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| I Wanna Be Santa Claus - Front Cover | I Wanna Be Santa Claus - Rear Cover |
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| I Wanna Be Santa Claus - Rear of Booklet | I Wanna Be Santa Claus - Inside Rear Cover |
| Label | Mercury |
| Catalogue No. | 546 668-2 |
| Release date | 19th October 1999 |
| Total time | 45:01 |
| U.K. L.P. Chart Detail : | Did NOT Chart |
| Detail : | Ringo Starr's third album release for Mercury, and first Christmas L.P. by a Beatle. Credited to Ringo Starr Produced by Mark Hudson and Ringo Starr
Recorded at WHATINTHEWHATHE? studios, Westlake studios and the Village Recorders L.A.,
The C.D. "booklet" is once again, not a booklet as such, but is one sheet 14" x 9 1/2" which is folded vertically down the
centre and then three times length wise making it C.D. cover sized. One side contains all the lyrics, whilst the other has
the dedications. |
| No. | Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
| 1 | Come On Christmas, Come On | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, percussion, horn arrangement, backing vocals Scott Gordon - Harmonica, percussion Pat Zicari - Saxophone Plus, The Xmas Files Singers: Gary Burr, Sarah Hudson, Brett Hudson, Steffan Fantini, Marc Fantini, Kiley Oliver, Tess Whiteheart, Dick Monda |
3:35 |
| 2 | Winter Wonderland | Smith-Bernard | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar Bill Hudson - Electric guitar Jim Cox - Wurlitzer, piano Gary Burr - Backing vocals |
2:54 |
| 3 | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Starkey-Hudson-Monda | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Bass, acoustic guitar, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar Jim Cox - Keyboards, string arrangement Scott Gordon - Percussion Dan Higgins - Recorder Timothy B. Schmit - Backing vocals Christina Rasch - Backing vocals Natasha and Tanya - Little elves |
3:45 |
| 4 | The Little Drummer Boy | Simeone-Onorati-Davis | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals Steffan Fantini - Electric guitar, backing vocals Marc Fantini - Electric guitar, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar Ben Labi - Electric guitar Jim Cox - Wurlitzer, B3 organ Scott Gordon - Percussion Those Scottish Guys - Bob Murphy, Ian Halliday, Roger Houth, Willie Cochrane - Bagpipes Jim's Bag and Mark's Pipe - Bagpipe arrangements Timothy B. Schmit - Backing vocals |
3:21 |
| 5 | Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer | Marks | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar Jim Cox - Keyboard, horn arrangement Scott Gordon - Percussion Christina Rasch - Percussion Dan Higgins - Saxophone |
2:20 |
| 6 | Christmas Eve | Starkey-Hudson | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals Armand Sabal-Lecco - Bass Jim Cox - Piano, string arrangement Gary Burr - Backing vocals |
4:26 |
| 7 | The Christmas Dance | Starkey-Hudson-Cox-Dudas | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar Jim Cox - Bass, string arrangement, horn arrangement Dan Higgins - Saxophones Gary Burr - Backing vocals |
4:05 |
| 8 | Christmas Time Is Here Again | Harrison-Lennon-McCartney-Starkey | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion, bellows Mark Hudson - Bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar Joe Perry - Guitar solo Jim Cox - Acoustic guitar, accordion, keyboard Matt Hurwitz - Acoustic guitar Those Darn Scotsmen - Bob Murphy, Ian Halliday, Roger Houth, Willie Cochrane - Bagpipes Mark's Bag & Jim's Pipe - Bagpipe arrangements Plus, The Large Elf Choir: John Titta, Gary Burr, Sarah Hudson, Brett Hudson, Bill Hudson, Steffan Fantini, Marc Fantini, Kiley Oliver, Tess Whiteheart, Dick Monda |
4:05 |
| 9 | Blue Christmas | Johnson-Hayes | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Bass, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar Jaydee Maness - Pedal steel guitar Jim Cox - Wurlitzer Gary Burr - Backing vocals |
2:58 |
| 10 | Dear Santa | Starkey-Hudson-Dudas | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Bass, percussion, backing vocals Jim Cox - Keyboard, string arrangement, horn arrangement Scott Gordon - Percussion Dan Higgins - Saxophone Gary Burr - Backing vocals |
5:11 |
| 11 | White Christmas | Berlin | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, percussion Mark Hudson - Percussion, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar Armand Sabal-Lecco - Bass Jaydee Maness - Pedal steel guitar Jim Cox - B3 organ, synthesizer Timothy B. Schmit - Backing vocals Bill Hudson - Backing vocals Christina Rasch - Backing vocals |
2:56 |
| 12 | Pax Um Biscum (Peace Be With You) |
Starkey-Hudson-Gordon | Ringo Starr - Lead vocal, drums, mellotron, synthesizer, percussion Mark Hudson - Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion, recorders, backing vocals Scott Gordon - Keyboard, synthesizer Joe Perry - Electric guitar Jim Cox - Percussion, string arrangement Steve Dudas - Percussion Kalijut Bhamra - Tabla Marc Fantini - Backing vocals Steffan Fantini - Backing vocals Teisha Helgerson - Backing vocals |
4:38 |