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Disc 1

Song Title

1. Celebration ~ Mannheim Steamroller

2. Christmas Lullaby ~ Mannheim Steamroller

3. Deck The Halls ~ Mannheim Steamroller

4. Veni Veni ~ Mannheim Steamroller

5. Away In A Manger ~ Mannheim Steamroller

6. Hallelujah ~ Mannheim Steamroller

7. O Tannenbuam ~ Mannheim Steamroller

8. Wassail, Wassail ~ Mannheim Steamroller

9. Carol of the Bells ~ Mannheim Steamroller

10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Renaissance) ~ Mannheim Steamroller

11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Rock) ~ Mannheim Steamroller

12. Greensleeves ~ Mannheim Steamroller

13. Traditions Of Christmas ~ Mannheim Steamroller

14. Good King Wenceslas ~ Mannheim Steamroller

15. Carol Of The Bells ~ Mannheim Steamroller

16. Auld Lang Syne ~ Mannheim Steamroller

17. Fum, Fum, Fum ~ Mannheim Steamroller

18. Stille Nacht ~ Mannheim Steamroller

Genre: Christmas MusicMedia Type: Compact Disk

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Mannheim Steamroller: Liz Westphalen (vocals); Mary Walter (harp); Arnie Roth (vielle); Eric Hansen (lute, bass guitar); Gregory Clinton (cello); Chip Davis (dulcian); Ron Cooley (bass guitar); Willis Ann Ross, Steve Shipps, John Sharp , Jackson Berkey, David "High D" Kappy, Roxanne Layton, David Low , Bobby Jenkins.
	Personnel: Chip Davis (vocals, hammer dulcimer, cornemuse, recorder, crumhorn, drums, percussion, bells, wind); Jackson Berkey (vocals, piano, toy piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harpsichord, clavichord, keyboards, bells); Johnny "Country" Mathis, Lynn Dee Mueller (vocals); Ron Cooley (12-string guitar, classical guitar, lute); Stephen Hartman , Mary Walter (harp); Eric Hansen (lute); Jennifer Cappelli, Kathleen Brauer, Helen Nightengale, Carmen Llop, Pauli Ewing, Richard Lohmann, Elliott Golub, Liba Shacht, David Myford, Paul Philips, Ruben Gonzalez , Debra Fong, Sylvia Morris, Elena Sherbanesco, Nissane Howell, Roberta Freier, Kevin Case, Lisamarie Vana, Linda Oper, Giullaume Combet, Laura Miller, Rika Seko, Melanie Kupchynsky, Ken Peeler, Florentina Ramniceanu, David Hildner, Peter LaBella, Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky, Wendy Evans, Steve Shipps, Phyllis Duncan, Grace Granata, Deborah Fuller, Emily Randle, Marlou Johnston, Ronald Satkiewicz, Gail Salvatori, Edgar Muenzer, Adrian Gola, Molly Moriarty, Joyce Nob, Tracy Dunn, Michelle Lekas, Charles Bontrager, Scott Shoemaker, David Earl Taylor, Blair Milton, Mihaela Ionescu, Katherine Hughes, Tom T. Hall, Richard Altenbach, Teresa Fream, Joseph Golan, Clara Lindner, Arnie Roth, Michael Shelton, Roger Moulton (violin); San Strba, Virginia Barron, Patrick Brennan , Frank Babbit, Karen Dirks, Margo Romig-Motycka, John Bartholomew, Marlise Klein, Bobby Swan, Judy Divis, Judith Ablon, Roxanne Adams, Catherine Brubaker, Elizabeth Holzman, Loretta Gillespie, Lasareff Mironoff, Claudia, Keith Conant, Peter Slowik, Michael Strauss , Linda Alosko, Michelle Brill, Martin Abrams, Karl Davis, Robert Swan (viola); Judy Stone, Clinton Gregory, Mark Brandfonbrener, William Cernota, Margaret Wilmeth, Gary Stucka, Richard Hirsch, Lorenzo Brown, Kim Scholes, Brant Taylor, Margaret Daly Davies, Holly Stout, John Sharp , Susan LaBella, Felix Wurman, Barbara Haffner, Philip Blum, David Low (cello); Janice MacDonald, Willis Ann Ross, Darlene Drew (flute); Roxanne Layton (recorder, crumhorn); George Vosburgh (clarinet, trumpet, piccolo trumpet); Lawrie Bloom, John Bruce Yeh (clarinet); Bob Morgan (oboe, horns); Judy Lewis, Bobby Jenkins (oboe); Lewis Kirk, Robert Barris (bassoon); Channing Philbrick, Matt Conerford, John Kness, Barbara Butler , Charles Geyer, Johan Hagstrom, Eric Hansen (trumpet); Christine Worthing, Norman Schweikert, James Smelser, Greg Flint, Jonathon Boen, Alice Render, Daniel Gingrich, Dale Clevenger, David "High D" Kappy (French horn); Charles Vernon (trombone, bass trombone); Ed Kocher, Mick Mulcahy (trombone); Rex Martin, Charles Schuchat (tuba); Doug Waddell, Russ Knutson (percussion).
	Additional personnel: Johnny Mathis (vocals); Chicago, Renaissance Le Doo Dah Band, University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, Bielefelder Kinderchor, Cambridge Singers, Lynn Dee Mueller.
	Audio Mixers: Chip Davis; Brian Ackley.
	Liner Note Author: Louis Stout.
	Recording information: American Gramaphone Studios, Omaha, NE; Chicago Recording Company Studio 4, Chicago, IL; Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; O'Henry Studios, Burbank, CA; Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld, Germany; Sound Recordets, Omaha, NE; St. Michael's Cathedral, Chicago, IL; The Digital Living Room, Omaha, NE; The Great hall Of University College School, London, En; The University Of Downstairs, Omaha, NE; Universal Studios, Chicago, IL.
	Director: Jerry Blackstone.
	Photographers: Trisha Davis; Carol Davis.
	In 1984, Chip Davis released his first Christmas record on his own label, American Gramaphone, under the pseudonym Mannheim Steamroller. It contained classics and his own compositions done in a synthesizer-heavy, orchestral style he dubbed "18th-century rock & roll." That album would go on to sell millions of copies and 20 years later, the name Mannheim Steamroller was synonymous with Christmas music in many circles. To celebrate his 20th anniversary of rousing, rapturous synth anthems, Davis released CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION, a collection of MS's best holiday moments with one new track, "Celebration."
	"Celebration" is a fitting addition to the Mannheim Steamroller canon, opening with a light fanfare before elevating to thunderous instrumental flashes of energy and spirited emotion, throwing in elements of the classics "Deck the Halls" and "Joy to the World" for good measure. Davis's interpretation of the former is probably his best-known work, and the festive Steamroller version is also prominently included here. An appealing collaboration with Johnny Mathis on "O Tannenbaum," where a choral rendering gives way to a timeless Mathis vocal, provides another highlight of this compilation.
Producer: Jackson Berkey; Chip Davis
Engineer: Brad Underwood; John Archer; John Boyd; Brian Ackley; Wayne Jesz; Hank Neuberger; Ian Gorman; Campbell Hughes; Dave Cwirko; Louis Davis, Sr.; Bill Bradley; Chris Sabold; Matt Lejeune; Tim Lauber; Joe Gastwirt; Frankie Bucher; Rogert Arnett; Dan Charette;

Associated Artists and Works

	Original Soundtrack
	Westwind Ensemble
	Classical Gas ~ Williams, Mason

Technical Info

	Release Date : 08/29/2005
	Original Release Date : 2004
	Catalog ID : 2020
	Label : American Gramaphone Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00012805202022

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