Pretty Paper
Pretty Paper | ||||
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Released | November 6, 1979[1] | |||
Genre | Christmas music, country | |||
Length | 29:15 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Booker T. Jones | |||
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Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and twenty-fourth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. His first Christmas album, it was also his last release of the 1970s. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones, with whom he had collaborated on the acclaimed Stardust album released the year before.
The self-composed title track had been a hit Christmas song in 1963, when it was recorded by Roy Orbison. Nelson had previously recorded the song in 1964.
Track listing[]
Side one[]
- "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson) - 2:25
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 2:45
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:25
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) - 2:11
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) - 2:11
- "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) - 1:53
Side two[]
- "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) - 2:38
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:12
- "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) - 2:25
- "Silent Night" (Joseph Mohr, Franz Xavier Gruber) - 3:43
- "Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks. Lewis H. Redner) - 1:28
- "Christmas Blues" - Instrumental (Willie Nelson, Booker T. Jones) - 3:13
Personnel[]
- Willie Nelson – Vocals, guitar
- Paul English – Drums
- Chris Ethridge – Bass
- Bradley Hartman – Engineer
- Booker T. Jones – Arranger, Keyboards
- Rex Ludwick – Drums
- Jody Payne – Guitar
- Mickey Raphael – Harmonica
- Bee Spears – Bass
References[]
- ^ "Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson". Rate Your Music. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
Categories:
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- Willie Nelson albums
- Albums produced by Booker T. Jones
- Christmas albums by American artists
- Columbia Records Christmas albums
- 1979 Christmas albums
- Country Christmas albums
- 1970s country album stubs