Pretty Paper (album)

Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and 24th studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was also his last release of the 1970s. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones, with whom he had collaborated on the acclaimed Stardust album released the year before.

The self-composed title track had been a hit Christmas song in 1963, when it was recorded by Roy Orbison. Nelson had previously recorded the song in 1964.

Track listing

Side one

1. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:45
2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:25
3. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:11
4. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:11
5. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) – 1:53
6. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:38

Side two

1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:12
2. "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) – 2:25
3. "Silent Night" (Joseph Mohr, Franz Xavier Gruber) – 3:43
4. "Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks. Lewis H. Redner) – 1:28
5. "Christmas Blues" – Instrumental (Willie Nelson, Booker T. Jones) – 3:13
6. "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson) – 2:25

Personnel

• Willie Nelson – Vocals, guitar
• Paul English – Drums
• Chris Ethridge – Bass
• Bradley Hartman – Engineer
• Booker T. Jones – Arranger, Keyboards
• Rex Ludwick – Drums
• Jody Payne – Guitar
• Mickey Raphael – Harmonica
• Bee Spears – Bass

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