In the Christmas Spirit explained

In the Christmas Spirit
Type:	album
Artist:	Booker T. & the M.G.s
Cover:	ChristmasSpirit_BookerTalbum.jpg
Released:	November 1966
Recorded:	1966
Studio:	Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre:	Christmas music, Southern soul, instrumental rock
Length:	34:09
Label:	Stax/Atlantic
Producer:	Jim Stewart
Prev Title:	And Now!
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Hip Hug-Her
Next Year:	1967

In the Christmas Spirit is the fourth album by the R&B/soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in November 1966. It charted 9 weeks peaking at #13 on Billboards Best Bets For Christmas album chart December 2, 1967.^[1] The album features instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols and songs.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont)
2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
5. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
6. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)

Side two

1. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore)
2. "Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson)
3. "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey)
4. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
5. "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.)
6. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional)

Personnel

Booker T. & the M.G.s

• Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ, piano, vibraphone
• Steve Cropper - guitar, bass guitar on "White Christmas"
• Donald Dunn - bass guitar, claves on "White Christmas"
• Al Jackson Jr. - drums, percussion

Notes and References

1. "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 79, no. 48, December 2, 1967, p. 8. worldradiohistory.com.