Christmass (album) explained
| Christmass |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Frank Black |
| Cover: | Frank_Black_Christmass.jpg |
| Released: | December 18, 2006 /
February 5, 2007 |
| Recorded: | 2006 (studio tracks)
August 19-September 10, 2006 (live tracks)
August 31, 2006 (DVD) |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 1:11:05 (CD)
38:52 (DVD) |
| Label: | Cooking Vinyl |
| Producer: | Myles Mangino |
| Prev Title: | Fast Man Raider Man |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Frank Black 93–03 |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Christmass is a live and studio album by Frank Black, originally released by Cooking Vinyl on December 18, 2006, via mail-order only, then to stores on February 5, 2007. It includes a live DVD from a solo acoustic show.[1]
Contents
Christmass consists of fifteen live acoustic recordings from August and September 2006 and five new studio tracks recorded partly in hotel rooms and partly at Planet of Sound studios in Hartford, Connecticut. The accompanying DVD contains selections from a live acoustic show recorded at Harlow's Night Club in Sacramento, California, on August 31, 2006.[1] [2] The album was recorded by Myles Mangino, a sound engineer for Frank Black and a longtime Pixies lighting designer.[1] [3]
Track listing
- DVD (Live at Harlow's Night Club, Sacramento, CA, August 31, 2006)
Personnel
- Musicians
- Frank Black – vocals, guitar
- Rob Laufer – guitar (track 1)
- Jeff Ladd – bass (tracks 1, 6, 10)
- Myles Mangino – guitar (track 6)
- Erik James – strings, piano (track 6), synthesizer (track 10), organ (track 15)
- Dan Prindle – cello (track 6)
- Jay Anick – violin (track 6)
- Mark Mulcahy – backing vocals (tracks 14, 15)
- Rami Jaffee – accordion (tracks 17, 18)
- Technical
- Myles Mangino – engineer, live recording engineer (tracks 1–16)
- Chris Henderson – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 6, 14)
- Geoff Templeton – live recording engineer (tracks 17–19)
- Andrew Swainson – design
Notes and References
- Web site: Frank Black - Christmass. Berube Communications. August 5, 2020. July 24, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080724100027/http://www.berubecommunications.com/images/frankblack_imgs/fbarc01.html#fb08. live.
- Web site: Frank Black Gigography - 2006. frankblack.net. August 5, 2020. February 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200216125822/http://www.frankblack.net/gigography/#2006. live.
- Web site: Myles Mangino - Resume . mylesmangino.com . August 5, 2020 . February 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230225192955/http://www.mylesmangino.com/uploads/3/9/2/7/39274405/myles_mangino_resume.pdf . live .
