Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Studio album by Johnny Cash

Released

December 1991

Recorded

June–August 1991

Delta Records

Ralph Jungheim

Johnny Cash chronology

The Mystery of Life
(1991)

Johnny Cash Country Christmas
(1991)

Johnny Cash: Patriot
(1991)

Johnny Cash Country Christmas is a Christmas album and 78th overall album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Delta Records in 1991 (see 1991 in music), in-between Cash's contracts with Mercury Records and American Recordings. It came out in two different Versions with different cover art. It contains 15 or 13 songs, all Christmas classics and traditional holiday songs. A number of songs (such as "Blue Christmas", "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World") had previously been recorded by Cash - multiple times, in the case of "Silent Night" - for previous Christmas albums. It was also released on the LaserLight label in 1992. The 15-track version includes two additional Christmas songs, "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas". Four tracks do not feature Cash but instead feature vocals by his wife, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family. This was the last Johnny Cash release within his lifetime to feature the Carters, who had been a staple of his live show and studio recordings since the early 1960s, as the sisters would not participate in his subsequent work for American Recordings; nor would June Carter Cash, though a 2000 private release, Return to the Promised Land, would feature her alongside her husband.

In 2006, the 13 Track Version was re-released, with 2 additional songs that had been big hits for Cash, "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line," despite neither song having anything to do with Christmas. It is unconfirmed whether these tracks are new recordings or any of the previous versions Cash recorded for Sun Records, Columbia Records or Mercury as "I Walk the Line" had previously been recorded for all three labels and "Ring of Fire" for the latter two.

Most tracks had been previously recorded by Cash for one (or more) of this three prior Columbia Christmas albums, most notably Classic Christmas, though the album also includes several tracks unique to this collection such as a version of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" featured in the 15-track edition. "Silent Night" is performed on all each of Cash's four canonical Christmas albums. "Figgy Pudding" is an arrangement of the standard "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with comedic interjections by June Carter Cash, reminiscent of her country-comedy work of the 1950s and 1960s before joining with Johnny Cash.

Due to this album not having any connection to the Columbia, Mercury or American labels, it is one of the more uncommon Johnny Cash releases and as of 2015 has yet to appear in any box sets or compilations.

Track listing (15-track version)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blue Christmas"	3:05
2.	"Silent Night"	3:26
3.	"White Christmas"	3:48
4.	"Figgy Pudding" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	2:43
5.	"Here Was a Man"	2:44
6.	"Joy to the World"	3:42
7.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	4:16
8.	"What Child Is This?"	4:12
9.	"The First Noel" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	3:26
10.	"Away in a Manger"	3:33
11.	"O Christmas Tree" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	3:18
12.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	3:59
13.	"It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	3:52
14.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	3:14
15.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	4:12

Track listing (13-track version)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blue Christmas"	3:05
2.	"Silent Night"	3:26
3.	"White Christmas"	3:48
4.	"Figgy Pudding" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	2:43
5.	"Here Was a Man"	2:44
6.	"Joy to the World"	3:42
7.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	4:16
8.	"What Child Is This?"	4:12
9.	"The First Noel" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	3:26
10.	"Away in a Manger"	3:33
11.	"O Christmas Tree" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	3:18
12.	"O Come All Ye Faithful"	3:59
13.	"It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" (June Carter Cash and the Carter Family)	3:52
14.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	3:14
15.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	4:12

2006 re-release

Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
June Carter - Vocals
Carter Family - Vocals
Jack Hale, Jr. & His Nashville All-Star Band & Singers - Vocals, Instruments. Hale is also credited as arranger on all of the traditional Christmas songs

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Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

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