Christmas Day in the Morning (Burl Ives album)

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Name = Christmas Day in the Morning
Type = studio
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Artist = Burl Ives

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Released = 1952
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Genre = Folk
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Label = Decca Records
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:"Note: This article is linked to the discography in the Burl Ives article."

"Christmas Day in the Morning" (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of several Christmas albums by the folk singer Burl Ives. Subtitled "Yuletide Folk Songs", this album includes seven traditional Christmas carols, from the well-known "What Child Is This?" to the little-known "Down in Yon Forest" and "The Seven Joys of Mary." [Library of Congress Online Catalog, LCCN 93719112: [http://catalog.loc.gov link] ] "Jesous Ahatonia" is better known as the "Huron Carol." Ives released it as a single under the title "Indian Christmas Carol" (Decca 25585, 7 inch, 45 rpm).

An unidentified reviewer for the "New York Times" wrote that "'The Friendly Beasts' and 'The Seven Joys of Mary,' the songs that Mr. Ives sings to his own guitar accompaniment, are the most attractive, for in the others the ballad singer is pulled out of his element by being starred as the soloist with a choir and an orchestra." [R. P., "Christmas Items," "New York Times", Nov. 30, 1952, p. X10.]

The same eight songs, along with four others, were released as "Christmas Eve with Burl Ives" (Decca DL 8391) in 1957 [Library of Congress Online Catalog, LCCN 93719602: [http://catalog.loc.gov link] ] . These songs, in turn, were released as "Twelve Days of Christmas" (Pickwick SPC 1018) in the 1960s. [Library of Congress Online Catalog, LCCN 95777103: [http://catalog.loc.gov link] ]

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