Various - Stax Christmas

Stax Records and Craft Recordings have released this new 12-track festive collection Stax Christmas. The album features some of the biggest recording names in the hallowed label’s history, including Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, and the Staple Singers with a number of rarities, two of which are previously unreleased recordings: a stunning rendition of writers Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson’s perennial “Blue Christmas” by Carla Thomas, and an alternative mix of Redding’s much-loved interpretation of “Merry Christmas Baby,”.

Tracklisting:

1. Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby (Alternate Mix)
2. The Staple Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
3. Booker T & The MG's - Winter Wonderland (Take 2)
4. Carla Thomas - Blue Christmas
5. Isaac Hayes - The Mistletoe And Me
6. Albert King - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
7. Rufus Thomas - I'll Be Your Santa Baby
8. Cix Bits - Season's Greetings
9. The Rance Allen Group - White Christmas
10. The Temprees - It's Christmas Time Again (The Christmas Song)
11. The Emotions - What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas?
12. Rufus & Carla Thomas - That Makes Christmas Day