It’s a Wrap: Big Band Carols + Christmas Songs

~ Release by The Salvation Army (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Christmas Carol album by the Salvation Army NZ for Christmas 2008 fundraising.

Available for a $5 donation at these supermarkets nationwide: Countdown, Foodtown and Woolworths.

40,000 copies made.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1A King Is Coming to Town
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
solo performer:
Marcellus "Lusa" Washburn
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
A King Is Coming to Town (Geron Davis)
lyricist and composer:
Geron Davis
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices5:44
2God Rest, Ye Merry Gentlemen
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices2:12
3Silent Night
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
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)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices4:39
4O Come All Ye Faithful
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices2:15
5We Three Kings
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
solo performer:
Musical Island Boys
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices2:43
6Messiah Medley
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
Messiah Medley
composer:
George Frideric Handel
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices3:45
7Away in a Manger
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
solo performer:
Leighancher Conrad and Marcellus "Lusa" Washburn
arranger:
Matthew Pethybridge
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices6:03
8Deck the Halls
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Musical Island Boys
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Musical Island Boys1:30
9Angels We Have Heard on High
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown]
composer:
[traditional]
translator:
James Chadwick (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices2:18
10It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices2:07
11Jingle Bells Medley
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Musical Island Boys
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
medley including a recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices2:42
12What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
solo performer:
Matthew Pethybridge and Alex Nyman
arranger:
Matthew Pethybridge
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices6:18
13Feliz Navidad
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
cover recording of:
Feliz Navidad (Spanish/English)
lyricist and composer:
José Feliciano
publisher:
DeJamus Ltd., J & H Publishing Co. and J-H Publishing
Musical Island Boys2:06
14Joy to the World
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
arranger:
Don Marsh
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices2:23
15He Is Still the Christ of Christmas
producer:
Matthew Pethybridge
solo performer:
Leighancher Conrad
recorded at and mixed at:
Matrix Digital
recording of:
He Is Still the Christ of Christmas (Geron Davis)
lyricist and composer:
Geron Davis
CMD Big Band & Studio Voices5:56