So.....

It's three days before Christmas, and I'm just now finishing the annual holiday compilation cd set that I make for my family and friends every year. I've had the songs compiled for a while now, and the tracklist of the vocal cd completed, but I've just finished the tracklist for the instrumental cd.


Here is the tracklist for the vocal cd....

1. Eclipse - The First Noel (4:23)
2. Donny Osmond - Angels We Have Heard On High (5:03)
3. Sting - I Saw Three Ships (1:46)
4. Harry Connick, Jr. - (It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus (4:37)
5. Eclipse - Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (2:29)
6. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Joy - Angels We Have Heard on High (3:54)
7. Rockapella - The Hope We Hold (3:14)
8. Brian Setzer Orchestra - White Christmas (5:21)
9. Kelly Willard - What Child Is This? (2:54)
10. Rockapella - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (3:35)
11. Stevie Wonder - Ave Maria (3:56)
12. Take 6 - Hark the Herald Angels Sing (2:42)
13. Alison Krauss - Only You Can Bring Me Cheer (Gentleman's Lady) (3:36)
14. Queen - Thank God It's Christmas (4:20)
15. First Call - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (3:07)
16. The Manhattan Transfer - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (4:34)
17. Take 6 - O Come All Ye Faithful (2:23)
18. Harry Connick Jr. - Silver Bells (3:23)
19. Rockapella - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (3:14)

Here is the tracklist for the instrumental cd...

1. Mannheim Steamroller - Carol of the Bells (3:53)
2. Jim Brickman - Angels (3:16)
3. Various - The Holly and the Ivy (2:37)
4. George Winston - Variations on the Kanon (5:24)
5. Mannheim Steamroller - Joy to the World (3:39)
6. Brian Setzer Orchestra - Angels We Have Heard on High (4:19)
7. Mannheim Steamroller - We Three Kings (3:44)
8. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon (4:19)
9. Hosanna! Music - O Little Town Of Bethlehem (3:01)
10. Maranatha! Music - Coventry Carol (3:16)
11. Jim Brickman - Joy To The World (3:04)
12. Sylvia Woods - Carol of the Bells (2:38)
13. Various - I Saw Three Ships (1:47)
14. Mannheim Steamroller - The Holy and The Ivy (3:01)
15. Maranatha! Music - Carol Of The Bells (1:56)
16. Sylvia Woods - O Holy Night (2:51)
17. Jim Brickman - O Little Town Of Bethlehem (2:16)
18. Mannheim Steamroller - Los Peces En El Río (3:52)
19. Liz Story - We Three Kings Of Orient Are (3:58)
20. Paul McCandless - 17th Century Canon (1:44)
21. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1:16)


You know, it gets harder and harder every year to make these cds without too much duplication of songs that I've used from the previous year. I don't mind putting multiple versions of the same song on the compilation sets, because I've always found it interesting to see how different groups and composers will approach the same song, especially for the instrumental cd that I do. This is the second year that I've decided to do a dual cd set, rather than one cd. There are so many good holiday songs around that it's hard to fit the vocal and instrumental music that I want to use on one cd, and I've found it much easier to do a dual-cd set.

Well, I hope that everyone has a safe and happy Holiday! I'm outta here!