The Joyful Season

The Joyful Season
2005 CD reissue cover
Compilation album by Jo Stafford
Released	October 1964
Genre	Traditional pop Christmas, Rock Music
Label	Capitol (LP) DRG (CD) [1]
Producer	Lee Gillette
Jo Stafford chronology
Jo Stafford's Sweet Hour of Prayer (1964) The Joyful Season (1964) Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey (1964)

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The Joyful Season is a 1964 Christmas album by Jo Stafford. It is unique in that it features Stafford accompanying herself as a vocal choir through the use of multitrack recording and incorporating the use of electric guitars. ^{[3] [4]} The album was reissued on CD in 2005 by DRG. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Little Drummer Boy"
2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
3. "Deck the Halls"
4. "White Christmas"
5. "Jingle Bells"
6. "Merry Christmas"

Side 2

1. "Christmas is the Season (of the Bells)"
2. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
3. "Silver Bells"
4. "Winter Wonderland"
5. "Silent Night"

CD bonus tracks

1. "Gesu Bambino"
2. "Ave Maria"
3. "Christmas Medley #1: Hark the Herald Angels Sing/The First Noel/O Come All Ye Faithful" (with Gordon MacRae)
4. "Christmas Medley #2: Joy to the World/It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (with Gordon MacRae)
5. "Toys for Tots"

References

1. "The Joyful Season". DRG. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
2. The Joyful Season at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
3. "The Joyful Season (Capitol Records ad)". The Deseret News. November 16, 1964. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
4. Bill Reed (2000). "An Interview With Jo". Songbirds. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
5. "Joyful Season". Venerable Music. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
6. "Joyful Season-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.