny Cash
Released = November 1972
Recorded = 1972
Genre = Country
Length = 38:20
Label = Columbia
Producer =Larry Butler
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0a2gtq3znu44 link]
Last album = ""
(1972)
This album = "The Johnny Cash Family Christmas"
(1972)
Next album = "International Superstar "
(1972)"The Johnny Cash Family Christmas" is a
Christmas album by country singerJohnny Cash , released onColumbia Records in 1972 (see1972 in music ). It is Cash's second Christmas album, the first one being the 1963 release entitled "The Christmas Spirit ". The album includes less original Cash material than its predecessor, and contains narrations and dialogue featuring Cash's family and friends, between tracks. In all, three songs were written or co-written by Cash, while two, "Christmas as I Knew It" and "Silent Night", had been featured on "The Christmas Spirit".June Carter Cash ,Marshall Grant ,Tommy Cash , Harold Reid, Larry Butler,Maybelle Carter ,Anita Carter ,Carl Perkins andLew DeWitt are among those featured on the album.Track listing
# Opening Narration (Cash)
# "King of Love" (Harold Reid )
# Narration
# "Jingle Bells " (James Pierpont)
# Narration
# "That Christmasy Feeling" (Jimmy Peppers, Tommy Cash)
# Narration
# "My Merry Christmas Song" (Larry Butler)
# Narration
# "Merry Christmas Mary" (Larry Lee , Glenn D. Tubb)
# Narration
# "Christmas Time's a-Comin'" (Tex Logan )
# Narration
# "Christmas with You" (Cash)
# "Christmas as I Knew It" (June Carter Cash,Jan Howard )
# Narration
# "When You're Twenty-One" (Carl Perkins )
# Narration
# "An Old Fashioned Tree" (A. Becker, C. Williams)
# Narration
# "Silent Night " (Franz Gruber ,Josef Mohr )Personnel
* Johnny Cash - Vocals, Actor
*June Carter ,Marshall Grant , Tommy Cash, Harold Reid,Larry Butler ,Maybelle Carter ,Anita Carter ,Carl Perkins ,Lew DeWitt - ActorsExternal links
* [http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/c/Cash/cash_familychristmas.htm Luma Electronic entry on "The Johnny Cash Family Christmas"]
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