Christmas with Chet Atkins

Studio album by Chet Atkins

Released

November 1961

Recorded

Nashville, TN

Genre

Christmas music

Length

31:11

Label

RCA Victor LSP-2423 (Stereo)

Producer

Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins chronology

The Most Popular Guitar
(1961)

Christmas with Chet Atkins
(1961)

Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns
(1962)

Alternative Cover

Christmas with Chet Atkins is a recording by Chet Atkins. It is a Christmas album.

"White Christmas" contains Atkins' first recorded use of chordal harmonics.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Country Standard Time	(no rating) ^[3]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Matthew Greenwald wrote "His version of "Silver Bells" is, quite simply, one of the best versions of the standard ever, and possibly one of Atkins' most arresting performances of all time. The album is overall, criminally underrated... Gorgeous."^[2] Brian Wahlert or Country Standard Time wrote "This is the perfect background music for sipping hot chocolate in front of the fireplace and falling asleep in the warm glow of the Christmas tree lights while the snow falls outside."^[3]

Reissues

In 1997, Christmas with Chet Atkins was reissued on CD by Razor & Tie. It differs from the original vinyl pressing by substituting alternate takes for several tracks and has an alternate cover.
In 2004, RCA reissued Christmas with Chet Atkins on CD.

Track listing

Side one

"Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) – 1:51
"Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:49
"Jolly Old St. Nicholas" (Traditional) – 2:13
"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:20
"Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:53
"Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 1:50
"Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:09

Side two

"The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 2:29
"Medley: The Coventry Carol/God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 3:25
"The First Noel" (William B. Sandys) – 1:46
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 1:55
"O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) – 2:19
"Deck the Halls" (Traditional) – 1:11
"Silent Night" (Josef Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber) – 2:01

Personnel

Chet Atkins – guitar
The Anita Kerr Singers - background chorus

References

↑ Forbes-Robert, Ron. (2006). "One Long Tune: the life and music of Lenny Breau". Denton, TX. University of North Texas Press. ISBN 1-57441-210-8.
1 2 Greenwald, Matthew. "Christmas with Chet Atkins > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
1 2 Wahlert, Brian. "Christmas with Chet Atkins > Review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 8, 2011.

Chet Atkins

Studio albums	Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins A Session with Chet Atkins Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version) Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions Finger Style Guitar Chet Atkins at Home Hi-Fi in Focus Chet Atkins in Hollywood Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins Mister Guitar Teensville The Other Chet Atkins Chet Atkins' Workshop Christmas with Chet Atkins The Most Popular Guitar Chet Atkins Plays Back Home Hymns Caribbean Guitar Down Home Our Man in Nashville Teen Scene Travelin' Guitar Country Progressive Pickin' My Favorite Guitars More of That Guitar Country Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles From Nashville with Love Music from Nashville, My Home Town It's a Guitar World Chet Picks the Best Class Guitar Hometown Guitar Solid Gold 68 Solo Flights Lover's Guitar Solid Gold 69 Yestergroovin' Solid Gold 70 Pickin' My Way For the Good Times Picks on the Hits Alone The Night Atlanta Burned Chet Atkins Goes to the Movies Teen Scene Me and My Guitar Country After All These Years East Tennessee Christmas Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P. Stay Tuned Street Dreams Sails Chet Atkins, C.G.P. Read My Licks Almost Alone Solo Sessions Chet Atkins and His Guitar

Collaborations	Reminiscing The Pops Goes Country C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops Me & Jerry Chet Floyd & Boots Me & Chet American Salute Superpickers The Atkins – Travis Traveling Show Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed Chester & Lester Chet Floyd & Danny Guitar Monsters First Nashville Guitar Quartet Reflections Standard Brands Neck and Neck Sneakin' Around The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat Simpatico The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World

Live albums	After the Riot at Newport In Concert And Then Came Chet Atkins The Best of Chet on the Road — Live

With The Country All-Stars	String Dustin' Jazz from the Hills

With The Nashville String Band	The Nashville String Band Down Home Strung Up Identified! The Bandit World's Greatest Melodies

Selected compilations	The Best of Chet Atkins The Best of Chet Atkins, Vol. 2 The Best of Chet Atkins & Friends Galloping Guitar: The Early Years Guitar Legend: The RCA Years Chet Picks on the Grammys The Essential Chet Atkins: The Columbia Years The Essential Chet Atkins Eclectic Guitar The Early Years 1946–1957

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