A Very Special Christmas

• Artist : Various
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0606949048426
• Format : Live
• Format : Import
• Label : A&M
• Manufacturer : A&M
• MPN : 606949048426
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.50 inches (Height) x 5.60 inches (Length) x 0.20 pounds (Weight) x 4.90 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Part Number : 606949048426
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : A&M
• Release Date : 1999-10-19
• SKU : 60694904842U
• Studio : A&M
• UPC : 606949048426

The Very Special Christmas series has become almost as much of a Christmas tradition as decking the halls and trimming the tree. Although lacking the charm and breadth of previous in-studio discs, Special Christmas Live partially makes up the deficit with interesting pairings. There's Mary J Blige and Sheryl Crow "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Eric Clapton and Crow doing "Merry Christmas Baby," Clapton and John Popper trading licks in "Christmas Blues," and old Slowhand and Tracy Chapman reprising Chapman's delicious "Give Me One Reason," a tune that has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. Obviously Clapton-heavy (there's even a solo slot with the blues ballad "Christmas Tears"), the set also includes Jon Bon Jovi getting on his knees to plead "Please Come Home for Christmas" and "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home"), Vanessa Williams singing "What Child Is This," and Chapman doing a soulful acoustic take of "O Holy Night." The all-star line-up closes en masse with "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." --Martin Keller

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Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mary J. Blige/Sheryl Crow
  • 2: Christmas In Hollis - Run DMC
  • 3: Please Come Home For Christmas - Jon Bon Jovi
  • 4: Christmas Blues - John Popper
  • 5: What Child Is This? - Vanessa Williams
  • 6: Christmas Tears - Eric Clapton
  • 7: O Holy Night - Tracy Chapman
  • 8: Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman/Eric Clapton
  • 9: Merry Christmas Baby - Sheryl Crow
  • 10: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Jon Bon Jovi
  • 11: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Mary J. Blige/Jon Bon Jovi/Tracy Chapman/Eric Clapton/Sheryl Crow/John Popper/Run DMC...

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