Rocky Mountain Christmas

Cover art from CD reissue

Studio album by John Denver

Released

1975

Recorded

August 1975

RCA

John Denver chronology

Windsong
(1975)

Rocky Mountain Christmas
(1975)

Spirit
(1976)

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Rocky Mountain Christmas is the tenth album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in 1975.

His first Christmas-themed release, the album includes renditions of several traditional carols and popular Christmas standards; re-recorded versions of two songs from earlier Denver albums, "Aspenglow" from Take Me to Tomorrow and "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" from Farewell Andromeda; and the newly penned compositions "Christmas for Cowboys" and "A Baby Just Like You".

Track listing

Side 1

"Aspenglow" (Denver)
"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks)
"Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
"Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)" (Bill Danoff, Taffy Danoff)
"Christmas for Cowboys" (Steve Weisberg)

Side 2

"Away in a Manger" (Traditional)
"What Child Is This" (Traditional)
"Coventry Carol" (Traditional)
"Oh Holy Night" (Traditional)
"Silent Night, Holy Night" (Traditional)
"A Baby Just Like You" (Denver, Joe Henry)

The current CD reissue of the album includes 2 bonus tracks: "Jingle Bells" (from Denver's 1970 album Whose Garden Was This) and "White Christmas" (an outtake from the 1975 album sessions). The 1998 reissue also added "The Music is You" (from Back Home Again), "Perhaps Love" (a solo version^[2] of his duet with Plácido Domingo) and "Dreamland Express" (from the eponymous album).

Personnel

John Denver - vocals, 6- and 12-string guitars
Dick Kniss - bass
Lee Holdridge - piano, celeste, harpsichord, tack piano
Steve Weisberg - guitar
John Sommers - guitar, mandolin
Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
Herb Lovelle - drums
George Marge - English horn, oboe on "Silver Bells"
Harvey Estrin - flute on "Silver Bells"
Sid Sharp - violin
William Kurasch - violin
Samuel Boghossian - viola
Jesse Erhlich - cello
Pearl Kaufman - piano, harpsichord
Chuck Collazzi - guitar on "What Child Is This"

Technical

Kris O'Connor - production assistance
Mickey Crofford - engineer
Acy Lehman - art direction
Peter Palombi - cover illustration

References

John Denver

Studio albums	John Denver Sings Rhymes & Reasons Take Me to Tomorrow Whose Garden Was This Poems, Prayers & Promises Aerie Rocky Mountain High Farewell Andromeda Back Home Again Windsong Spirit I Want to Live John Denver Autograph Some Days Are Diamonds Seasons of the Heart It's About Time Dreamland Express One World Higher Ground Earth Songs The Flower That Shattered the Stone Different Directions All Aboard! Love Again

Live albums	An Evening with John Denver Christmas in Concert

Specialty albums	Rocky Mountain Christmas A Christmas Together Rocky Mountain Holiday Christmas, Like a Lullaby Forever, John

Compilation albums	John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 The Very Best of John Denver John Denver: A Portrait The John Denver Collection Something to Sing About 16 Biggest Hits

Tribute albums	The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver

Singles	"Take Me Home, Country Roads" "Rocky Mountain High" "Sunshine on My Shoulders" "Annie's Song" "Back Home Again" "Sweet Surrender" "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" "I'm Sorry" "Calypso" "Fly Away" "Looking for Space" "Like a Sad Song" "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" "The Cowboy and the Lady" "Perhaps Love" "Shanghai Breezes" "Dreamland Express" "And So It Goes"

Related articles	Discography Filmography Perhaps Love "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

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