Tracklist

A1	Thanksgiving	4:40
A2	Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head	2:40
A3	Joy	3:13
A4	Prelude	1:16
A5	Carol Of The Bells	3:56
Night	(5:47)
A6.a	Part One: Snow	1:51
A6.b	Part Two: Midnight	1:56
A6.c	Part Three: Minstrels	2:00
B1	Variations On The Kanon By Johann Pachelbel	5:21
B2	The Holly And The Ivy	4:52
B3	Some Children See Him	3:43
B4	Peace	4:02

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
• Manufactured By – Windham Hill Records

Credits

• Composed By – Alfred S. Burt (tracks: B3), George Winston (tracks: A1, A4, A6.a, A6.b, B4), Traditional (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1 to B3)
• Design – Anne Ackerman, Will Ackerman*
• Engineer – Steven Miller
• Engineer [Second] – Karen Kirsch
• Mastered By – Jack Hunt
• Photography – Greg Edmonds
• Piano – George Winston
• Producer – George Winston, William Ackerman

Notes

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

Track A1 inspired by friends and places of Miles City, Montana.

Track A2 an Appalachian carol of the late Eighteen Hundreds. Collected by the eminent folklorist John Jacob Niles.

Track A3 Inspired by an arrangement by David Qualey.

Track A5 a Nineteenth Century Ukrainian carol.

Track A6 Minstrels was inspired by St. Basil's Hymn, a traditional Greek children's New Year's carol based upon a rendition by Malcolm Dalgish.

Track B1 composed circa 1699, the Kanon was originally an organ piece.

Track B2 an Eighteenth Century English carol based upon an earlier French carol.

Track B3 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 within children.

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.

Subpublished by E.R.P. Musikverlag, München

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

©℗Windham Hill Records 1982

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: LC 9757
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Matrix / Runout (Side A - Etched): A-B-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B - Stamped): TA C 1025 A C-66.22940-01-2
• Barcode (Side B - Etched): A-B-1
• Barcode (Side B - Stamped): TA-C-1025 A 0C-66.22940-01-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WH-1025	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	WH-1025	US	1982
C28Y5002	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	C28Y5002	Japan	1982
371 025-2	George Winston	December ‎(CD, Album)	Windham Hill Records	371 025-2	Germany	1984
L 38158	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	L 38158	New Zealand	1982
WHP-28005	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	WHP-28005	Japan	1982