Description CARPENTERS CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT VINYL LP ALBUM 1978 Vinyl Condition Very Good Plus (VG++) Cover Condition Very Good Plus (VG++) Excellent playback without skips or static noise interference Inner liner / sleeve is original and intact and free of defects Released: October 13, 1978 Recorded: 1977–1978 Genre: Christmas Length 49:08 Label: A&M Producer: Richard Carpenter/Associate Producer – Karen CarpenterThe album includes a revised version of the duo's signature Christmas song, "Merry Christmas Darling", featuring re-recorded vocals by Karen Carpenter (done at her request). It also includes one of two versions of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (a slower version, recorded in 1974, as well as other unused songs recorded during this album's sessions, were issued on the Carpenters' later Christmas album, An Old-Fashioned Christmas.Album artwork The original album cover by Robert Tanenbaum is modeled on Norman Rockwell's 1960 painting, "Triple Self-Portrait", done as a cover for The Saturday Evening Post. Track listing All lead vocals by Karen Carpenter, except where noted. Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (lead vocals: Richard Carpenter) Traditional R. Carpenter 0:28 2. "Deck the Halls (With Boughs of Holly)"/"I Saw Three Ships"/"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"/"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"/"Away in a Manger (Luther's Cradle Hymn)"/"What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)"/"Carol of the Bells"/"O Come All Ye Faithful" (overture) Traditional / Traditional David Overton / Ralph Blane Hugh Martin / Traditional / Traditional James R. Murray / William Chatterton Dix / Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych Peter Wilhousky Nick Perito Peter Knight / John Francis Wade Frederick Oakeley 4:38 3. "Christmas Waltz" Sammy Cahn Jule Styne 2:15 4. "Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson Mitchell Parish 2:39 5. "It's Christmas Time"/"Sleep Well, Little Children" Al Stillman Victor Young / Alan Bergman Leon Klatzkin 2:53 6. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Blane Martin 3:55 7. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" John Frederick Coots Haven Gillespie 1:05 8. "Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" Mel Tormé Robert Wells 3:39 9. "Silent Night" Franz Xaver Gruber Joseph Mohr John Freeman Young Knight 3:19 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 10. "Jingle Bells" James Pierpont Knight 1:10 11. "First Snowfall"/"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Sonny Burke Paul Francis Webster / Cahn Styne 3:35 12. "Carol of the Bells" Leontovych Wilhousky Perito Knight 1:39 13. "Merry Christmas Darling" Frank Pooler R. Carpenter 3:05 14. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" Kim Gannon Walter Kent Buck Ram 3:48 15. "Christ Is Born" Ray Charles Domenico Bartolucci 3:13 16. "Winter Wonderland"/"Silver Bells"/"White Christmas" Felix Bernard Richard B. Smith / Jay Livingston Ray Evans / Irving Berlin 5:31 17. "Ave Maria" Johann Sebastian Bach Charles Gounod Knight 2:35