Description
Glen Campbell – That Christmas Feeling – Vinyl Record
That Christmas Feeling presents Glen Campbell’s first Christmas album, recorded during the same 1968 period that produced some of his most widely recognized work. Produced, arranged and conducted by Al De Lory, the record applies Campbell’s clear country-pop singing to eleven seasonal songs. Its appeal comes partly from the repertoire: familiar holiday standards appear alongside compositions by Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. The result gives the program a stronger songwriter identity than an album built entirely around the most customary carols. Campbell remains the central presence, connecting gentle family scenes, reflective songs and more expansive seasonal melodies through an approachable vocal style.
Christmas Is for Children opens the album, followed by Roger Miller’s Old Toy Trains. Placing those songs together establishes a family-centered perspective early in the program, with childhood and the pleasures of a small seasonal scene carrying much of the feeling. Little Altar Boy then introduces a more devotional character before It Must Be Getting Close to Christmas returns to anticipation of the holiday. The variety is meaningful. Campbell does not limit the album to either celebration or solemnity; the first four tracks leave room for both. Cahn and Van Heusen’s contributions also connect the record to the broader American popular-song tradition, giving the opening portion material suited to Campbell’s melodic clarity.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Blue Christmas complete the first side with two familiar songs that place reflection beside the holiday setting. Campbell’s identity as a country singer fits naturally within Blue Christmas, while Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas draws on a different strand of popular repertoire. Their placement after the more child-centered opening makes the album’s range easy to hear. Christmas here includes affection and memory as well as uncomplicated cheer. That balance gives the record a quieter emotional dimension, and Campbell’s direct delivery lets the recognizable melodies carry much of the expression without requiring an elaborate change of vocal character from one song to the next.
The Christmas Song opens the second side, followed by Willie Nelson’s Pretty Paper. Those selections provide another useful contrast between a broadly familiar seasonal standard and a song with a more specific narrative perspective. There’s No Place Like Home continues the emphasis on belonging, while I’ll Be Home for Christmas gives that subject another emotional angle. Christmas Day then closes the album. The program’s home-and-family thread is especially clear across this side, linking the familiar songs to the less frequently encountered material. It also connects back to Old Toy Trains and Christmas Is for Children, making the record feel consistent in its interests despite the variety of writers and song styles.
Released in 1968 on Capitol, That Christmas Feeling reached number one on Billboard’s Christmas Albums chart. The album reflects Campbell’s growing crossover audience while retaining a straightforward seasonal focus, with Al De Lory supplying the production framework around his voice and acoustic guitar. This Capitol Nashville vinyl reissue restores the original eleven-song program and familiar cover artwork, with six tracks on the first side and five on the second. For listeners who appreciate Campbell’s late-1960s recordings, the record offers the same combination of melody and direct interpretation applied to holiday material. Its distinctive selections, particularly Old Toy Trains, Little Altar Boy and Pretty Paper, give it a character that extends beyond its best-known Christmas standards.
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Track Listing
A1. Christmas Is for Children
A2. Old Toy Trains
A3. Little Altar Boy
A4. It Must Be Getting Close to Christmas
A5. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
A6. Blue Christmas
B1. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
B2. Pretty Paper
B3. There’s No Place Like Home
B4. I’ll Be Home for Christmas
B5. Christmas Day
