07/12/2022

Air Supply "The Christmas Album" (1987) -Christmas Music-


  
 Label : Arista Records


Australie Side A

01 - White Christmas (Irving Berlin)
02 - The First Noel (William Sandys)
03 - The Little Drummer Boy (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone)
04 - The Eyes Of A Child (Graham Russell & Ron Bloom)
05 - Silent Night (Franz Gruber & Joseph Mohr)

Side B

01 - The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Mel Torme & Robert Wells)
02 - Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish)
03 - Love Is All (Graham Russell)
04 - Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard & Dick Smith)
05 - O Come All Ye Faithful (Frederick Oakeley & John Francis Wade)


Produced by Michael Lloyd for Mike Curb Productions, Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock
Executive Producer : Jimmy Ienner
Engineered by Carmine Rubino
Assisted by Dan Nebenzal
A&M Assistant : Bob Vogt, Rob Jacobs, Steve Barncard, Greg Goldman & Brad Lambert
Recorded Live at A&M Studios, Studio A, Hollywood, California
Mixed at A&M Studios
Mixed by Carmine Rubino, Dan Nebenzal, Michael Lloyd & Jimmy Ienner
Assisted by Bob Vogt

"The First Noel", "The Little Drummer Boy", "The Eyes Of A Child", "Silent Night" & "O Come All Ye Faithful" : Arrangements by Nick Strimple
"White Christmas", "The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)", "Sleigh Ride", "Love Is All" & "Winter Wonderland" : Arrangements by John D'Andrea

Musicians :
Drums : Paul Leim, Ron Krasinski
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Guitar : Laurence Juber
Keyboards : Jim Cox, John Hobbs, Michael Lloyd

Brass under The Direction of John Rosenberg
Trumpets : John Rosenberg, Stuart Blumberg
Trombones : Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Lew McCreary, Ernie Carlson
French Horns : Jim Thatcher, Brian O'Conner
Woodwinds : Jon Clarke, Don Ashworth, John Mitchell, Ron Jannelli

Strings under the Direction of Sid Sharp
Sid Sharp, Joy Lyle, Bill Kurasch, Tibor Zelig, Harris Goldman, Nate Kaproff, James Getzoff, Henry Ferber, Stan Plummer, A. Belnick, Endre Granat, Michael Markman, Bruce Dukov, Bonnie Douglas, V. Grahat, Myra Kesttenbaum, Ken Burward-Hoy, Don McInnes, Sam Boghossian, Buell Neidlinger, Israel Baker, Michael Nowak, Arni Egilsson, Jesse Ehrlich, Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelly, Harry Shultz, Jerry Kessler, David Shamban
Harp : Gayle Levant

Percussion : Michael Fisher, Alan Estes, Bob Zimmitti, Ron Krasinski

Background vocals : Graham Russell, Russell Hitchcock
Additional Background vocals : Debbie Lytton, Jeni Lytton, Patty Lloyd, Edie Lehman, Linda Harmon, Michael Lloyd