To Wish You a Merry Christmas
To Wish You a Merry Christmas is an album by Harry Belafonte Recorded May 27, 31, June 1, 3 and 8 of 1958 in Hollywood. Conducted by Bob Corman. Millard Thomas and Laurindo Almeida, guitarists. Produced and directed by Ed Welker. Track listing. Original LP. To Wish You a Merry Christmas was originally released in 1958 as RCA Victor catalog number LPM/LSP-1887. The original LP cover featured an illustration of the Three Wise Men and a listing of the songs in front. Side 1: Side 2: Re-release 1. The album was repackaged  in 1962 as RCA Victor catalog number LPM/LSP-2626, with a different cover (with Belafonte's picture this time) and adding the song "Mary's Boy Child" (from "An Evening with Belafonte") to Side 2. The credits are also slightly different, listing conductor Bob Corman as Robert De Cormier. Side 1: identical to the 1958 release. Side 2: Re-release 2. In 1976, the songs were repackaged again, under the title Belafonte's Christmas, from RCA Records Canada, catalog number KNLI-0166 . The tracks are identical to the 1962 release, except that sides 1 and 2 have been switched (i.e. the  first song of the album is now "Mary's Boy Child"). A completely different picture of Belafonte is used on the cover. Re-release 3. In 2001, RCA reissued the album on CD as Harry Belafonte Christmas, with five bonus tracks added: