The Christmas Album

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℗ & © «2015 Neil Diamond, under exclusive license to Capitol Records LLC»
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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1O Come, O Come Emmanuel / We Three Kings of Orient Are
guitar:
Bob Mann (US session guitarist)
choir vocals [Boys' Choir]:
Angel Voices of St. Philip's Choir (London)
orchestra:
Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
chorus master:
Robert Prizeman
other instruments [Symphony Orchestra] arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) and Neil Diamond
orchestrator:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (hymn)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 11)
arrangement of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
2:59
2Silent Night
piano:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
other instruments [Symphony Orchestra] arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) and Neil Diamond
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
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
4:03
3Little Drummer Boy
drums (drum set) [drum] programming and percussion programming:
Peter Asher
acoustic guitar:
Bob Mann (US session guitarist)
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
electric guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
percussion [Live percussion]:
Mike Fisher (Percussionist) and M. B. Gordy (percussionist)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (choir vocals)
choir vocals arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
3:59
4Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
acoustic guitar:
Andrew Gold
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Russell Kunkel (session drummer)
electric guitar:
Waddy Wachtel
harmonica:
Warren Ham
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (choir vocals)
choir vocals arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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)
3:26
5The Christmas Song
double bass [Upright bass]:
Bob Magnusson (jazz, pop and classical bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russell Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar:
Bob Mann (US session guitarist)
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
solo tenor saxophone:
Plas Johnson
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (strings)
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
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)
3:32
6Morning Has Broken
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russell Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar and mandolin:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
organ:
Ladd Thomas (Organist)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (choir vocals)
arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) and Neil Diamond
choir vocals arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Morning Has Broken
lyricist:
Eleanor Farjeon
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Cat Music Ltd., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Freshwater Music Ltd., Irving Music, Inc., Island Music Ltd. and Island Music, Inc. (work publisher – NOT related to the Island imprint now owned by UMG)
is based on:
Bunessan (Scottish hymn tune)
3:03
7Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
bass:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Russell Kunkel (session drummer)
electric guitar:
Bob Mann (US session guitarist)
piano:
Alan Lindgren (American keyboardist, arranger, producer, studio & session musician)
solo guitar:
Louis Gutierrez
tambourine:
Peter Asher
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
choir vocals [Boys' Choir]:
Angel Voices of St. Philip's Choir
choir vocals [Children's Choir]:
The Lower School Chorus of Viewpoint School
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger), Marcie Parker (Choirmaster of The Lower School Chorus of Viewpoint School) and Robert Prizeman
drum machine [Rhythm tracl] arranger:
Peter Asher
other instruments [Symphony Orchestra] arranger and choir vocals arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music and Ono Music
4:20
8White Christmas
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russell Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
percussion:
Mike Fisher (Percussionist)
piano [Piano intro]:
Alan Lindgren (American keyboardist, arranger, producer, studio & session musician)
background vocals [Doo-wop background vocals]:
Donny Gerrard, Raven Kane, Josef Powell, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) and David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (brass [Brass quartet])
brass [Brass quartet] arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
background vocals [Doo-wop singers] arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) and Alan Lindgren (American keyboardist, arranger, producer, studio & session musician)
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)
3:56
9God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
other vocals [Barbershop Quartet]:
139th Street Quartet
arranger:
139th Street Quartet, Doug Anderson (Barbershop tenor vocalist), Neil Diamond, Dan Jordan (Barbershop lead vocalist), Jim Kline and Pete Neushul
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)
1:18
10Jingle Bell Rock
acoustic guitar:
Andrew Gold
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Nathaniel Kunkel
electric guitar:
Waddy Wachtel
tambourine:
Peter Asher
background vocals [Doo-wop singers]:
Jim Haas (James Edwin Haas, lead vocal "Happy Days" theme song), Jon Joyce (vocalist), Gene Morford and Jerry Whitman
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
drum machine [Rhythm track] arranger:
Peter Asher
other instruments [Symphony Orchestra] arranger, background vocals [Doo-wop background vocals] arranger and choir vocals arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
cover recording of:
Jingle Bell Rock
writer:
Joe Beal and Jim Boothe
publisher:
Anne Rachel Music Corp, Carlin, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd.
1:51
11Hark the Herald Angels Sing
organ:
Ladd Thomas (Organist)
choir vocals:
L.A. Mass Choir
chorus master:
Donald Taylor
arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) and Neil Diamond
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)
2:50
12Silver Bells
acoustic guitar:
Bob Mann (US session guitarist)
bass:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Russell Kunkel (session drummer)
pedal steel guitar:
Dan Dugmore
piano:
Alan Lindgren (American keyboardist, arranger, producer, studio & session musician)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (choir vocals, strings)
strings arranger and choir vocals arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
cover recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
3:06
13You Make It Feel Like Christmas
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Russell Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist) and Waddy Wachtel
keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
lead vocals:
Neil Diamond
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (choir vocals, strings)
strings arranger and choir vocals arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
recording of:
You Make It Feel Like Christmas
writer:
Neil Diamond
33:38
14O Holy Night
piano:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (other instruments [Symphony Orchestra])
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
other instruments [Symphony Orchestra] arranger:
Alan Lindgren (American keyboardist, arranger, producer, studio & session musician)
arranger:
Neil Diamond and Alan Lindgren (American keyboardist, arranger, producer, studio & session musician)
choir vocals arranger:
Frank Lindgren (Choral arranger)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
3:33

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