December

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 guitarist David Qualey.
Track A4: Inspired by Vince Guaraldi.
Track A5: A Nineteenth Century Ukrainian carol.
Track A6.3: Minstrels was inspired by St. Basil's Hymn, a traditional Greek Children's New Year's carol based upon a rendition by Malcolm Dalglish, from his album Thunderhead, on Flying Fish Records.
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.

Tracks A1, A4, A6.2, B4: Published by Windham Hill Music BMI.
Track B3: Published by Hollis Music Inc. BMI.
Tracks A2, A3, A5, A6.1, A6.3 to B2, B4: All other compositions are traditional and in the public domain.

© ? Windham Hill Records 1982