• Source: Rocky Mountain Christmas

      • 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



      Notes

      ^a signifies arranged and adapted by
      ^b signifies adapted by


      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


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