Pretty Paper (album) explained

Pretty Paper
Type:	studio
Artist:	Willie Nelson
Cover:	Willie-Nelson-Pretty-Paper.jpg
Released:	November 6, 1979^[1]
Genre:	Christmas music, country
Length:	29:15
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Booker T. Jones
Prev Title:	Sings Kristofferson
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	The Electric Horseman
Next Year:	1980

Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and 24th studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was also his last release of the 1970s. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones, with whom he had collaborated on the acclaimed Stardust album released the year before.

The self-composed title track had been a hit Christmas song in 1963, when it was recorded by Roy Orbison. Nelson had previously recorded the song in 1964.

Track listing

Side one

1. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:45
2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:25
3. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:11
4. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:11
5. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) – 1:53
6. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:38

Side two

1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:12
2. "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) – 2:25
3. "Silent Night" (Joseph Mohr, Franz Xavier Gruber) – 3:43
4. "Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks. Lewis H. Redner) – 1:28
5. "Christmas Blues" – Instrumental (Willie Nelson, Booker T. Jones) – 3:13
6. "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson) – 2:25

Personnel

• Willie Nelson – Vocals, guitar
• Paul English – Drums
• Chris Ethridge – Bass
• Bradley Hartman – Engineer
• Booker T. Jones – Arranger, Keyboards
• Rex Ludwick – Drums
• Jody Payne – Guitar
• Mickey Raphael – Harmonica
• Bee Spears – Bass

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson . . July 10, 2011.