Christmas Duets is a 2008 album released by RCA Records, consisting
of archival Elvis Presley vocal recordings mixed with completely
re-recorded instrumentation and new vocals by contemporary country
and gospel singers. Three tracks on the album do not have duet
vocals: "The First Noel", "If I Get Home On Christmas Day", and
"Winter Wonderland". However, the instrumental tracks for these
songs were re-recorded by contemporary musicians, just like on all
other songs. The Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood duets have
both charted on the Billboard country charts, with the former
reaching the Top 40. A second version of "Blue Christmas" was
recorded with Martina McBride using mainly acoustic instrumentation
in order to obtain a similar arrangement to the one used in the
informal segments of Presley's '68 Comeback Special. Also, shots of
McBride performing the song were digitally inserted into footage,
taken from the original special, of Presley performing the same song,
to use as a promotional music video for the album. The second
version of "Blue Christmas" was never officially released outside
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