05/12/2023

Neil Diamond "The Christmas Album" (1992) -Christmas Music / Adult Contemporary-



Label : Sony Music Entertainment


États-Unis 01 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel / We Three Kings Of Orient Are (Traditional) / (Traditional)
02 - Silent Night (Traditional)
03 - Little Drummer Boy (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone)
04 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie)
05 - The Christmas Song (Mel Torme & Robert Wells)
06 - Morning Has Broken (Traditional)
07 - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon & Yoko Ono)
08 - White Christmas (Irving Berlin)
09 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Traditional)
10 - Jingle Bell Rock (Joseph Carleton Beal & James Ross Boothe)
11 - Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Traditional)
12 - Silver Bells (Raymond B. Evans & James Livingston)
13 - You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Neil Diamond)
14 - O Holy Night (Traditional)


Album Produced by Peter Asher
Recorded & Mixed by Frank Wolf
Assisted by Nathaniel Kunkel & Brett Swain
Additional Assistants : Chad Blinman, Alec Marcou, Gil Morales, Marnie Riley & Eric Rudd
Recorded at :
Conway Recording Studios / Los Angeles
Arch Angel Recording Studios / Los Angeles
Abbey Road Studios / London
Ocean Way Recording / Los Angeles
The Hit Factory / New York
The Complex / Los Angeles
Studio 55 / Los Angeles
January-August, 1992
Mixed at Conway Recording Studios / Los Angeles
Mastered at Sterling Sound / New York by George Marino
Production Coordinator : Ivy Skoff
Project Coordinator : Sam Cole


01 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel / We Three Kings Of Orient Are

Guitar : Bob Mann
Boys' Choir : Angel Voices of St. Phillips's Choir (London) 
Directed by Robert Frizeman
Symphony Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
Concertmaster : Gavyn Wright

02 - Silent Night

Piano : Robbie Buchanan
Choir : The Ambrosian Singers
Directed by John McCarthy
Symphony Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
Concertmaster : Gavyn Wright

03 - Little Drummer Boy

Acoustic Guitar : Bob Mann
Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Drum & Percussion Programming : Peter Asher
Live Percussion : Michael Fisher, M.B. Gordy
Bass Jimmy Johnson
Electric Guitar : Dean Parks
Choir Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 

04 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Acoustic Guitars : Andrew Gold
Electric Guitars : Waddy Wachtel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Drums Russ Kunkel
Harmonica : Warren Ham
Choir Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 

05 - The Christmas Song

Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Upright Bass : Bob Magnusson
Guitars : Bob Mann
Drums Russ Kunkel
Tenor Saxophone Solo : Plas Johnson
String Section Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 

06 - Morning Has Broken

Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Guitar & Mandolin : Dean Parks
Bass : Jimmy Johnson
Drums Russ Kunkel
Organ : Ladd Thomas
Choir Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 

07 - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

Piano : Alan Lindgren
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Electric Guitar : Bob Mann
Guitar Solo : Louis Gutierrez
Tambourine : Peter Asher
Children's Choir : The Lower School Chorus of viewpoint School (Calabasas, California)
Directed by Marcie Parker
Boy's Choir : Angel Voices of St. Phillip's Choir (London)
Directed by Robert Frizeman
Choir : The Ambrosian Singers
Directed by John McCarthy
Symphony Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
Concertmaster : Gavyn Wright
Choir Arranged by David Campbell
Rhythm Track Arranged by Peter Asher

08 - White Christmas

Piano Intro : Alan Lindgren
Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Bass : Jimmy Johnson
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Guitar : Dean Parks
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Brass Quartet Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
Doop-Wop Background vocals : Donny Gerrard, Raven Kane, Josef Powell, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters
Doop-Wop Singers Arranged by David Campbell & Alan Lindgren
Conducted by David Campbell

09 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Barbershop Quartet : 139th Street Quartet (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.) / Doug Anderson, Dan Jordan, Jim Kline, Peter Neushul
Arranged by 139th Street Quartet

10 - Jingle Bell Rock

Drums Russ Kunkel
Bass : Bob Glaub
Acoustic Guitars : Andrew Gold
Tambourines : Peter Asher
Electric Guitar : Waddy Wachtel
Doop-Wop Background vocals Arranged by David Campbell
Doop-Wop Singers : Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Gene Morford, Jerry Whitman
Choir Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
Symphony Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
Concertmaster : Gavyn Wright
Rhythm Track Arranged by Peter Asher

11 - Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Organ : Ladd Thomas
Choir : L.A. Mass Choir
Directed by Donald Taylor
Arranged by David Campbell

12 - Silver Bells

Acoustic Guitar : Bob Mann
Pedal Steel Guitar : Dan Dugmore
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Piano : Alan Lindgren
Drums Russ Kunkel
Choir Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
String Section Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 

13 - You Make It Feel Like Christmas

Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Bass : Bob Glaub
Drums Russ Kunkel
Guitars : Waddy Wachtel, Dean Parks
String Section Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 
Concertmaster : Gavyn Wright
Choir Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell 

14 - O Holy Night

Piano : Robbie Buchanan
Choir : The Ambrosian Singers
Directed by John McCarthy
Symphony Orchestra Arranged by Alan Lindgren
Conducted by David Campbell
Concertmaster : Gavyn Wright
Choir Arranged by Frank Lindgren