Christmas Is Almost Here Again
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| Christmas Is Almost Here Again | ||||
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| Studio album by Carly Simon | ||||
| Released | Reissued October 14, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | in Room 139, The Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, Carole Bayer Sager's home studio, Los Angeles and Carly's home, Martha's Vineyard | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Length | 40:48 | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
| Producer | Don Was & Carly Simon | |||
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Christmas Is Almost Here Again is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 27th album, and second Christmas album, released in October of 2003. It is essentially a re-release of her 2002 Christmas album, Christmas Is Almost Here, with two additional tracks, "White Christmas and "Forgive". [1]
2010 Borders Rerelease
Christmas Is Almost Here Again was reissued a 3rd time in 2010, when Borders released special limited copies with the track "The Night Before Christmas",[2] which came from Simon's soundtrack to the 1992 film This Is My Life.[3]
Track listing
- "Christmas Is Almost Here" (L. Taylor) — 4:00
- "White Christmas" (I. Berlin) — 2:45
- "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful" (Traditional) — 3:39
- "The Land of Christmas (Mary)" (C. Simon) — 3:18
- "Silent Night" (J. Mohr/F. Gruber) — 3:09
- "Twelve Gates to the City" (Traditional) — 3:09
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (K. Gannon/W. Kent/B. Ram/C. Simon) — 2:23
- "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional) — 3:04
- "Heaven" (L. Simon/C. Simon) — 3:10
- "Pretty Paper" (W. Nelson) — 3:29
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (H. Martin/R. Blane) — 3:07
- "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (J. Lennon/Y. Ono) — 4:12
- "Forgive" (C. Simon/A. Vollenweider) — 1:23
Bonus track on 2010 release
- "The Night Before Christmas" (C. Simon) — 3:40
Credits
- J.D. Andrew - Assistant
- Ralph Blane - Composer
- Nick Brophy - Digital Editing
- Chris Chaney - Bass
- Ed Cherney - Engineer, Mixing
- Blue Cullen - Production Coordination
- Jimmy Edwards - Product Manager
- Sheryl Farber - Project Assistant
- Judd Fuller - Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin
- Kim Gannon - Composer
- Max S. Gerber - Photography
- Mark Goldenberg - Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Electric)
- Franz Gruber - Composer
- Robin Hurley - A&R
- Deron Johnson - Synthesizer
- Jim Keltner - Drums
- Walter Kent - Composer
- John Lennon - Composer
- Bob Ludwig - Mastering
- Adam MacDougal - Piano
- Hugh Martin - Composer
- Rob Mathes - Bass (Acoustic)
- Arnold McCuller - Vocal Harmony
- David McLees - A&R
- Joseph Mohr - Composer
- Willie Nelson - Composer, Guest Artist, Guitar, Vocals
- Frederick Oakeley - Composer
- Yoko Ono - Composer
- Dean Parks - Guitar (Acoustic)
- Cindi Peters - Production Coordination
- Gary Peterson - Project Assistant
- Billy Preston - Guest Artist, Organ (Hammond), Vocals
- Buck Ram - Composer
- Mickey Raphael - Harmonica
- Richie Sambora - Arranger
- Tim Scanlin - Project Assistant
- Denise Searle - Production Coordination
- Joel Shearer - Electric Dobro, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
- Carly Simon - Arranger, Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
- Lucy Simon - Composer
- Peter Simon - Cover Photo, Photography
- Ben Taylor - Vocal Harmony, Vocals
- Livingston Taylor - Composer
- Benmont Tench - Wurlitzer
- Julie Vlasak - Design
- John Francis Wade - Composer
- Don Was - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Burt Bacharach - Piano, Vocals
- Andreas Vollenweider - Harp
