The Classic Christmas Album

~ Release by Neil Diamond (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1White 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)
3:58
2Joy to the World
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
2:38
3O Come All Ye Faithful
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
4:16
4The First Noel
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
3:35
5Winter Wonderland
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)
2:44
6You 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
33:39
7The 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)
3:31
8O 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”)
3:28
9Silver 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
10Sleigh Ride
recording of:
Sleigh Ride
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1950)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!) and Woodbury Music (aka Woodbury Music Company)
version of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
2:43
11Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
4:45
12Silent 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
4:04