Decca matrix NA 2521. Christmas time's a-coming-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys

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Notes
Master renumbered by Decca as 81801.
Ruppli session personnel note: Bill Monroe (tenor vocals, mandolin), Owen Bradley (vibraphone), Edd Mayfield (guitar, lead vocals), James Ora Bowers (banjo), Oscar "Shorty" Sheehan (bass), Gordon Terry (fiddle).
Ruppli session note: Both titles also issued on CD Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15423/2.
Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
10/28/1951 Nashville, Tennessee. Castle Studio [A] Master Decca 46386 10-in.
10/28/1951 Nashville, Tennessee. Castle Studio [A] Master Decca 9-46386 45-rpm
10/28/1951 Nashville, Tennessee. Castle Studio [A] Master Decca DL7-4343 LP
10/28/1951 Nashville, Tennessee. Castle Studio [A] Master Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15423/2 Compact disc

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix NA 2521. Christmas time's a-coming-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys," accessed December 16, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000346239/NA_2521-Christmas_times_a-coming-1.

Decca matrix NA 2521. Christmas time's a-coming-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 16, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000346239/NA_2521-Christmas_times_a-coming-1.

"Decca matrix NA 2521. Christmas time's a-coming-1 / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 16 December 2025.

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