Christmass (album)

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][2]

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.^[2][3] The album was recorded by Myles Mangino, a sound engineer for Frank Black and a longtime Pixies lighting designer.^[2][4]

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

References

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2. ^ "Frank Black - Christmass". Berube Communications. Archived July 24, 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
3. ^ "Frank Black Gigography - 2006". frankblack.net. Archived February 16, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
4. ^ "Myles Mangino - Resume". mylesmangino.com. Archived February 25, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 5, 2020.