In the Christmas Spirit

In the Christmas Spirit is the fourth album by the R&B/soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in November 1966. It charted 9 weeks peaking at #13 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart December 2, 1967. The album features instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols and songs.

Track listing

 * Side one
 * 1) "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont)
 * 2) "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
 * 3) "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
 * 4) "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
 * 5) "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
 * 6) "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
 * Side two
 * 1) "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore)
 * 2) "Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson)
 * 3) "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey)
 * 4) "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
 * 5) "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.)
 * 6) "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional)

Personnel

 * Booker T. & the M.G.s
 * Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ, piano, vibraphone
 * Steve Cropper - guitar, bass guitar on "White Christmas"
 * Donald Dunn - bass guitar, claves on "White Christmas"
 * Al Jackson Jr. - drums, percussion