Rocky Mountain Christmas is the tenth studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in October 1975 by RCA Victor Records.
His first Christmas-themed release, the album includes renditions of several traditional carols and popular Christmas standards; re-recorded versions of two songs from earlier Denver albums, "Aspenglow" from Take Me to Tomorrow and "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" from Farewell Andromeda; and the newly penned compositions "Christmas for Cowboys" and "A Baby Just Like You"; these two songs, along with five others including "Aspenglow", were featured in Denver's TV special of the same name that aired December 10, 1975 on ABC.
The single from the album, "Christmas for Cowboys", became a minor hit in the US (#58 pop) and Canada (#77 pop, No. 26 AC).
Track listing
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Personnel
John Denver – vocals and 12-string guitars
Dick Kniss – bass
Lee Holdridge – piano, celeste, harpsichord and tack piano
Steve Weisberg – guitar
John Sommers – guitar and mandolin
Hal Blaine – drums and percussion
Herbie Lovelle – drums
George Marge – oboe and English horn on "Silver Bells" Harvey Estrin – flute on "Silver Bells" Sid Sharp – violin William Kurasch – violin Samuel Boghossian – viola Jesse Erhlich – cello Pearl Kaufman – piano and harpsichord play on "Coventry Carol," "What Child Is This," and "Oh Holy Night" Chuck Collazzi – plays guitar on "What Child Is This" Technical Kris O'Connor – assistant producer Mickey Crofford – engineer Acy Lehman – art direction Peter Palombi – illustration