The Christmas Project

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

Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
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1Hallelujah Chorus (Handel’s Messiah)
programming:
Blair Masters
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
2:23
2Do You Hear What I Hear?
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
spoken vocals:
Logan Needham
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd. and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:42
3Little Drummer Boy
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
3:41
4O Holy Night
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
background vocals:
John Elefante
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
5:00
5God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
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)
2:47
6Good Christian Men Rejoice
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
Good Christian Men Rejoice
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 107)
translated version of:
In Dulci Jubilo (Original trad.)
2:59
7That Spirit of Christmas
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
background vocals:
Kari Needham
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
That Spirit of Christmas
writer:
Parnel Davison, Marble John and Joel Webster
4:01
8We Three Kings
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
3:55
9What Christmas Needs To Be
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
background vocals:
Scott Faircloff
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
recording of:
What Christmas Needs To Be
writer:
George Cocchini, Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer) and John Schlitt
4:05
10What Child Is This?
bass guitar:
Mark Hill (Nashville session bassist)
guitar:
Tom Bukovac, George Cocchini and Jerry McPherson
keyboard:
Jeffrey Roach and Jason Webb (keyboardist & engineer)
membranophone and percussion:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
John Schlitt
arranger:
Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
4:30

Credits

Release

mixer and producer:Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
engineer:Dan Needham (American drummer, engineer, producer)
Bill Whittington
mastering:Jim Falzone