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Rod Stewart – Merry Christmas, Baby – Anniversary Edition Double Vinyl Records
Merry Christmas, Baby is Rod Stewart’s full-length holiday album, shaped by producer David Foster around Stewart’s weathered, conversational voice. The program mixes standards, duets, orchestral pop, and one original, presenting familiar seasonal material with the polished scale of Stewart’s Great American Songbook recordings.
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and “White Christmas” establish the classic repertoire. Stewart does not imitate traditional crooners; his rasp gives the melodies a lived-in quality, while Foster’s arrangements supply strings, piano, brass, and choir without crowding the vocal.
Guest appearances change the album’s texture. Michael Bublé joins “Winter Wonderland,” CeeLo Green and Trombone Shorty appear on the title track, Dave Koz contributes to “Let It Snow,” and Ella Fitzgerald’s archival voice is paired with Stewart and Chris Botti on “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”
“Red-Suited Super Man” adds a Stewart/Foster original, and “When You Wish Upon a Star,” “We Three Kings,” “Silent Night,” and “Auld Lang Syne” extend the second half beyond straightforward pop standards. The sequence works as a complete seasonal program rather than a short novelty release.
This 2024 anniversary edition spreads thirteen tracks across two vinyl records. UPC 602465913125 distinguishes it from the differently barcoded red-vinyl version already represented in the Round Flat catalog.
Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic
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