The Beatles Christmas Album

Track list

Disc 1

1. The Beatles Christmas Record

   Written by Tony Barrow

   5:01 • Studio version • A

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison Geoff Emerick : Second engineer Norman Smith : Engineer Tony Barrow : Producer

   Session Recording: Thursday, October 17, 1963 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

2. Another Beatles Christmas Record

   Written by Tony Barrow

   4:02 • Studio version • A

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison Norman Smith : Engineer A.B. Lincoln : Second engineer Tony Barrow : Producer

   Session Recording: Monday, October 26, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

3. The Third Beatles Christmas Record

   Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Tony Barrow

   6:20 • Studio version • A

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison Norman Smith : Engineer Ken Scott : Second engineer Tony Barrow : Producer

   Session Recording: Monday, November 8, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   Session Mixing: Tuesday, November 9, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road

4. The Beatles Fourth Christmas Record - Pantomime - Everywhere It's Christmas

   Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison

   6:36 • Studio version • A

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Engineer Phil McDonald : Second engineer

   Session Recording: Friday, November 25, 1966 • Studio Dick James House, London UK

   Session Mixing: Friday, December 2, 1966 • Studio EMI Studios, Room 53, Abbey Road

5. Christmas Time (Is Here Again)

   Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison

   6:06 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Tap dancing, Vocals John Lennon : Timpani, Vocals George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer, Vocals Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Spoken words Victor Spinetti : Tap dancing, Vocals Richard Lush : Second engineer

   Session Recording: Nov 28, 1967 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

   Session Mixing: Nov 28, 1967 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

6. The Beatles 1968 Christmas Record

   Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison

   7:48 • Studio version • A1+A2

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison Kenny Everett : Producer

   Recording : November - December 1968 • Studio Various locations

7. The Beatles Seventh Christmas Record

   Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison

   7:49 • Studio version • A1+A2

   Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison Kenny Everett : Producer

   Recording : November - December 1969 • Studio Various locations

Notes:

Vinyl transfer by beatlebren66, from the LP on His Master’s Choice HMC 012.

Declicked, pitch, phase and level corrected at Remasters Workshop April 2011.

This has got to be the quietest vinyl transfer I have ever heard, and for a bootleg vinyl pressing, this was nearly perfect. It won’t be obvious that what you are listening to is a record. Thanks to beatlebren66, we now have a digital rendering of The Beatles Christmas Album from a blue vinyl HMC package. I have no idea what source they used for the flexidiscs, but this is about the best I’ve ever heard them. All extraneous noises were removed, but noise reduction was not necessary.

For this edition, some work was done on a few passages that came in louder than the others, to match them with the levels of the surrounding audio. For instance, “TELL ME, are you enjoying the wine?” which was ramped down in volume by the compressor, is all at the same level as the rest of the piece now.

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