Andy Williams - Christmas Present (1974) and similar items

Catalog Number: 3C-33191 Condition Details: Vinyl plays nicely (play-tested), occasional light-crackles. Cover looks great; light-scuffing (front/back). Inner sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is easy-to-read. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Christmas Present Joy To The World O Little Town Of Bethlehem Christmas Bells It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Ave Maria (Schubert) Oh Come All Ye Faithful Angels We Have Heard On High Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Ave Maria (Gounod) What Child Is This I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day The Lord's Prayer About The Record: Christmas Present is a Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in late 1974 by Columbia Records. A brief blurb in Billboard magazine's Inside Track column in that year's November 23 issue revealed the album's television tie-in: "Christmas Present is title [sic] of Andy Williams' 11th Yule show, airing on NBC-TV Dec. 11". An article entitled "MOR Artists Are Ailing" in that same issue describes the hopes that the record company had for the album: "Columbia is releasing Andy Williams' newest LP, Christmas Present, with considerable advance orders and expects it to become a holiday classic to continue the string of album winners for the artist." That meant that Williams, who had previously hosted his own television program that bore his name, used his efforts to promote the album through his television special, as with other promotions in his years with Columbia. A reviewer on allmusic.com says of Christmas Present, "this was Andy Williams's second million-selling Christmas album, and with good reason. Here is his sound at its peak."