Not a Christmas album and don’t know if it was ever recorded on a record, but I just heard online The Monkees singing Riu Chiu.
A cappella. Excellent blend.
The folk group I was in sang this song, same arrangement, every Christmas season. I believe it was popular in folk music circles back in the 60s.
Thanks for the heads up, Lizzie. According to Wikipedia:
"In 1967, the Monkees performed the song live on a Christmas episode of their TV series entitled 'The Monkees' Christmas Show'. A studio version was released on subsequent compilation albums (and later on the 2018 album
Christmas Party.) It is likely the Monkees learned the song from their producer, Chip Douglas, who himself had performed it with his former band, the Modern Folk Quartet, on their 1964 album
Changes."
This must be the studio version. Sounds great to me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_NQytR1zKkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADu_R%C3%ADu_Ch%C3%ADu