Pretty Paper

Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and twenty-fourth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. His first Christmas album, 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.

Pretty Paper
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	November 6, 1979[1]
Genre	Christmas music, country
Length	29:15
Label	Columbia
Producer	Booker T. Jones
Willie Nelson chronology
Sings Kristofferson (1979) Pretty Paper (1979) The Electric Horseman (1980)

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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. "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson) - 2:25
2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 2:45
3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard; Richard B. Smith) - 2:25
4. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) - 2:11
5. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) - 2:11
6. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry; Oakley Haldeman) - 1:53

Side two

1. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes; Jay Johnson) - 2:38
2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots; Haven Gillespie) - 2:12
3. "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson; Jack Rollins) - 2:25
4. "Silent Night" (Joseph Mohr; Franz Xavier Gruber) - 3:43
5. "Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks; Lewis H. Redner) - 1:28
6. "Christmas Blues (Instrumental)" (Willie Nelson; Booker T. Jones) - 3:13

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

References

1. "Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson". Rate Your Music. Retrieved July 10, 2011.