''Christmas Shopping'' is a Christmas album by
Buck Owens and
His Buckaroos released in 1968 charting for one week at # 31 on ''
Billboard
A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...
s Best Best For Christmas Album chart.
["Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 80, no. 52, December 28, 1968, p. 57. worldradiohistory.com] It is his second holiday-themed album, following 1965's ''
Christmas with Buck Owens''.
It was re-issued on CD by
Sundazed Records in 1999, and again via
digital download in 2011.
Reception
In his
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
review, critic
Cub Koda called the album "a more slickly produced album than its predecessor."
Track listing
All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.
Side one
#"Christmas Shopping" – 2:18
#"Christmas Time Is Near" (Owens,
Red Simpson
Joe Cecil "Red" Simpson (March 6, 1934 – January 8, 2016) was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his trucker -themed country songs.
Biography
Joe Cecil Simpson was born in 1934 in Higley, Arizona, and was raised ...
) – 3:00
#"The Jolly Christmas Polka" – 2:15
(instrumental)
#"All I Want for Christmas Is My Daddy" (Owens,
Jimmy Snyder) – 2:51
#"Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours" – 2:50
#"Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas" (Owens,
Earl Poole Ball) – 2:36
Side two
#"One of Everything You Got" (Owens,
Bob Morris) – 2:24
#"Home on Christmas Day" – 2:13
#"Christmas Schottische" – 2:05
(instrumental)
#"A Very Merry Christmas" – 2:29
#"It's Not What You Give" (Owens, Morris) – 3:03
#"Tomorrow Is Christmas Day" (Owens,
Don Rich) – 1:59
References
{{Authority control
1968 Christmas albums
Buck Owens albums
Capitol Records Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Albums produced by Ken Nelson (United States record producer)
Country Christmas albums
Albums recorded at Capitol Studios