The Christmas Album

~ Release by Shakatak (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Happy Christmas to Ya!
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Happy Christmas to Ya!
3:35
2Winter Wonderland
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:10
3White Christmas
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
3:13
4O Little Town of Bethlehem
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner
arranger:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
St. James Music
arrangement of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
3:41
5Silent Night
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
4:20
6Christmas Time Again
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Christmas Time Again
writer:
Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone
4:38
7Christmas in Rio
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Christmas in Rio
4:33
8Good King Wenceslas
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
3:58
9Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:15
10Sing (Little One)
recording of:
Sing (Little One)
3:44
11God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
4:12
12Lonely on Christmas Day
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
On Christmas Day
composer:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
3:07
13Jingle Bells
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
3:48
14The Christmas Song
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
3:38
15Away in a Manger
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
3:11
16Auld Lang Syne
assistant engineer:
John Davies (engineer, collaborated with regular partner Nigel Stock)
engineer:
Robin Sellars (British recording engineer)
producer:
Nigel Wright (British producer, orchestrator and songwriter)
bass guitar:
George Anderson (Shakatak bassist)
keyboard:
Bill Sharpe
membranophone:
Roger Odell
vocals:
Jill Saward
recorded at:
Skratch Studios in Surrey, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist) (in 1788)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6294)
4:35