Lettermen - For Christmas This Year (1966) Vinyl LP • Holiday

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing, slight discoloration, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (Generic white). Spine is partly readable with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; wear to corners. Opening is mostly crisp with signs of light use and divots, heavier towards bottom. Columbia House pressing. Later pressing of the 1966 album with alternate cover artwork. Stereo pressing. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. The Christmas Waltz
2. What Child Is This?
3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
4. Christmas All Alone
5. I'll Be Home For Christmas
6. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
7. The Little Drummer Boy
8. O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
9. Mary's Little Boy Child
10. White Christmas
11. What Can I Give You This Christmas?
12. Silent Night, Holy Night

About The Record:

For Christmas This Year is a collection of holiday songs by The Lettermen. In this collection of yuletide favorites, The Lettermen have appropriately selected both old songs and new to express the true wonder and joy that is the very heart of Christmas. With their richly-woven blend of vocal harmony illuminating each well-known lyric line and melody, they present the timeless Silent Night, Holy Night, the tender Christmas Song, the traditional Little Drummer Boy. Two new favorites written especially for this album and handsomely complimented by the group's handsomely complimented by the group's distinctive styling are What Can I Give You This Christmas? and Christmas All Alone. A reviewer on allmusic.com says of the album, "Here is the early Lettermen sound of 1966. Put a log on the fire, sit back, and enjoy."