The Christmas Album is the tenth studio album by British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 1987.Air Supply - The Christmas Album @Discogs.com Retrieved 12-20-2013. It was their last studio album to be released under Arista Records. The album features recordings of classic Christmas songs plus the two original songs, "Love Is All" and "The Eyes of a Child". There is a short instrumental version of "What Child Is This" in the track "Silent Night".
Track listing "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:25 "The First Noel" (Traditional, William Sandys) - 3:23 "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 3:07 "The Eyes of a Child" (Graham Russell, Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland, Ron Bloom) - 4:33 "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, John F. Young) - 3:08 "The Christmas Song" (Mel Torme, Robert Wells) - 3:01 "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) - 2:23 "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:35 "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) - 3:14 "Love Is All" (Graham Russell, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) - 4:30
Personnel
Air Supply Russell Hitchcock – vocals, backing vocals Graham Russell – vocals, backing vocals
Musicians and Background vocals Jim Cox – keyboards John Hobbs – keyboards Michael Lloyd – keyboards, additional backing vocals Laurence Juber – guitars Dennis Belfield – bass Ron Krasinski – drums, percussion Paul Leim – drums Alan Estes – percussion Michael Fisher – percussion Bob Zimmitti – percussion Linda Harmon – additional backing vocals Edie Lehmann – additional backing vocals Patti Lloyd – additional backing vocals Debbie Lytton – additional backing vocals Jeni Lytton – additional backing vocals
Orchestra John D'Andrea – arrangements (1, 6–9) Nick Strimple – arrangements (2–5, 10) John Rosenberg – brass direction Sid Sharp – string direction Brass and Woodwinds Don Ashworth, Jon Clarke, Ronald Jannelli and John Mitchell – woodwinds Ernie Carlson, Dick Hyde and Lew McCreary – trombone Stuart Blumberg and John Rosenberg – trumpet Brian O'Connor and James Thatcher – French horn Strings Gayle Levant – harp Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Samuel Boghossian, Bonnie Douglas, Bruce Dukov, Arni Egilsson, Jesse Ehrlich, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Harris Goldman, V. Grahat, Endre Granat, Nathan Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelley, Jerome Kessler, Myra Kestenbaum, William Kurasch, Joy Lyle, Michael Markman, Donald McInnes, Buell Neidlinger, Michael Nowak, Stanley Plummer, David Shamban, Sid Sharp, Harry Shultz and Tibor Zelig – string players
Production Jimmy Ienner – executive producer, mixing Russell Hitchcock – producer Graham Russell – producer Michael Lloyd – producer, mixing Carmine Rubino – engineer, mixing Dan Nebenzal – mixing, assistant engineer Steve Barncard – assistant engineer Greg Goldman – assistant engineer Ron Jacobs – assistant engineer Brad Lambert – assistant engineer Bob Vogt – assistant engineer, mix assistant Maude Gilman – art direction Robert Cohen – photography Susan Tobman – clothing stylist Imageworks – styling, set Foley – make-up T.A.G. – hair JACOB Jr. – children's clothing Clifford's Farm – sleigh
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