George Winston – December

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Label:	Windham Hill Records – WD-1025
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	US
Released:	1989
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Contemporary, Holiday

Tracklist

1	Thanksgiving	4:04
2	Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head Written-By [Appalachian Carol] – Traditional	2:40
3	Joy	3:13
4	Prelude	1:16
5	Carol Of The Bells Written-By [Ukrainian Carol] – Traditional	3:56
	Night	(5:50)
6	Night Part One: Snow	1:51
7	Night Part Two: Midnight	1:56
8	Night Part Three: Minstrels Arranged By – Malcolm Dalglish Written-By [Greek Children's New Year's Carol] – Traditional	2:00
9	Variations On The Kanon By Johann Pachelbel Written-By – Johann Pachelbel	5:21
10	The Holy And The Ivy Written-By [English Carol] – Trad.*	4:52
11	Some Children See Him Composed By – Alfred S. Burt	3:43
12	Peace	4:02

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Copyright © – Windham Hill Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Windham Hill Records
Distributed By – A&M Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Credits

Arranged By – George Winston (tracks: 2, 3, 8 to 10, 12)
Composed By – George Winston (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 12)
Design – Anne Robinson (2), Will Ackerman*
Engineer – Karen Kirsch (tracks: 5, 9), Steven Miller
Engineer [Second] – Karen Kirsch
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Photography By – Greg Edmonds
Piano – George Winston
Producer – George Winston, William Ackerman

Notes

Track 1 Inspired by friends and places of Miles City, Montana.

Track 2 An Appalachian carol of the late eighteen hundreds. Collected by the eminent folklorist John Jacob Niles.

Track 3 Inspired by an arrangement by guitarist David Qualey, from his album 'Guitar Solo', on Telefunken Records, 6.23413 (German Import).

Track 4 Inspired by Vince Guaraldi.

Track 5 A nineteenth century Ukrainian carol.

Track 6,
Part One: Snow 1:51
Part Two: Midnight 1:56
Part Three: Minstrels 2:00
Minstrels was inspired by St. Basil's Hymn, a traditional Greek Children's New Year's carol based upon a rendition by Malcolm Dalgish, from his album 'Thunderhead', on Flying Fish Records, (FF-266).

Track 9 Composed circa 1699, the Kanon was originally an organ piece.

Track 10 An eighteenth century English carol based upon an earlier French carol.

Track 11 Composed in 1951 by jazz trumpeter Alfred S. Burt (1921 - 1954). Some Children See Him was one of fifteen carols written as gifts for friends. The piece was originally a song with lyrics by Wilha Hutson expressing the unconditional love present in children.

Recorded in September and October of 1982 at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Thanksgiving, Prelude, Snow, Midnight, and Peace composed by George Winston and published by Windham Hill Music/Dancing Cat Music (BMI)
Some Children See Him composed by A.S. Burt and published by Hollis Music Inc. (BMI)
All other pieces are in the public domain; arrangements by George Winston, published by Windham Hill Music/Dancing Cat Music (BMI)
Tracks 2, 5 & 10: P.D.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 1934-11025-2
Barcode (Scanned): 019341102526
Barcode (13 digit EAN): 0019341102526
Matrix / Runout: WD1025 4/89 1DC5

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	December (Cassette, Album)	Windham Hill Records	WT-1025	US	1982
Recently Edited	December (LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records, Teldec	TA-C-1025, 6.25883	Germany	1982
Recently Edited	December (LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records, Windham Hill Records	L 38158, WH 1025	Australia	1982
New Submission	December (LP, Album, Promo)	Windham Hill Records	C-1025	US	1982
Recently Edited	December (LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	C28Y5002	Japan	1982