Johnny Mathis w Percy Faith and His Orchestra ?– Merry Christmas Vinyl Record

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Johnny Mathis w Percy Faith and His Orchestra ?– Merry Christmas Vinyl Record Holiday Album. Condition is Used. Shipped via USPS media mail.
classic christmas original \ RARE FIND ALTERNATE COVER - Wonderfully well kept over the years.
Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis and was released by Columbia Records on October 6, 1958.[1] The selections are a mix of traditional Christmas carols ("Silent Night", "O Holy Night", "The First Noel") and holiday hits ("The Christmas Song", "White Christmas", "Silver Bells").
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's list of the 25 Best-Selling Pop LPs in the US in its December 15, 1958, issue and got as high as number three during its initial four-week run. It made additional appearances there each holiday season from 1959 to 1962 and on the magazine's Christmas Albums and Pop Catalog Albums charts in subsequent years.It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the US in December 1960 and in 2013 ranked as one of the top selling Christmas albums of all time with five million copies sold.
Four songs from the album – "Winter Wonderland", "Blue Christmas", "White Christmas", and "Sleigh Ride" – were also released on the EP Merry Christmas, Vol. 1, which reached number two during the 1958 holiday season and number seven the following year on the magazine's Best-Selling Pop EPs chart."Winter Wonderland" also spent three weeks on the UK singles chart, where his recording peaked at number 17 over the course of three weeks that began on Christmas Day 1958.
The album was initially released only in the monaural format but became available in stereo in 1959 Johnny Mathis With Percy Faith And His Orchestra ?– Merry Christmas Label: Columbia ?– CS 8021 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: US Released: 1967 Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country Style: Ballad


Tracklist
A1 Winter Wonderland Written-By – R. Smith*, F. Bernard* 3:24 A2 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) Written-By – Torme*, R. Wells* 4:16 A3 Sleigh Ride Written-By – L. Anderson*, M. Parish* 2:58 A4 Blue Christmas Written-By – B. Hayes*, J. Johnson* 3:02 A5 I'll Be Home For Christmas Written-By – Ram*, Gannon*, W. Kent* 4:03 A6 White Christmas Written-By – Berlin* 3:30 B1 O Holy Night Written-By – Adam* 4:39 B2 What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) 3:57 B3 The First Noel 3:48 B4 Silver Bells Written-By – Livingston , Evans* 3:31 B5 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Written-By – Willis* 3:07 B6 Silent Night, Holy Night Written-By – Gruber*, Mohr* 3:50

Notes Although this second cover version was introduced in November of 1966, Columbia did not drop "NONBREAKABLE" from labels until 1967. Version does exist with "NONBREAKABLE" still on the labels. See: Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas and Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas. Track duration's not printed on release artwork.