STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - MARIAH CAREY - MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Good morning gang and welcome to the Christmas Eve edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. With Friday finally here and Christmas just a few hours away, we find ourselves spinning Mariah Carey's classic Merry Christmas. The original LP was released October 28, 1994 on the Columbia label and produced by Carey, Walter Afanasieff, and Loris Holland. It is her first Christmas album and overall fourth studio album.  The record reached #5 in Estonia, #4 in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Billboard's  Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, #3 in South Korea and the Hot 100, #2 in Australia, the Netherlands, and Sweden and #1 in Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the UK, Billboard's Top Holiday Albums, as well as Billboard's Top Catalog Albums chart. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (#1 Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Billboard's Global 200, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, UK R&B, the Hot 100, the Holiday 100, and the Rolling Stone Top 100)  and "Joy To The World" (#33 Australia) were released as singles. The album has been certified 8X Platinum in the US. Our copy is the 2015 re issue on red vinyl, that I recently bought on Ebay for this occasion. 

1. "Silent Night" Franz Xaver Gruber
Mariah Carey, Loris Holland
3:39

2. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
Carey, Walter Afanasieff
4:01

3. "O Holy Night" Adolphe,  Adam 4:27

4. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
2:33

5. "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)"
Carey, Afanasieff
4:32

6. "Joy to the World"
Traditional, Hoyt Axton
4:18

7. "Jesus Born on This Day"
Carey, Afanasieff
3:41

8. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie
3:24

9. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" / "Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)" First title: Cummings after Mendelssohn / Second title: Traditional
Afanasieff, Carey, Holland
2:59

10. "Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child" Traditional
Afanasieff, Carey, Holland
4:26

"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Traditional 1:19

Mariah Carey – lead vocals

3*D – choir/chorus

Walter Afanasieff – bass, clapping, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, synthesizer, tambourine

Robert Clivillés – bass, drums, percussion
David Cole – bass, drums, percussion

David Daniels – choir/chorus
Melonie Daniels – background vocals
Nathaniel Daniels – choir/chorus

Bernard Davis – drums
Omar Hakim – drums

Loris Holland – Hammond organ, piano

Dann Huff – guitar
Randy Jackson – bass
Kirk Lyons – bass

Cindy Mizelle – background vocals
Greg Phillinganes – piano
Lenny Pickett – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone

Kelly Price – background vocals
Shanrae Price – background vocals
Tobithia Shinique Owens – choir/chorus

David Silliman – percussion
Jazzmin Walton – choir/chorus
Buddy Williams – drums

Technical :

Walter Afanasieff – arranger, drum programming, producer, programming
Mariah Carey – arranger, producer

Christopher Austopchuk – art direction

Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer
Gary Cirimelli – digital programming, programming, synthesizer programming
Robert Clivillés – programming
David Cole – programming

Daniela Federici – photography

David Gleeson – engineer
Mick Guzauski – mixing
Jay Healy – engineer

Loris Holland – arranger, producer

Bob Ludwig – mastering
Dan Shea – programming

Basia Zamorska – stylist