Christmas

~ Release by Bruce Cockburn (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
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1Adeste Fidelis
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
0:53
2Early on One Christmas Morn
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
drums (drum set):
Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer)
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn and Colin Linden
percussion:
Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
piano:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
background vocals:
Colin Linden, Colina Phillips, Sharon Lee Williams and Vivienne Williams
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Early on One Christmas Morn
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
3:03
3O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
3:39
4Riu Riu Chiu
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
Appalachian dulcimer [dulcimer] and guitar:
Bruce Cockburn
percussion:
Bruce Cockburn and Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
violin:
Hugh Marsh
background vocals:
Eliseo Borrero, Alberto Mirabal and Candi Sosa
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Ríu, ríu, chíu
composer:
Mateu Fletxa ("El Vell" / "El Viejo")
6:27
5I Saw Three Ships
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
bass:
John Dymond (Canadian bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bruce Cockburn
organ:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
slide guitar:
Colin Linden
violin:
Hugh Marsh
other vocals [humming]:
T‐Bone Burnett (musician, songwriter and producer)
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
4:20
6Down in Yon Forest
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
Appalachian dulcimer [dulcimer] and wind chime:
Bruce Cockburn
electric violin [violectra]:
Hugh Marsh
organ:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
percussion:
Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Down in Yon Forest
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:10
7Les anges dans nos campagnes
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
accordion:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
Appalachian dulcimer [dulcimer] and harmonica:
Bruce Cockburn
percussion:
Bruce Cockburn and Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
background vocals:
Eliseo Borrero, Jenny Cockburn, Alberto Mirabal and Candi Sosa
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:10
8Go Tell It on the Mountain
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
bass:
John Dymond (Canadian bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer)
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn
organ:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
slide guitar:
Colin Linden
background vocals:
Colina Phillips, Sharon Lee Williams and Vivienne Williams
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
3:12
9Shepherds
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
bass:
John Dymond (Canadian bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer)
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn and Colin Linden
organ:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
background vocals:
Sam Phillips (Singer-songwriter formerly known as Leslie Phillips)
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Shepherds
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Cockburn
publisher:
Golden Mountain Music Corp.
2:52
10Silent Night
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
bass:
John Dymond (Canadian bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer)
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn
organ:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
slide guitar:
Colin Linden
violin:
Hugh Marsh
background vocals:
Colina Phillips, Sharon Lee Williams and Vivienne Williams
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
4:10
11Iesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol)
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
bass:
John Dymond (Canadian bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer)
electric guitar:
Colin Linden
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn
organ:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
percussion:
Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
violin:
Hugh Marsh
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Jesous Ahatonhia (The Huron Carol)
lyricist:
Jean de Brébeuf
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Une jeune pucelle
6:34
12God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
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)
2:54
13It Come Upon the Midnight Clear
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn
organ:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
percussion:
Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
violin:
Hugh Marsh
background vocals:
Sam Phillips (Singer-songwriter formerly known as Leslie Phillips)
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
6:42
14Mary Had a Baby
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
accordion:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin)
bass:
John Dymond (Canadian bassist)
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn
percussion:
Bruce Cockburn, Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer) and Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
background vocals:
Richard Bell (Canadian keyboardist for The Band/Janis Joplin), Gary Craig (Toronto-based drummer), John Dymond (Canadian bassist) and Dick Smith (Canadian percussionist)
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Mary Had a Baby
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:42
15Joy to the World
recording engineer and mixer:
Joe Schiff
assistant engineer:
Mike Piersante (recording engineer & mixer) and Eric Ratz
producer:
Bruce Cockburn
guitar:
Bruce Cockburn
vocals:
Bruce Cockburn
recorded at:
Phase One Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1993-05)
mixed at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1993-06)
recording of:
Joy to the World (arr. Bruce Cockburn)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Bruce Cockburn
arrangement of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
0:45

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ASIN:US: B0000028TK [info]