The Christmas Album

~ Release by Charlie Byrd (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▼12" Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
A1O Holy Night
producer:
Teo Macero
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
arranger:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
3:15
A2Joy to the World
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
1:52
A3O Little Town of Bethlehem
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental 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)
1:55
A4God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental 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)
1:40
A5The Christmas Song
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
writer:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
1:57
A6Do You Hear What I Hear?
producer:
Teo Macero
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
arranger:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental 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)
lyrics quoted on:
Do You Feel What I Feel?
1:35
A7Silent Night, Holy Night
producer:
Teo Macero
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
arranger:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental 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
1:49
B1What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
recording of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
publisher:
Richard Jones (English printer, songwriter, and composer) (on 1580-09-03)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
music quoted on:
Une saison en enfer (Aut’Chose)
1:56
B2Hark the Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Teo Macero
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
arranger:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
1:33
B3Coventry Carol
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:33
B4Good King Wenceslas
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
1:35
B5The First Noel
producer:
Teo Macero
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
arranger:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:18
B6It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
producer:
Teo Macero
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
arranger:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental 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)
1:36
B7We Three Kings
guitar:
Charlie Byrd
instrumental recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
1:51