So how did Seth and Joel go about choosing the holiday songs that would be featured on this recording?
Those flawless voices of Gedda, Schwarzkopf and Ludwig feature on this recording too; a reading of the Requiem that distils the power, the drama, the might and the heartbreaking beauty of Verdi's masterpiece and makes me, despite so many wonderful modern accounts, return to it again and again.
Everything is so super-great that Paltrow is even featured on the record, providing nominally audible backing vocals on "Everglow".
Gottwald wanted her to write a rap to the bridge in a Jessie J song he had co-written, "Excuse My Rude," so that she could be featured on the record.
All the music featured on the record was produced by Frusciante, with a few tracks featuring his vocals as well.
Don't let society tell you, 'This is what you have to do.'" The College Dropout was recorded at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, California, but the production featured on the record were formed elsewhere over the course of several years.
Also featured on the record are R&B youngster Maverick Sabre and UK dancefloor mainstay Katy B. "She wrote the lyrics in like, ten minutes" Gibbon says of Katy B and the track "Lover Like You".
The results are often hilarious – but, in conjunction with the download links to some of the music featured on the records, you will be introduced to a raw, unfiltered mode of expression often missing from commercial releases.
The studio mixes featured on this LP capture the moment Lennon recorded each of the iconic album's songs live in the studio, devoid of reverb or tape cuts.
Originally, vocalist Mariah Carey and rapper Plies were intended to feature on the record.
