Title: Those "missing" songs have been absent since vinyl days
Product review: Columbia first re-released this on vinyl in 1971 on the old Harmony label (KH 30684). Because it was a budget label, the two songs "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Have Reindeer, Will Travel" were deleted at that time to save money. This CD is a straight reissue of that budget release.That doesn't excuse the two songs' absence now, though; this just puts their absence into historical perspective.Perhaps the Legacy label will do a full reissue of this album, which deserves greater recognition, the way it did Johnny's classic first Christmas album a couple years ago. It's a very good album as it is; it would be even greater in its complete form.
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