Complete Philips Recordings (2025 Reissue/Reprint of the 2022 Box Set)

~ Release by John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

A limited edition, 21-CD set of John Williams' complete recordings made for Philips during his first 10 years with the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-18 20:54 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Pops on the March
2▶CD: Pops in Space
3▶CD: That's Entertainment (Pops on Broadway)
4▼CD: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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1We Wish You a Merry Christmas
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
choir vocals:
Tanglewood Festival Chorus (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
chorus master:
John Oliver (chorus master) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
arranger:
Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
[traditional]1:57
2Christmas Festival (Medley): a. Joy to the World / b. Deck the Halls / c. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / d. Good King Wenceslas / e. Hark! The Herand Angels Sing / f. The First Nowell / g. Silent Night / h. Jingle Bells / i. O Come, All Ye Faithful
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
arranger:
Leroy Anderson
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recording of:
A Christmas Festival (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
arranger:
Leroy Anderson
medley of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
medley of:
Deck the Halls
medley of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
medley of:
Good King Wenceslas
medley of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
medley of:
The First Nowell
medley of:
Jingle Bells
medley of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
medley of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
[traditional] / [traditional] / [traditional] / [traditional] / Felix Mendelssohn / [traditional] / Franz Xaver Gruber / James Lord Pierpont / [traditional]9:12
3A Christmas Greeting: The Carols of Alfred Burt: a. Come, Dear Children / b. All On a Christmas Morning / c. Christ, In the Stranger's Guise / d. Caroling, Caroling / e. Some Children See Him / f. O Harken Ye
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
choir vocals:
Tanglewood Festival Chorus (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
chorus master:
John Oliver (chorus master) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recording of:
A Christmas Greeting (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
writer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
medley of:
Come, Dear Children
medley of:
All on a Christmas Morning (1946 carol)
medley of:
Christ In The Stranger’s Guise
medley of:
Caroling, Caroling
medley of:
Some Children See Him
medley of:
O Harken Ye
Alfred S. Burt12:51
4Holidary Cheer (Medley): a. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / b. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) / c. Jingle Bell Rock / d. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / e. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth / f. I'll Be Home for Christmas / g. Silver Bells
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
arranger:
Billy May
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recording of:
Holiday Cheer (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
writer:
Billy May
medley of:
Jingle Bell Rock
medley of:
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
medley of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song)
medley of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Jule Styne / Mel Tormé / Joe Beal & Jim Boothe / Hugh Martin / Donald Yetter Gardner / Walter Kent & Buck Ram / Jay Livingston & Ray Evans9:33
5A Christmas Carol
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
choir vocals:
Tanglewood Festival Chorus (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
chorus master:
John Oliver (chorus master) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recording of:
A Christmas Carol, S. 228 (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Ives (American composer) (in 1894)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 228)
Charles Edward Ives2:15
6Carols of the Drum
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Katherine Kennicott Davis3:34
7The Twelve Days of Christmas
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
choir vocals:
Tanglewood Festival Chorus (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
chorus master:
John Oliver (chorus master) (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
arranger:
Billy May
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (from 1980-12-18 until 1980-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
[traditional]3:48
5▶CD: Pops Around the World
6▶CD: Aisle Seat
7▶CD: Out of This World
8▶CD: Peter and the Wolf / Nutcracker Suite
9▶CD: With a Song in My Heart
10▶CD: Swing, Swing, Swing
11▶CD: America, the Dream Goes On
12▶CD: On Stage
13▶CD: Bernstein by Boston
14▶CD: Pops in Love
15▶CD: Holst: The Planets
16▶CD: Digital Jukebox
17▶CD: Lucky to Be Me
18▶CD: Salute to Hollywood
19▶CD: Pops à la Russe
20▶CD: Pops by Gershwin
21▶CD: By Request… / Pops Britannia

Credits

Release group

includes:Aisle Seat: Great Film Music by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
America, The Dream Goes On by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Bernstein by Boston by Bernstein (Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, pianist); Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer)
By Request… The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops by John Williams (American score composer) and the Boston Pops
Digital Jukebox by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Lucky to Be Me by Jessye Norman (soprano) & John Williams (American score composer)
On Stage by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Out of This World by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops à la Russe by John Williams (American score composer) and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops Around the World by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops Britannia by Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer)
Pops by Gershwin by Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops in Love by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops in Space by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops on the March by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer), Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Dudley Moore, John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops
Salute to Hollywood by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Swing, Swing, Swing by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops
That's Entertainment by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops
The Planets by Gustav Holst (composer); Boston Pops, John Williams (American score composer)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
With a Song in My Heart by Jessye Norman (soprano), Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer)
part of:Boston Pops conducted by John Williams compilations (order: 20)