On October 13, 2009, “Columbia” label released “Christmas in the Heart”, the thirty-fourth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Groove Masters Studio” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan’s pseudonym).
Personnel:
- Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, electric piano, harmonica, arrangements
- Phil Upchurch – guitar
- Donnie Herron – steel guitar, mandolin, trumpet, violin
- Patrick Warren – piano, organ, celeste
- David Hidalgo – accordion, guitar, mandolin, violin
- Tony Garnier – bass guitar
- George Receli – drums, percussion
- Amanda Barrett, Bill Cantos, Randy Crenshaw, Abby DeWald, Nicole Eva Emery, Walt Harrah, Robert Joyce – choir
- David Bianco – recording, mixing
- Bill Lane – engineer assistant
- Glen Suravech – engineer assistant
- David Spreng – additional engineering
- Rich Tosti – studio support
- Ed Wong – studio support
- Coco Shinomiya – design
- VisualLanguage.com – front cover
- Olivia De Berandis – inside cover illustration
- Edwin Fotheringham – back cover illustration
- Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos – inside photography
Track listing:
- Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
- Do You Hear What I Hear? – Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker
- Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley
- I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent
- Little Drummer Boy – Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone
- The Christmas Blues – Sammy Cahn, David Jack Holt
- O’ Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) – traditional
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
- Must Be Santa – William Fredericks, Hal Moore
- Silver Bells – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
- The First Noel – traditional
- Christmas Island – Lyle Moraine
- The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, Bob Wells
- O Little Town of Bethlehem – traditional
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