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Johnny Cash - The Christmas Spirit Audio CD

A fair review of the Johnny Cash "The Christmas Spirit" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Johnny Cash reviews here, or go back to the Johnny Cash tabs.

Johnny Cash Band: Johnny Cash
Title: The Christmas Spirit
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-09-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Christmas Spirit 2: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 3: Blue Christmas 4: Gifts They Gave 5: Here Was a Man 6: Christmas as I Knew It 7: Silent Night 8: Little Drummer Boy 9: Ringing the Bells for Jim 10: We Are the Shepherds 11: Who Kept the Sheep 12: Ballad of the Harp Weaver

The Christmas Spirit
This cd brings the Christmas spirit home now. You can enjoy Johnny Cash anytime of the year. It arrived in excellant condition and on time.


I Love This Album
Played the heck out of it until it was virtually unplayable. I bought it on vinyl back in 1964 when I was 14. Glad that I finally found it on cd, but I wish Sony would have taken some time to remaster/remix for optimum sound quality. It also would have been nice if they would have used the original artwork/graphics. But, I guess for the price you can't have everything. Hopefully, they will re-release this album one day on the Legacy label with deluxe packaging.


Better Than COUNTRY CHRISTMAS, but So Affordable That You Should Buy Both
This one is better, in my opinion, but since they are both priced so low, you can buy both on amazon. Since this is the second Johnny Cash Christmas CD I own, I can compare this one, THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, to his COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CD from 1991. com for the price of a normal CD, so you might as well do that!

This CD, THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, has 1996 in the fine print of the CD cover, but other amazon. com reviewers are saying it is from the 1960s, which does agree with the younger Johnny Cash photo on the cover. The CD booklet is just a one-sided insert, and there are no details beyond the names of the song composers.

There are 12 songs for 38 minutes of music on this CD, THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

If this CD is from the 1960s, then they did a pretty good job of remastering it for a CD. This is issued by Sony Music, so I think it sounds a little better than the COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CD which is issued by the off-brand LaserLight label.

None of the performances are the same, so you can buy both CDs without duplicating any performance, but Johnny and friends did repeat 3 songs on COUNTRY CHRISTMAS with new performances captured. "Blue Christmas" and "Silent Night" are better on COUNTRY CHRISTMAS, but "Here Was A Man" is better on this CD, CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

This CD has 3 songs composed solely by Johnny, another traditional one arranged by Johnny, and even one co-written by Johnny and his father-in-law, Ezra "Eck" Carter! June Carter also co-wrote two songs.

"Christmas as I Knew It" is an interesting biographical song about Johnny's Christmas as a kid in Dyess, Arkansas, co-written by June!

"Little Drummer Boy" has a novel focus on the drumming, though it is sparse and a bit strange upon the first listen.

At first I kind of was distracted by the 1950's barber shop quartet styled backing vocals, but then I kicked myself when I realized that has to be the Carter Family ladies for the female vocals! So those oldie styled backing vocals are much more appreciated, but they are still oldies-styled.

Johnny sings lead vocals on all the songs, and the overall feel of the album is calm, with mostly strong, heartfelt lyrics. This is better than the 1991 COUNTRY CHRISTMAS which suffers from being too uneven in quality and tone, with some songs seeming to have little to NONE of Johnny's lead vocals.


most depressing christmas CD...ever
" Hey, but it's Cash-- what do you expect? Very slow, but some of the songs are good. one of the songs has the line "Sorry I'm Crying/My brother Jim's dying/Ring a bell for Jim. I'm happy.


A Diamond In The Rough
I wore them out on vinyl. My parents gave this album to me along with Jim Reeves Christmas album in the early 60's and they both remain standards in my home. . . and then on cassette. At a time when artists performed the standard holiday classics the Man In Black stepped outside the norm and put down some of the most beautiful and moving holiday music not equalled in my opinion. "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" stuck in my mind and gave me the courage to stand on that schoolhouse stage and sing it solo when i was afraid to even speak in front of class. "Ballad Of The Harp Weaver" continues to be a source of hope and consolation more so now that when i first heard those haunting words many years ago. Johnny Cash had the ability to put you there by singing from the heart and personal experience. If traditional holiday music is what you want you can't get any better than this. .


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