| The Johnny Cash Family Christmas | ||||
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| Released | December 4, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
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| Length | 38:20 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Larry Butler | |||
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The Johnny Cash Family Christmas is the 41st overall andsecond Christmas album bycountry singerJohnny Cash, released onColumbia Records in 1972. It is his second Christmas album, the first one being the 1963 release entitledThe Christmas Spirit. The album includes less original Cash material than its predecessor and contains narrations and dialogue featuring his 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 onThe Christmas Spirit ("Silent Night" would, in fact, be featured on all four Johnny Cash Christmas albums).June Carter Cash,Marshall Grant,Tommy Cash,Harold Reid,Larry Butler (who was both Cash's piano player and record producer at this time),Maybelle Carter,Anita Carter,Carl Perkins andLew DeWitt are among those featured on the album.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "King of Love" (featuringthe Statler Brothers and theCarter Family) | Harold Reid | 5:25 |
| 2. | "Jingle Bells" | James Pierpont | 3:22 |
| 3. | "That Christmasy Feeling" (featuringTommy Cash) | Tommy Cash, Jimmy Peppers | 3:28 |
| 4. | "My Merry Christmas Song"/"Merry Christmas Mary" (featuringLarry Butler) | Larry Butler | 5:09 |
| 5. | "Christmas Time's A-Coming" | Tex Logan | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Christmas With You" (featuringJune Carter Cash) | Johnny Cash | 2:45 |
| 7. | "Christmas as I Knew It" | June Carter Cash, Jan Howard | 3:16 |
| 8. | "When You're Twenty-One" (featuringCarl Perkins) | Carl Perkins | 3:03 |
| 9. | "An Old Fashioned Tree" (featuringLew DeWitt) | Cordelia Pearl Williams | 1:57 |
| 10. | "Silent Night" | Franz Gruber,Joseph Mohr | 2:00 |
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