''The Spirit of Christmas 2000'' is the seventh compilation album of

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-associated tracks in the annual

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series. It was released in Australia in November 2000 with proceeds going to

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's Red Shield Appeal, which supports at-risk children and youth throughout the country. The compilation has contributions from various Australian artists and was produced by Lindsay Field (also compiler) and

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. It was issued on

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and CD by Myer Grace Bros. and distributed by

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Background

The Spirit of Christmas series started in 1993 when Myer, an Australian

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, wished to continue their philanthropic support in the community, "whilst at the same time providing something special for everyone to enjoy". They choose the

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's Red Shield Appeal for at-risk children and youth throughout the country as the first recipients but in 1996 and 1998 they choose the Australian branch of the Starlight Foundation and returned to the Salvation Army in 1999 and continued into 2000... Session and touring musician, Lindsay Field was the executive producer and compiler. Field contacted various fellow Australian musicians – including those he had worked with personally – to donate a track for the compilation, most commonly a new rendition of a standard

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. Together with

(former member of The Masters Apprentices and manager of Little River Band), Field produced the recording for Myer Grace Bros. own label which was distributed by

Track listing

# "Silent Night" – Sister2Sister – 4:16 # "The Christmas Song" – Glenn Shorrock – 3:46 # "Here Comes Santa Claus" - – Adam Brand – 2:29 # "One Little Christmas Tree" –

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

– 3:32 # "Christmas Gives Me the Chance" – Bachelor Girl – 3:33 # "Every Step" –

John Farnham John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...

– 4:34 # "Santa Baby" –

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– 3:22 # "Merry Christmas Baby" – Jon Stevens – 3:28 # "The Christmas I Remember" – Barry Crocker – 5:55 # "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" –

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

and Kenny Loggins – 4:02 # "I Believe in Father Christmas" –

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– 3:02 # "The Last Day of Christmas" –

Deborah Conway Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top 5 hit "Man Overboard". Conw ...

– 4:32 # "The Merry Christmas Polka" –

Jimmy Little James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 19372 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales. Little started his profess ...

and Leah Purcell with

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– 3:35 # "Carol of the Drum" – The Rudolphs – 4:36

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spirit of Christmas 2000 2000 Christmas albums 2000 compilation albums Christmas albums by Australian artists The Spirit of Christmas albums

Background

Track listing

See also

References