Christmas Party (Target exclusive)

~ Release by The Monkees (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Unwrap You at Christmas
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
cello:
Richard Dodd (cellist)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar, guitar and keyboard:
Adam Schlesinger
electric guitar:
Michael Eisenstein
viola:
Leah Katz (violist)
violin:
Daphne Chen and Eric Gorfain
background vocals:
David Mead (Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
strings arranger:
Daphne Chen
recording of:
Unwrap You at Christmas (from 2018-05-06 until 2018-09-07)
writer:
Andy Partridge
The Monkees3:32
2What Would Santa Do
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar and keyboard:
Adam Schlesinger
electric guitar:
Michael Eisenstein
background vocals:
David Mead (Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
recording of:
What Would Santa Do (from 2018-05-06 until 2018-07-30)
writer:
Rivers Cuomo (US singer, guitarist & songwriter of Weezer)
The Monkees3:15
3Mele Kalikimaka
producer:
Chip Douglas and Adam Schlesinger
mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar:
Adam Schlesinger
guitar:
Chip Douglas and Michael Eisenstein
steel guitar:
Mike Swerdlow
ukulele:
Chip Douglas
lead vocals:
Davy Jones (The Monkees member) (in 1991)
cover recording of:
Mele Kalikimaka (from 1991 until 2018-07-17)
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)
The Monkees2:25
4House of Broken Gingerbread
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar, guitar and keyboard:
Adam Schlesinger
electric guitar:
Michael Eisenstein
background vocals:
David Mead (Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter) and Adam Schlesinger
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
recording of:
House of Broken Gingerbread (from 2018-05-06 until 2018-07-29)
writer:
Michael Chabon and Adam Schlesinger
The Monkees2:52
5The Christmas Song
producer:
Christian Nesmith
double bass:
Ian Walker (US double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Christopher Allis
guitar and keyboard:
Christian Nesmith
pedal steel guitar:
Pete Finney
background vocals:
Circe Link
lead vocals:
Michael Nesmith
vocals arranger:
Christian Nesmith
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (from 2018-08-26 until 2018-08-28)
lyricist:
Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
The Monkees3:40
6Christmas Party
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
acoustic guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Michael Eisenstein and Scott McCaughey
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar:
Adam Schlesinger
electric guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Michael Eisenstein, Scott McCaughey and Jody Porter (US guitarist for Fountains of Wayne)
piano and background vocals:
Scott McCaughey
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
recording of:
Christmas Party (from 2018-07-15 until 2018-07-19)
writer:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist) and Scott McCaughey
The Monkees3:05
7Jesus Christ
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
acoustic guitar:
Michael Eisenstein
celesta:
Scott McCaughey
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar, keyboard and piano:
Adam Schlesinger
electric guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist) and Michael Eisenstein
background vocals:
David Mead (Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
cover recording of:
Jesus Christ (from 2018-05-07 until 2018-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Alex Chilton
The Monkees2:38
8I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Michael Eisenstein
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar, keyboard and piano:
Adam Schlesinger
background vocals:
David Mead (Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
cover recording of:
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (from 2018-05-05 until 2018-07-30)
publisher:
Roy Wood (multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, The Move, ELO & Wizzard)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Wood (multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, The Move, ELO & Wizzard)
publisher:
Jet Music Inc., 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), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1973) and EMI April Music Inc. (in 1973)
adaptations:
もしも毎日がクリスマスだったら
The Monkees3:31
9Silver Bells
producer:
Chip Douglas and Adam Schlesinger
mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
cello:
Richard Dodd (cellist)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar:
Adam Schlesinger
guitar:
Michael Eisenstein
viola:
Leah Katz (violist)
violin:
Daphne Chen and Eric Gorfain
lead vocals:
Davy Jones (The Monkees member) (in 1991)
strings arranger:
Daphne Chen
cover recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song) (from 1991 until 2018-05-09)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
The Monkees3:27
10Wonderful Christmastime
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
acoustic guitar:
Michael Eisenstein
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar and keyboard:
Adam Schlesinger
background vocals:
David Mead (Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
cover recording of:
Wonderful Christmastime (from 2018-05-05 until 2018-05-06)
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
The Monkees3:34
11Snowfall
producer and mixer:
Jonathan Nesmith
instruments:
Jonathan Nesmith
background vocals:
Jonathan Nesmith
lead vocals:
Michael Nesmith
vocals arranger:
Jonathan Nesmith
cover recording of:
Snowfall (on 2018-08-26)
writer:
Claude Thornhill and Ruth Thornhill
publisher:
Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
The Monkees2:55
12Angels We Have Heard on High
additional producer:
James Lee Stanley and Peter Tork
producer:
Adam Schlesinger and James Lee Stanley
mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
12 string guitar, electric bass guitar and guitar:
James Lee Stanley
banjo and lead vocals:
Peter Tork
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High (The Monkees version)
arranger:
James Lee Stanley and Peter Tork
arrangement of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
The Monkees2:48
13Merry Christmas, Baby
producer and mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
drums (drum set):
Brian Young (US drummer for Fountains of Wayne & Posies)
electric bass guitar and keyboard:
Adam Schlesinger
electric guitar:
Michael Eisenstein and Jody Porter (US guitarist for Fountains of Wayne)
background vocals:
David Mead (Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz
cover recording of:
Merry Christmas Baby (from 2018-05-06 until 2018-07-29)
writer:
Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore (US blues guitarist, Three Blazers)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
The Monkees2:58
14Ríu Chíu
producer:
Chip Douglas and Adam Schlesinger
mixer:
Adam Schlesinger
vocals:
Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones (The Monkees member), Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork
vocals arranger:
Chip Douglas
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood (on 1967-08-24)
recording of:
Ríu, ríu, chíu (on 1967-11-22)
writer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
composer:
Mateu Fletxa ("El Vell" or "El Viejo", Catalan renaissance composer)
part of:
Cancionero de Uppsala (number: 40)
The Monkees1:30
15Christmas Is My Time of Year
producer:
Chip Douglas
drums (drum set):
"Fast" Eddie Hoh
electric bass guitar and guitar:
Chip Douglas
Hammond organ [hammond B3 organ]:
Peter Tork
piccolo trumpet:
Ollie Mitchell
lead vocals:
Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones (The Monkees member)
vocals:
Chip Douglas
brass arranger:
Chip Douglas
recording of:
Christmas Is My Time of Year (in 1976-10)
writer:
Chip Douglas and Howard Kaylan
Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork3:12

Credits

Release

mastering:Ryan Smith (NY, US-based engineer/mastering)