The Ultimate Motown Christmas CollectionVarious Artists
Release Date: 10/13/2009
Original Release:
2009
# of Discs:
2
J&R Item # 1087847_CD
UPC # 602527176420
Label: Motown Records
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Disc: 1
7.
Deck the Halls/Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabelle - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Disc: 2
12.
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Boyz II Men - (featuring Brian McKnight)
25.
Season's Greetings from Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
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Performer: Various Artists
Artist: Aretha Franklin; Brian McKnight Producer: Clarence Paul; Clay McMurray; Dallas Austin; Mickey Stevenson; Zack Vaz; Gil Askey; Hal Davis; Harvey Fuqua; Henry Cosby; Jimmy Roach; Johnny Bristol; Lawrence Payton; Levi Stubbs; Marc Gordon; Marvin Gaye; Pete Moore; Terry Johnson; Barrett Strong; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Smokey Robinson; Diana Ross; Bobby Taylor; Norman Whitfield; Brian McKnight Distributor: Universal Distribution Notes: Adapters: Hal Davis; Harvey Fuqua; Jimmy Roach; Marc Gordon . Arrangers: Willie Shorter; Gil Askey; Hal Davis; Harvey Fuqua; George Rountree, Jr.; James Carmichael; Jimmy Roach; Lawrence Payton; Levi Stubbs; Marc Gordon ; Wade Marcus; David Van De Pitte. Berry Gordy was more than just a visionary label owner, he was also an astute businessman who studied and understood how the pop charts worked, and his stable of songwriters, arrangers, musicians, and singers all worked toward the same aim of refining R&B and soul music into a pop product that appealed across race, gender, and generational lines. And Gordy knew -- although the radio play and sales period was extremely brief -- that nothing endured more than a good Christmas record, which could regenerate sales each and every year when the holiday season rolled around again. It should come as no surprise, then, that Motown issued a sizable amount of seasonal material, and as this two-disc, 51-track collection shows, a lot of it was done at a high level of quality. There are simply some wonderful Christmas sides here, including the Jackson 5's buoyant "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," the Temptations' delightfully rendered "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the Funk Brothers' surging and joyous instrumental take on "Winter Wonderland," Smokey Robinson's hopeful "Christmas Everyday," the Four Tops' lightly funky "Merry Christmas Baby," and a pair of odd but beautiful Marvin Gaye pieces, "Christmas in the City" and the achingly perfect "I Want to Come Home for Christmas." It's nice to have all of these together in one collection. Oh, and you can dance to it, too. ~ Steve Leggett |