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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live is Mannheim Steamroller's fourth Christmas album overall and was first released in 1997. It is a recorded live performance which includes variations on the arranged tracks featured in previous Steamroller albums.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live
Live album by Mannheim Steamroller
Released	October 14, 1997
Recorded	January 3 & 4, 1996
Genre	Christmas, symphonic pop
Length	53:53
Label	American Gramaphone
Producer	Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Christmas in the Aire (1995) Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live (1997) The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums chronology
Christmas in the Aire (1995) Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Live (1997) The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998)

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A companion DVD of the concert was also released. The light show consisted of a semi-transparent screen positioned in front of the musicians (as opposed to being in the back like most concerts) where various images would be projected to give a three dimensional look.

Track listing

1. "Angels We Have Heard on High" – 4:03
2. "Chip's Intro" – 2:03
3. "Christmas Lullaby" – 4:10
4. "Pat-a-Pan" – 5:09
5. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – 3:09
6. "Los Peces en el Rio" – 3:52
7. "Joy to the World" – 3:46
8. "Gagliarda" – 3:17
9. "In Dulci Jubilo" – 2:58
10. "Wassail, Wassail" – 2:35
11. "Carol of the Birds" – 2:12
12. "I Saw Three Ships" – 1:33
13. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Renaissance Version)" – 1:55
14. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock Version)" – 4:29
15. "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" – 5:26
16. "Going to Another Place" – 3:16

Personnel

• Chip Davis: Drums, Recorders, Percussion, Toys
• Jackson Berkey: Piano, Harpsichord, Keyboards
• Arnie Roth: Concertmaster, Violin
• Almeda Berkey: Harpsichord, Keyboards
• Ron Cooley: Guitar, Fretted Instruments
• Roxanne Layton: Recorders, Percussion
• Chuck Penington: Conductor

Mannheim Steamroller Orchestra

• Violins: Christopher Hake, Arnold Schatz, Karen Martin, Kimberly Salistean, Keith Plenert, Scott Shoemaker
• Violas: Judy Divis, Sarah Richardson
• Cellos: Gregory Clinton, Holly Stout
• Oboe: Robert Jenkins
• Horn: Laurence Lowe
• Harp: Janet Wesley Kelly
• Trumpet~Piccolo Trumpet: George Vosburgh, Eric Hansen

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