The Joyful Season is a 1964 Christmas album by Jo Stafford. It is unique in that it features Stafford accompanying herself as a vocal choir through the use of multitrack recording and incorporating the use of electric guitars. The album was reissued on CD in 2005 by DRG.
Track listing Side 1 "Little Drummer Boy" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "Deck the Halls" "White Christmas" "Jingle Bells" "Merry Christmas"
Side 2 "Christmas is the Season (of the Bells)" "O Little Town of Bethlehem" "Silver Bells" "Winter Wonderland" "Silent Night"
CD bonus tracks "Gesu Bambino" "Ave Maria" "Christmas Medley #1: Hark the Herald Angels Sing/The First Noel/O Come All Ye Faithful" (with Gordon MacRae) "Christmas Medley #2: Joy to the World/It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (with Gordon MacRae) "Toys for Tots"
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