{"product_id":"lpm-1951","title":"Elvis Presley - Sings Christmas Songs Album (1959) Vinyl LP • MONO • Blue","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003eCatalog Number:\u003c\/h3\u003e LPM-1951\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eMusical Styles:\u003c\/h3\u003e 1950s, Blues Rock, Pop Rock, Vocal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eSleeve Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Good Plus (G+)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eRecord Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Excellent (EX)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eCondition Details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eVinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks okay; a few creases near edges;  heavy scuffing, some surface abrasion and discoloration with darker spots (front\/back). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white - discolored). Spine is somewhat readable with wear. Heavy  shelf-wear along top\/bottom-edge with splits and developing splits; wear to corners. Opening shows signs of use and a few divots. (Not a cut-out.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eTracks:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003col style=\"margin-top: 0px ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSanta Claus Is Back In Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eWhite Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eHere Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eI'll Be Home For Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBlue Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSanta Bring My Baby Back (To Me)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eOh Little Town Of Bethlehem\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSilent Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eI Believe\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTake My Hand, Precious Lord\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eIt Is No Secret (What God Can Do)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eAbout The Record:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSings Christmas Songs Album,\u003c\/span\u003e by Elvis Presley, is his first Christmas album. This reissue came while Presley was on duty in Germany. The cover was replaced with a close-up of Elvis as he posed against an outdoor, snowy backdrop. The album continued to reach the album charts each year until 1962. With total sales of more 20 million copies worldwide, it remains the world's best-selling Christmas album and one of the best-selling albums of all time. While most of the songs selected were traditional Christmas fare, such as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eWhite Christmas\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSilent Night,\u003c\/span\u003e two new songs by regular suppliers of material for Presley were commissioned. One was \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSanta Bring My Baby Back (to Me)\u003c\/span\u003e and the other (selected by Presley to open the album), was a blues-based rock and roll number, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSanta Claus Is Back in Town,\u003c\/span\u003e written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. This writer\/producer team was responsible for some of 1950s rhythm and blues and rock and roll's most finely-honed satire in their work with the Coasters, as well as penning \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eHound Dog\u003c\/span\u003e for Willie Mae Thornton and providing Presley with some of his biggest hits, including \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eJailhouse Rock\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eDon't.\u003c\/span\u003e Presley asked the pair to come up with another Christmas song during sessions for the album; within a few minutes, they had the song written and ready for recording. Originally titled \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eChristmas Blues,\u003c\/span\u003e this slyly risqué number is given a full-throated treatment by Presley who, aided by the gritty ensemble playing from his band, was determined to ensure that this Christmas album would not be easily ignored. Much of the remaining program was performed in a more traditional manner appropriate to the solemnity of Christmas, although Presley's innate sense of occasion shone through on his performance of Ernest Tubb's 1949 hit, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBlue Christmas.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSilent Night\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eO Little Town of Bethlehem\u003c\/span\u003e were arranged by Presley himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Record Vision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52793678332185,"sku":"LPM-1951","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/6937\/8329\/files\/LP-elvis_presley-sings_christmas_songs_album-03.jpg?v=1783554206","url":"https:\/\/record-vision.myshopify.com\/products\/lpm-1951","provider":"Record Vision","version":"1.0","type":"link"}