George Winston – December

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Label:	Windham Hill Records – WH-1025
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1982
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Holiday

Tracklist

A1	Thanksgiving Written-By – George Winston	4:04
A2	Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head Written-By – Traditional	2:40
A3	Joy Written-By – Traditional	3:13
A4	Prelude Written-By – George Winston	1:16
A5	Carol Of The Bells Written-By – Traditional	3:56
	Night	(5:47)
A6a	Part One: Snow Written-By – George Winston	1:51
A6b	Part Two: Midnight Written-By – George Winston	1:56
A6c	Part Three: Minstrels Written-By – Traditional	2:00
B1	Variations On The Kanon By Johann Pachelbel Written-By – Traditional	5:21
B2	The Holly And The Ivy Written-By – Traditional	4:52
B3	Some Children See Him Written-By – A.S. Burt*	3:43
B4	Peace Written-By – George Winston	4:02

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Windham Hill Records
Copyright © – Windham Hill Records
Published By – Windham Hill Music
Published By – Hollis Music, Inc.
Published By – Public Domain
Manufactured By – Windham Hill Records
Record Company – Windham Hill Productions Inc.
Distributed By – A&M Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
Mastered At – JVC Cutting Center
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 16880
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 16881

Credits

Design – William Ackerman
Engineer – Steven Miller (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Engineer [Second Engineer] – Karen Kirsch (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Mastered By [Original Half-Speed Mastering By] – Jack Hunt
Photography By [Photos] – Greg Edmonds
Piano – George Winston
Producer – William Ackerman

Notes

No barcode on sleeve. Black vinyl; some copies are translucent when held up to light.

Manufactured by Windham Hill Records
A Division of Windham Hill Productions Inc.
Box 9388 Stanford, CA 94305

©℗Windham Hill Records 1982
Distributed by A&M Records, Inc.

A1, A4, A6a, A6b, B4 Windham Hill Music BMI
B3 Hollis Music Inc. BMI
All others in the Public Domain

Recorded in September and October of 1982 at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA

This recording was made direct to two-track using a Studer A 80 VU MK III half-inch recorder at thirty inches per second. No noise reduction was employed. KEF speakers were used for audio monitoring and referencing on this recording.

Original Half-Speed Mastering at JVC Cutting Center

A1 - Inspired by friends and places of Miles City, Montana.
A2 - An Appalachian carol of the late Eighteen Hundreds. Collected by the eminent folklorist John Jacob Niles.
A3 - Inspired by an arrangement by guitarist David Qualey.
A4 - Inspired by Vince Guaraldi.
A5 - A Nineteenth Century Ukrainian carol.
A6 - Minstrels was inspired by St. Basil's Hymn, a traditional Greek children's New Year's carol based upon a rendition by Flying Fish (2).
B1 - Composed circa 1699, the Kanon was originally an organ piece.
B2 - An Eighteenth Century English carol based upon an earlier French carol.
B3 - Composed in 1951 by Jazz trumpeter Wihla Hutson expressing the unconditional love present within children.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, etched, variant 1): WH-1025-A 16880(3)+
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, etched, variant 1): WH-1025-B 16881(3)+
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, etched, variant 2): WH-1025-A 16878(3)+
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, etched, variant 2): WH-1025-B 16881(3)+
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, etched, variant 3): WH-1025-A SH3• [A&M Trumpet Symbol] SLM △7669 1-2
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, etched, variant 3): WH 1025-B RT6.. 17829(3)+

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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)	Teldec	TA-C-1025, 6.25883		1982
Recently Edited	December (LP, Album)	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