Now This Is Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Thank God It’s Christmas
producer:
Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack), Josh Macrae (Roger Taylor/Queen producer) and Queen (UK rock group)
bass guitar:
John Deacon
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
electric guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
synthesizer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
background vocals:
Brian May (Queen guitarist), Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1984, in 2011) and Raincloud Productions Ltd. (in 1984)
recording of:
Thank God It’s Christmas
writer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
Queen3.24:20
2Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
producer:
John Lennon (The Beatles), Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) and Phil Spector
choir vocals:
The Harlem Community Choir
orchestra:
Plastic Ono Band
performer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1971)
recording of:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist)
publisher:
Lenono Music and Ono Music
John Lennon4.53:34
3Once Upon a Long Ago
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Henry Spinetti (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
electric guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01) and Tim Renwick (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
flute:
Adrian Brett (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-11)
keyboard:
Nick Glennie‐Smith (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
saxophone:
Stan Sulzmann (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
tambourine:
Linda McCartney (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
violin:
Nigel Kennedy (violinist) (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
background vocals:
Linda McCartney (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
orchestrator:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
recorded at:
Hog Hill Mill (Paul McCartney's studio) in Rye, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom (on 1987-03-11, on 1987-03-12) and Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1987-07-01)
recording of:
Once Upon a Long Ago (from 1987-03-11 until 1987-07-01)
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney54:10
4Here’s Christmas
recording of:
Here Is Christmas
writer:
Ann Wilson (lead singer of Heart), Nancy Wilson (guitarist/singer of “Heart”) and Richie Zito
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), Know Music, Richie Zito Music, Strange Euphoria Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Ann & Nancy Wilson3:40
5December Will Be Magic Again
assistant engineer:
John Barrett
producer:
Kate Bush and Jon Kelly (engineer at Air London Studios)
bass guitar:
Kuma Harada
bell [sleigh bells], maracas and membranophone:
Preston Hayman
guitar:
Alan Murphy (UK session guitarist)
piano:
Kate Bush
vocals:
Kate Bush
remixer:
John Barrett, Kate Bush and Danny Dawson
arranger:
Kate Bush
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Novercia
recording of:
December Will Be Magic Again
lyricist and composer:
Kate Bush
publisher:
Kate Bush Music Ltd.
Kate Bush44:51
6It Must Have Been Love
programming and producer:
Clarence Öfwerman
engineer:
Anders Herrlin and Alar Suurna
mixer:
Humberto Gatica
drums (drum set):
Pelle Alsing (from 1987 until 1990)
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Jonas Isacsson (from 1987 until 1990)
keyboard [keyboards] and synclavier:
Clarence Öfwerman (from 1987 until 1990)
vocals:
Marie Fredriksson (from 1987 until 1990) and Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist) (from 1987 until 1990)
remixer:
Humberto Gatica
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Svenska AB (not for release label use!) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Audio Sweden in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (from 1987 until 1990) and EMI Studios (Stockholm) in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (from 1987 until 1990)
mixed at:
Ground Control Studios in Santa Monica, California, United States
recording of:
It Must Have Been Love (from 1987 until 1990)
lyricist and composer:
Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and Jimmy Fun Music
Roxette3.154:19
7Wonderful Christmastime
engineer:
Eddie Klein (engineer, Hog Hill Mill) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
producer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
assistant mixer:
Eddie Klein (engineer, Hog Hill Mill) (on 1979-10-04)
mixer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1979-10-04)
bell, drums (drum set), keyboard [keyboards], synthesizer, background vocals and lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1979-06 until 1979-07)
electric guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1979-06 to ????)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Lower Gate Farm in East Sussex, England, United Kingdom (from 1979-06 until 1979-07) and Spirit of Ranachan Studio in Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1979-06 until 1979-07)
mixed at:
EMI Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1979-10-04)
recording of:
Wonderful Christmastime (from 1979-06 until 1979-07)
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
Paul McCartney4.53:47
8Do They Know It’s Christmas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Band Aid Trust (in 2004)
recording of:
Do They Know It’s Christmas?
writer:
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Band Aid3.53:44
9Please Come Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
Please Come Home for Christmas
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician) and Gene Redd (Senior; vibraphonist & trumpeter, bandleader and A&R man)
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs US, Lark Music Inc., C. Mose Music (in 1960), Fort Knox Music Inc. (in 1960) and Trio Music Company (in 1960)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Pat Benatar3:06
10Lonely This Christmas
producer:
Mike Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter) and Nicky Chinn
performer:
Mud (UK glam rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1974) and Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 1974)
recording of:
Lonely This Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Mike Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter) and Nicky Chinn
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Mud2.53:34
11Merry Christmas Baby
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1971)
cover recording of:
Merry Christmas Baby (in 1971-05)
writer:
Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore (US blues guitarist, Three Blazers)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Elvis Presley7:18
12It May Be Winter Outside
performer:
Love Unlimited
recording of:
It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It’s Spring)
writer:
Paul Politi and Barry White
publisher:
Fox Fanfare Music Inc. and Very Own Music
Love Unlimited53:09
13Some Day at Christmas
producer:
Henry Cosby
performer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Someday at Christmas
writer:
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) and Bryan Wells
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Ron Miller Legacy Songtrust Publishing LLC (BMI)
Stevie Wonder5?:??
14Little Saint Nick
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
lead vocals:
Mike Love (Beach Boys)
arranger:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
recording of:
Little Saint Nick
writer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
The Beach Boys52:01
15Feliz Navidad
recording of:
Feliz Navidad (Spanish/English)
lyricist and composer:
José Feliciano
publisher:
DeJamus Ltd., J & H Publishing Co. and J-H Publishing
José Feliciano33:04
16So Near to Christmas
Alvin Stardust3:44
17I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
performer:
Wizzard (British Group w/ Roy Wood)
recording of:
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
publisher:
Roy Wood (multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, The Move, ELO & Wizzard.)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Wood (multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, The Move, ELO & Wizzard.)
publisher:
Jet Music Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1973) and EMI April Music Inc. (in 1973)
Roy Wood54:39

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