''Christmass'' is a live and studio album by
Frank Black
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Fo ...
, originally released by
Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, England, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and chairman ...
on December 18, 2006 via mail-order only, then to stores on February 5, 2007. It includes a live
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...
from a solo acoustic show.
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
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
. The accompanying DVD contains selections from a live acoustic show recorded at Harlow's Night Club in
Sacramento, California
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, on August 31, 2006.
The album was recorded by Myles Mangino, a
sound engineer
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for Frank Black and a longtime
Pixies
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lighting designer
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.
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
Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region, but disbanded after a sad turn of events with their recor ...
– backing vocals (tracks 14, 15)
*
Rami Jaffee
Rami Jaffee (born March 11, 1969) is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Foo Fighters, whom he initially joined in a touring and session capacity in 2005. Jaffee has contributed to six of the band's studi ...
– 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
References
Black Francis albums
2006 video albums
2006 compilation albums
Cooking Vinyl compilation albums
Cooking Vinyl video albums
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