Merry Axemas
Merry Axemas Vol. 2
The Story
"Merry Axemas Vol. 2" offers all new recordings from ten of the world's lead-ing rock guitarists. In the words of executive producer Steve Vai, "After the success of 'Merry Axemas' the search was on for inspired guitar players to cosmically merge their stellar talents together and create a package of vital instrumental Christmas classics that could uplift and rejuvenate the wilting Yuletide psyche of the depraved twang lover. This will hopefully conjure up (in a mystic driven frenzy) worldwide peace and enlightenment on a universal level on par with that of the birth of the son of man himself. Well, maybe not, but what the hey, it's a cool record with some great players."
The Music
| 06:19 | Steve Lukather "The Christmas Song" | Instrumental |
| 04:20 | Neal Schon "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" | Instrumental |
| 05:52 | Steve Stevens "Do You Hear What I Hear" | Instrumental |
| 04:13 | Stu Hamm "Sleigh Ride" | Instrumental |
| 04:27 | Trevor Rabin "O Come All Ye Faithful" | Instrumental |
| 02:51 | Zakk Wylde "White Christmas" | Instrumental |
| 05:47 | John Sykes "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Instrumental |
| 03:10 | Robin Trower "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" | Instrumental |
| 04:13 | Al Di Meola "Carol Of The Bells" | Instrumental |
| 03:13 | Ted Nugent "Deck The Halls" | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Steve Lukather | Guitar, Production, Arrangement |
| Neal Schon | Guitar, Production |
| Steve Stevens | Guitar, Macintosh, Production, Engineering |
| Stuart Hamm | 4 String, 5 String and Piccolo Fender Basses, Production, Arrangement, Mixing |
| Trevor Rabin | Guitar, All Instruments, Production, Engineering, Mixing |
| Zakk Wylde | Yari-Alvarez Classical & Acoustic Guitars, Production, Mixing |
| John Sykes | Guitars, Production, Mixing |
| Robin Trower | Guitars, Production, Mixing |
| Al DiMeola | Guitar, All Instruments, Production |
| Ted Nugent | Guitar |
| John Pena | Bass |
| Simon Phillips | Drums |
| David Garfield | Keyboards, Arrangement |
| Steve Sykes | Mixing, Engineering |
| Peter Doell | Engineering Assistance |
| Jonathan Cain | Keyboards, Computer Programming, Production, Engineering, Mixing |
| Mark Schulman | Drums |
| Tom Fritze | Engineering, Mixing |
| Tom Coster | Hammond B-3 Organ |
| Steve Smith | Drums |
| John Cuniberti | Engineering, Mixing |
| James Murphy | Engineering |
| Wally Buck | Engineering Assistance |
| Justin Phelps | Engineering Assistance |
| Paul Linford | Mixing |
| Ron Albert | Production, Mixing |
| Howard Albert | Production, Mixing |
| Marco Mendoza | Bass |
| Mars Laser | Drums, Production, Mixing |
| Frank Roszak | Engineering, Mixing |
| Livingstone Brown | Keyboards, Arrangement, Bass, Production, Mixing |
| Chris Taggart | Cymbals |
| Hernan Romero | Production |
| Spyros Poulos | Engineering, Mixing |
| Michael Lutz | Bass, Production, Engineering, Mixing |
| Tommy Aldridge | Drums |
| Steve Vai | Executive Production |
| Leslie Langlo | A&R Coordination |
| Ruta Sepetys | Project Coordination |
| George Marino | Mastering |
| Gary Taxali | Illustration |
| "The Christmas Song" recorded and mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA. "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" recorded and mixed at Wildhorse Studios, Novato, CA. "Do You Hear What I Hear" recorded at The Purple Room (Los Angeles) and The Studio at the Sunset Marquis Hotel (Hollywood, CA). "Sleigh Ride" recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA and Neverland Studio , Marin Country, CA. "O Come All Ye Faithful" recorded at the Jacaranda Room, Los Angeles, CA.
"White Christmas" recorded at Audio Vision Studios, Inc., Miami, FL. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" recorded at The Sweatshop, Northridge, CA. "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" recorded at The Boogie Lab, London, England. "Carol Of The Bells" recorded at Churchill Studios, Old Tappan, NJ. "Deck The Halls" recorded at Tasmania Studios, Ann Arbor, MI. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY. Art direction by Kelk. |
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