Christmas Shopping (album) explained

Christmas Shopping
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Buck Owens
Cover:	Christmas Shopping (album).jpg
Released:	October 7, 1968
Recorded:	February – June 1968
Studio:	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre:	Country, Christmas
Length:	30:03
Label:	Capitol ST-2977
Producer:	Ken Nelson
Prev Title:	Sweet Rosie Jones
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	The Guitar Player
Next Year:	1968

Christmas Shopping is a Christmas album by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos released in 1968 charting for one week at # 31 on Billboards Best Best For Christmas Album chart.^[1] It is his second holiday-themed album, following 1965's Christmas with Buck Owens.

It was re-issued on CD by Sundazed Records in 1999, and again via digital download in 2011.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda called the album "a more slickly produced album than its predecessor."

Track listing

All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "Christmas Shopping" – 2:18
2. "Christmas Time Is Near" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 3:00
3. "The Jolly Christmas Polka" – 2:15 (instrumental)
4. "All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy" (Owens, Jimmy Snyder) – 2:51
5. "Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours" – 2:50
6. "Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas" (Owens, Earl Poole Ball) – 2:36

Side two

1. "One of Everything You Got" (Owens, Bob Morris) – 2:24
2. "Home on Christmas Day" – 2:13
3. "Christmas Schottische" – 2:05 (instrumental)
4. "A Very Merry Christmas" – 2:29
5. "It's Not What You Give" (Owens, Morris) – 3:03
6. "Tomorrow Is Christmas Day" (Owens, Don Rich) – 1:59

Notes and References

1. "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 80, no. 52, December 28, 1968, p. 57. worldradiohistory.com