This Christmas

~ Release by Aretha Franklin (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1Digital Media
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1Angels We Have Heard on High
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
electric bass guitar:
Nathan East
electric guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
Tim Heintz
membranophone:
Ricky Lawson
additional background vocals and choir vocals:
The Fire Choir
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
lead vocals and soprano vocals:
Aretha Franklin
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
instruments arranger:
Tim Heintz
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
5:26
2This Christmas
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
electric guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist)
instruments arranger:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
This Christmas
writer:
Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Crystal Raisin Music, Kuumba Music, Microhits Music Corp., The Estate of Donny Hathaway, Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
5:23
3My Grown‐Up Christmas List
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist)
instruments arranger:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Grown‐Up Christmas List (original version)
lyricist:
Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
publisher:
Air Bear Music (ended), Linda’s Boys Music, Peer Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:15
4The Lord Will Make a Way
recording engineer:
Todd Fairall
engineer:
Michael J. Powell
producer:
Aretha Franklin
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Charles (Volley) Craig
drums (drum set):
Arthur Marbury
guitar:
Matt Dahlgren and Teddy Richards White (son of Aretha Franklin and Ted White (Theodore Richard White))
organ:
Darryl Houston
piano:
Richard Gibbs (composer, songwriter, keyboardist)
background vocals:
Tawatha Agee, Shellyn Ponder, Fonzi Thornton and Brenda White‐King
conductor:
H.B. Barnum
arranger:
Aretha Franklin
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
5:43
5Silent Night
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
piano:
Aretha Franklin
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, The Fire Choir, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
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
5:06
6Ave Maria
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
Timothy Heintz
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, The Fire Choir, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
instruments arranger:
Tim Heintz
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
4:57
7Christmas Ain’t Christmas (Without the One You Love)
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist) and Michito Sanchez
saxophone:
Brandon Fields
background vocals:
Lisa Fischer (American vocalist), Vaneese Thomas, Fonzi Thornton and Brenda White‐King
instruments arranger:
James “Big Jim” Wright (US producer, musician, singer and songwriter aka Big Jim)
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Christmas Ain’t Christmas, New Year’s Ain’t New Years Without the One You Love
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:53
814 Angels2:08
9One Night With the King6:09
10Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (US doo wop singer)
producer:
Tena Clark
mixer:
Al Schmitt
bass:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
keyboard:
Timothy Heintz
background vocals:
Bridgette Bryant (American session backing vocalist), Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, The Fire Choir, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susan Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White and Terry Wood (US vocalist)
conductor:
Carmen Twillie
instruments arranger:
Tim Heintz
choir vocals arranger:
Carmen Twillie
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
5:24
11’Twas the Night Before Christmas
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (engineer)
mixer:
Al Schmitt
mixed at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
’Twas the Night Before Christmas (Ken Darby version)
writer:
Clement Clarke Moore
composer:
Ken Darby
is based on:
A Visit From St. Nicholas
1:52
12Silent Night (solo piano version)
recording engineer:
Les Cooper (engineer)
producer:
Tena Clark
piano:
Aretha Franklin
vocals:
Aretha Franklin
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
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