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V/A - Y'All Come

Have A Country Christmas

(Starday SLP-123) Oct 1960


Y'All Come - Have A Country Christmas

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This Various Artists compilation from October 1960 includes The Stanley Brothers' Christmas Time Is Near, but the version is different to the one that Starday had previously released as a Christmas single in 1958. Towards the middle of the song, the earlier version features a split banjo/fiddle break, whereas this version has a split banjo/mandolin break.

From checking with Gary B. Reid's liner notes to The King Years, 1961-1965 and his later The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, it looks like the session date on The King Years, 1961-1965 booklet is wrong, and that this version of the song must date from 1960.[1]

The entire album can be heard on youtube, and the Stanley's track can be found on The King Years, 1961-1965. (The earlier version can also be heard on The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961).

 

For detailed information on the songs/sessions check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book pages 111, 150.

Track:
Title:
Side One:
1
Y'All Come
- Arlie Duff

Arlie Duff
2
Christmas Everyday
- Leon Payne

Patterson
3
White Christmas
- The Trailblazers

Marvin Charles Davis
4
Jingle Bells
- The Trailblazers

James Lord Pierpont
5
I'll Be Home For Christmas
- The Trailblazers

???
6
Christmas Love Song
- Leon Payne

???
7
Blue Christmas
- The Trailblazers

???
8
The Night Before Christmas

N/A
Side Two:
1
Christmas Doll
- Jim Eanes

Jim Eanes
2
Christmas Can't Be Far Away
- Earl Aycock

B. Bryant
3
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
- The Trailblazers

Marks
4
Frosty The Snowman
- The Trailblazers

Nelson
5
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- The Trailblazers

???
6
Christmas Is Near
- The Stanley Brothers

R. Stanley
7
It Won't Seem Like Christmas
- Jim Eanes

Jim Eanes
7
Santa's Message
- Santa Himself

N/A

Go To Top Of Page [1] Billboard reviewed the album on 24th Oct 1960.