COOL YULE
Nominated for a
2000 CARAS (Contemporary A cappella Recording Award)
for BEST HOLIDAY SONG, for Greg Volk's arrangement of
"You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch"
Acoustix, one of America's premier a cappella groups,
blend their voices in celebration of the fun and
spirit of Christmas.
From the swinging big band rhythms of the title track to the angelic vocals of
a new arrangement by former TAKE 6 member and multiple Grammy
Award-winner,
Mervyn Warren, ACOUSTIX - Todd Wilson, Rick Middaugh, Jason January,
and Joel T. Rutherford - brings you a Christmas
experience you
may find yourself enjoying all year 'round.
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COOL YULE
CD Track List
1)
Cool Yule (3:00)
Words & Music: Steve Allen
Trumpet solo: Rodney Booth
Vocal Arrangement: Greg Volk
Band Arrangement: Roger Holmes
Engineer: Don Moore
Publisher: Meadowlane Music, Inc.
2) Silver Bells (2:18)
Words & Music: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Vocal Arrangement: Greg Volk
Publisher: Paramount Music Corporation
3) You're A Mean One, Mr.
Grinch (2:59)
Words & Music: Theo. Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and Albert Hague
Vocal Arrangement: Greg Volk
Solo: Joel T. Rutherford
Publishers: Dr. Seuss Enterprises, LP and EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc.
4) The Christmas Song (3:40)
Words & Music: Mel Torme and Robert Wells
Vocal Arrangement: Frank Bloebaum
Additional vocals and solo: Wendy DeCrow
Publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Company, Inc.
5) Kay Thompson's Jingle
Bells (2:10)
Words & Music: John Mandel and Kay Thompson
Vocal arrangement: Kay Thompson
Adapted for ACOUSTIX by: Joel T. Rutherford
Band Arrangement: Roger Holmes
Publisher: Barnaby Music Corporation
6) Happy Holidays / Holiday Season Medley (2:26)
Words & Music: Irving Berlin / Kay Thompson
Vocal arrangement: Greg Volk
Publishers: Williamson Music Company / Barnaby Music Corporation
7) The First Noel (3:41)
Words & Music: Traditional (public domain)
Vocal arrangement: Mervyn Warren
Engineer: Tim Kimsey and Mike Sandusky
8) Pine Cones And Holly Berries / It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like
Christmas Medley (2:12)
Words & Music: Meredith Willson
Additional vocals: The Vocal Majority
Vocal Arrangement: George Wyle
Instrumental Arrangement: Sid Feller
Instrumental Track: Dave Clancy
Publishers: Frank Music Corporation, Meredith Willson Music
9) Little Saint Nick (1:59)
Words & Music: Brian Wilson and Mike Love
Vocal arrangement: The Beach Boys
Band Arrangement: Roger Holmes
Publisher: Irving Music, Inc.
10) O Little Town of
Bethlehem (2:07)
Word & Music: Traditional (public domain)
Vocal arrangement: Joel T. Rutherford
11) Mary Had A
Baby (3:14)
Words & Music: Traditional (public domain)
Vocal arrangement: David Wright
12) Auld Lang Syne (1:45)
Words & Music: Traditional (public domain)
Vocal arrangement: The Beach Boys
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ACOUSTIX: Todd Wilson, Rick Middaugh, Jason January, Joel T. Rutherford
Produced by: ACOUSTIX
Engineering by Tim Kimsey of Kimsey Productions Incorporated, unless noted
otherwise
Recording Engineer for band tracks: David Ginguilio
Additional engineering by: Don Moore and Michael Sandusky
Mixing: ACOUSTIX and Tim Kimsey
Mastering: ACOUSTIX, Tim Kimsey, Ken Piercy and Cole Marshall
Creative Design: Nelson Coates
Photography: Seth Smith
Vocals recorded at: The Dallas Sound Lab in Las Colinas, TX
Band tracks recorded and mixed at: Regal Studios in Dallas, TX
Mixing and Mastering: Nomad Recording Studios in Carrollton, TX
Compact disc and cassette duplication: Crystal Clear Sound-Tapemasters
Printing: CCS Printing
Tuxedos provided by: Al's Formal Wear
Special thanks to: Wendy Wilson DeCrow, Greg Volk, Mervyn Warren, Ken
Piercy, Larry Moody, Greg Clancy, Jim Clancy, the men of the Vocal Majority
and our families.
Studio musicians that performed on "Cool Yule", "Kay Thompson's Jingle
Bells" and "Little Saint Nick":
Brian Piper - keyboards
Mike Drake - drums
Bud Guin - guitars
George Anderson - bass guitar
Jay Saunders - trumpet
Rodney Booth - trumpet
Keith Adkins - trombone
Eric Swanson - trombone
Roger Holmes - baritone saxophone
Randy Lee - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo and clarinet
Pete Brewer - tenor saxophone, flute and clarinet
WARNING: All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of
applicable laws
MADE IN THE USA
Catalog number: AX 4000
Distributed by:
ACOUSTIX PRODUCTIONS
PMB 109-128, 10455 North Central Expressway
Dallas, Texas 75231-2211 USA
Recordings: 888/448-STIX (7849) TOLL-FREE within North America
Bookings: 888/449-STIX (7849) TOLL-FREE within North America
Fax: 214/265-9555
Email: todd@acoustix.com
Web site: www.acoustix.com
Other ACOUSTIX recordings include:
"Jazz, Jazz, Jazz" (1998)
"Stars & Stripes" (1993) #
"The New Science of Sound" (1991)
(#) Stars & Stripes retail distribution by Platinum Entertainment
MERVYN WARREN - Mervyn is an accomplished record producer, arranger, film
composer, songwriter, pianist and vocalist, currently working under the
umbrellas of his own Los Angeles-based Leapyear Entertainment,
Two/Twenty-Nine Music, and Mervyn Warren Music. Mervyn is a five-time Grammy
Award winner (10 nominations), and a seven-time Dove Award winner (10
nominations). His immediate background includes singing with Take 6, the
contemporary Christian a cappella sextet that took the world by storm in
1988. As an original member of the group, he sang with them from 1980 to
1991. With Take 6 he recorded two albums: one now platinum, and the other,
gold. On those albums, Mervyn produced and either co-wrote or arranged most
of the award-winning songs. Together they won four Grammy Awards, six Dove
Awards, two Stellar Awards and a Soul Train Award. On his own, Mervyn earned
an additional Grammy Award (of five nominations), an additional Dove Award
(of two nominations), and two Gospel Music Workshop of America Awards,
including one for Contemporary Producer of the Year. Mervyn recently
completed projects (of various types) with Barbra Streisand, Chicago, Dave
Koz, and Boyz II Men."
TIM KIMSEY - Tim has been the Chief Engineer on every ACOUSTIX recording
project to date. Besides ACOUSTIX, Tim has engineered songs and albums for
artists like Paula Abdul, Vanilla Ice, Grover Washington, Jr. and Pantera.
In February of this year, Tim's work was nominated by NARAS for a 1999
Grammy Award in the Category of "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" for
Kirk Franklin's "The Nu Nation Project".
GREG VOLK - Over the past seven years, Greg has created many outstanding
vocal arrangements for ACOUSTIX and other barbershop groups in SPEBSQSA and
Sweet Adelines around the globe. His unique style of arranging incorporates
many of the idioms and nuances from vocal jazz, doo-wop and contemporary a
cappella into the barbershop style. Greg is also known as the baritone of
Excalibur, another quartet that has earned a reputation for innovation and
musicality within the barbershop world. He lives in Minnesota with his wife
and four young children.
