JETHRO TULL   THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
2003
01. Birthday Card At Christmas (3:35)
02. Holly Herald (4:15)
03. A Christmas Song (2:47)
04. Another Christmas Song (3:30)
05. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (4:33)
06. Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow (3:35)
07. Last Man At The Party (4:47)
08. Wheathercock (4:17)
09. Pavane (4:18)
10. First Snow On Brooklyn (4:55)
11. Greensleeved (2:39)
12. Fire At Midnight (2:24)
13. We Five Kings (3:14)
14. Ring Out, Solstice Bells (4:03)
15. Bouree (4:23)
16. A Winter Snowscape (Martin solo) (4:54)

Total playing time: 62:16

1. Birthday Card At Christmas (Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitars
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Doane Perry: Drums
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Bass
2. Holly Herald
The Holly & The Ivy (Trad.)/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (F. Mendelssohn)
(Instrumental medley arranged & developed by Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Flute
    Martin Barre: Guitars
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards & Accordion
    Jonathan Noyce: Bass Guitar
    James Duncan: Drums
3. A Christmas Song (Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute, Mandolin
    Martin Barre: Acoustic Guitar
    Andrew Giddings: Organ
    David Pegg: Mandolin
    James Duncan: Percussion
4. Another Christmas Song (Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Doane Perry: Drums
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards
    David Pegg: Bass Guitar
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
(Trad. instrumental arranged & developed by Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Flute
    Martin Barre: Guitars
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards
    Jonathan Noyce: Bass Guitar
    James Duncan: Drums
6. Jack Frost & The Hooded Crow (Ian Anderson)

    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute, Mandolin
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Doane Perry: Drums & Percussion
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Bass
7. Last Man At The Party (Ian Anderson)

    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute, Piccolo, Mandolin, Percussion
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Accordion, Bass
8. Weathercock (Ian Anderson)

    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute, Mandolin
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Doane Perry: Drums
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Bass
9. Pavane
(G. Fauré, arr. & developed by Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Flute
    Martin Barre: Guitars
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards
    Jonathan Noyce: Bass Guitar
    James Duncan: Drums
10. First Snow On Brooklyn (Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Doane Perry: Drums
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Bass
    The Sturcz String Quartet, arr. Laszlo Bencker
    - Gabor Csonka: 1st Violin
    - Peter Szilagyi: 2nd Violin
    - Gyula Benko: Viola
    - Andras Sturcz: Cello
11. Greensleeved
(Trad. instrumental based on 'Greensleeves', arr. & developed by Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Flute
    Martin Barre: Guitars
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards
    Jonathan Noyce: Bass Guitar
    James Duncan: Drums
12. Fire At Midnight (Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute, Acoustic Guitar
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Doane Perry: Drums
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Bass
13. We Five Kings
(Instrumental 'We Three Kings', Rev. J. Hopkins, arr. & developed by Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Flute
    Martin Barre: Guitars
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Accordion
    Jonathan Noyce: Bass Guitar
    James Duncan: Drums
14. Ring Out Solstice Bells (Ian Anderson)

    Ian Anderson: Vocals, Flute
    Martin Barre: Electric Guitar
    Doane Perry: Drums
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Bass
15. Bourée
(J. S. Bach, arr. & developed by Ian Anderson)
    Ian Anderson: Flute
    Martin Barre: Guitars
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Accordion
    Jonathan Noyce: Bass Guitar
    James Duncan: Drums
16. A Winter Snowscape (Instrumental, Martin Barre)
    Martin Barre: Guitars
    Ian Anderson: Flute
    Andrew Giddings: Keyboards
MUSICIANS:
Ian Anderson: Flute, Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Piccolo, Percussion
Martin Barre: Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Doane Perry: Drums & Percussion
Andrew Giddings: Keyboards, Accordion & Keyboard Bass
Jonathan Noyce: Bass Guitar
Guest Musicians:
James Duncan: Drums & Percussion
David Pegg: Bass Guitar & Mandolin
The Sturcz String Quartet

Produced & engineered by Ian Anderson
Add. studio production: Andrew Giddings, The Wynchwood Recorder, Oxon, UK
'First Snow On Brooklyn', Leslie Mandoki, Park Studios, Tutzing, Germany
Sound Conception Studio, Bristol, UK
Engineers: Ken Wheeler & Alex Ivanovich
Doanne Perry's drums recorded by Travis Dickerson at Travis Dickerson Recording Studios, Chatsworth, California
Martin Barre/Mark Tucker, Presshouse Studio, Devon, UK
Production mastering by Nick Watson at The Town House, London
Photo: Igor Vereshagin

(P) © 2003 The Ian Anderson Group of Companies Ltd./ Fuel 2000 Records, Inc. in cooperation with Varese Sarabande Records & UMVD
Dist. by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Universal City, CA, USA
Christmas Album

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