Christmas Island

~ Release by Jimmy Buffett (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Label: MCA - Catalog #: 11489

Annotation last modified on 2006-10-29 05:23 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Christmas Island
recording of:
Christmas Island
lyricist and composer:
Lyle Moraine
52:58
2Jingle Bells
arranger:
Jimmy Buffett and Michael Utley
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
3:54
3A Sailor's Christmas
recording of:
A Sailor's Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Buffett and Roger Guth
5:15
4Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
guest vocals:
Melanie Prestidge
cover recording of:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Yoko Ono (Japanese‐American musician and artist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Lenono Music and Ono Music
5:45
5Up on the House Top
arranger:
Jimmy Buffett and Michael Utley
recording of:
Up on the House Top (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Benjamin R. Hanby (in 1864)
3:36
6Mele Kalikimaka
cover recording of:
Mele Kalikimaka
lyricist and composer:
Robert Alex Anderson (in 1949)
publisher:
Lichelle Music Company, Lovely Hula Hands Music LLC, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
43:00
7Run Rudolph Run
recording of:
Run Rudolph Run
writer:
Marvin Brodie (songwriter, known for “Run Rudolph Run”) and Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Campbell Connelly, Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (in 1958)
32:39
8Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rhum
recording of:
Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rhum
lyricist:
Jimmy Buffett and Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
composer:
Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth and Peter Mayer (Guitarist for Jimmy Buffet)
44:11
9I'll Be Home for Christmas
recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
Kim Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
44:05
10Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
recording of:
Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home)
lyricist and composer:
Matt Betton (drummer) and Jimmy Buffett
8:21

Credits

Release

mixer and recording engineer:Rob Eaton
assistant engineer:Joe Hayden
Joe Lizzi
producer:Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
Michael Utley
strings arranger:Michael Utley
bass guitar and double bass:Jim Mayer
guitar:Jimmy Buffett
Peter Mayer (Guitarist for Jimmy Buffet)
Mac McAnally
harmonica:Greg “Fingers” Taylor
keyboard:Michael Utley
membranophone:Roger Guth
percussion:Ralph MacDonald
Robert Greenidge (steel drummer)
saxophone:Amy Lee (jazz saxophonist)
Tom Mitchell (saxophonist for Jimmy Buffett)
steelpan:Robert Greenidge (steel drummer)
trumpet:John Lovell
ukulele:Peter Mayer (Guitarist for Jimmy Buffet)
vocals:Jimmy Buffett
Claudia Cummings
Tina Gullickson
Peter Mayer (Guitarist for Jimmy Buffet)
Mac McAnally
Nadirah Shakoor
vocals arranger:Peter Mayer (Guitarist for Jimmy Buffet)
recorded at:Javelina Recording in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
ASIN:US: B000002P2Q [info]

Release group

Wikidata:Q686310 [info]