God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)

~ Recording by Loreena McKennitt

Annotation

Music arranged and adapted by Loreena McKennitt,
Lyric: traditional English (18th Century).

Annotation last modified on 2009-03-03 11:04 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:21Loreena McKennittMarco PoloLoreena McKennittSingle
Quinlan Road3984 21982-2
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night's DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
  • XE2008-10-17
Quinlan RoadQRCD112-X
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night's DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
  • XE2008-10-17
Quinlan RoadQRCD112
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night's DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
  • FR2008-10-21
Quinlan Road
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night's DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
  • US2008-10-28
Quinlan RoadB0012096-02
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night’s DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
  • CA2008-10-28
Quinlan RoadQRCD112
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night's DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
Universal Music Ltda. (Brazil)77421354112
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night’s DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
  • XW2012-08-13
Quinlan Road
1.7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:20Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night’s DreamLoreena McKennittAlbum
  • -2013
(unknown)
1.8God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)7:12Loreena McKennittA Midwinter Night's Dream (limited edition, 180g vinyl)Loreena McKennittAlbum
  • CA2014-11-27
Quinlan RoadQRLP112

Relationships

recording engineer:Stuart Bruce (from 1995-07-20 until 1995-07-22)
additional engineer:Russell Kearney
Brad Nelson
Mark Peters (engineer)
mixer:Jeff Wolpert
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:Brian Hughes (guitarist)
cello:Caroline Lavelle
double bass:George Koller
mandola and background vocals:Abdelli
percussion:Rick Lazar
Hossam Ramzy
shawm:Robert A. White
tabla:Donald Quan
violin:Hugh Marsh
Waiel Abo Baker Ali
lead vocals:Loreena McKennitt
arranger:Loreena McKennitt
recording of:God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)

Related works

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
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Guds frid i gode vise män
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