Rocky Mountain Christmas
Rocky Mountain Christmas | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Cover art from CD reissue | ||||
Studio album by John Denver | ||||
Released | October 1, 1975 | |||
Recorded | July 22 – September 18, 1975 | |||
Genre | Christmas, folk | |||
Length | 30:31 41:22 (1998 edition) 33:58 (2005 edition) | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Milton Okun | |||
John Denver chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rocky Mountain Christmas is the tenth studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in October 1975 by RCA Records.
His first Christmas-themed release, the album includes renditions of several traditional carols and popular Christmas standards; re-recorded versions of two songs from earlier Denver albums, "Aspenglow" from Take Me to Tomorrow and "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" from Farewell Andromeda; and the newly penned compositions "Christmas for Cowboys" and "A Baby Just Like You"; these two songs, along with five others including "Aspenglow", were featured in Denver's TV special of the same name that aired December 10, 1975 on ABC.
The single from the album, "Christmas for Cowboys", became a minor hit in the US (#58 pop) and Canada (#77 pop, No. 26 AC).
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Aspenglow" | John Denver | 2:21 |
2. | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" |
| 3:13 |
3. | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | 1:46 |
4. | "Silver Bells" | 2:10 | |
5. | "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" | 2:34 | |
6. | "Christmas for Cowboys" | Steve Weisberg | 2:29 |
Total length: | 14:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Away in a Manger" |
| 2:05 |
2. | "What Child Is This" |
| 2:33 |
3. | "Coventry Carol" |
| 2:19 |
4. | "Oh Holy Night" | 2:53 | |
5. | "Silent Night, Holy Night" | 3:28 | |
6. | "A Baby Just Like You" |
| 2:40 |
Total length: | 15:58 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
13. | "Jingle Bells" |
| 1:06 |
14. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 2:21 |
15. | "The Music Is You" | Denver | 1:27 |
16. | "Perhaps Love" | Denver | 1:52 |
17. | "Dreamland Express" | Denver | 4:05 |
Total length: | 41:22 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
13. | "Jingle Bells" |
| 1:06 |
14. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 2:21 |
Total length: | 33:58 |
Notes
Personnel
- John Denver – vocals and 12-string guitars
- Dick Kniss – bass
- Lee Holdridge – piano, celeste, harpsichord and tack piano
- Steve Weisberg – guitar
- John Sommers – guitar and mandolin
- Hal Blaine – drums and percussion
- Herbie Lovelle – drums
- George Marge – oboe and English horn on "Silver Bells"
- Harvey Estrin – flute on "Silver Bells"
- Sid Sharp – violin
- William Kurasch – violin
- Samuel Boghossian – viola
- Jesse Erhlich – cello
- Pearl Kaufman – piano and harpsichord play on "Coventry Carol," "What Child Is This," and "Oh Holy Night"
- Chuck Collazzi – plays guitar on "What Child Is This"
- Technical
- Kris O'Connor – assistant producer
- Mickey Crofford – engineer
- Acy Lehman – art direction
- Peter Palombi – illustration
Charts
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
---|---|
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 40 |
References
- v
- t
- e
- Rhymes & Reasons
- Take Me to Tomorrow
- Whose Garden Was This
- Poems, Prayers & Promises
- Aerie
- Rocky Mountain High
- Farewell Andromeda
- Back Home Again
- Windsong
- Rocky Mountain Christmas
- Spirit
- I Want to Live
- John Denver
- Autograph
- Some Days Are Diamonds
- Seasons of the Heart
- It's About Time
- Dreamland Express
- One World
- Higher Ground
- Earth Songs
- The Flower That Shattered the Stone
- Christmas, Like a Lullaby
- Different Directions
- Love Again
- All Aboard!
- John Denver's Greatest Hits
- Forever, John
- John Denver: A Portrait
- The John Denver Collection
- Something to Sing About
- 16 Biggest Hits
- The Essential John Denver
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
- Rocky Mountain Holiday
- The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
- "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
- "Rocky Mountain High"
- "Sunshine on My Shoulders"
- "Annie's Song"
- "Back Home Again"
- "Sweet Surrender"
- "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
- "I'm Sorry"
- "Calypso"
- "Fly Away"
- "Looking for Space"
- "Like a Sad Song"
- "My Sweet Lady"
- "I Want to Live"
- "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)"
- "The Cowboy and the Lady"
- "Perhaps Love"
- "Shanghai Breezes"
- "Dreamland Express"
- "And So It Goes"
- Discography
- Filmography
- Perhaps Love
- "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
- Cassandra Delaney (second wife)
- Spirit (sculpture)
- Windstar Records
- Windstar Foundation
Category
![]() | This 1970s folk album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e