| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/a&m | | UPC: 00606949048426 | | Release Date: 10/19/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60362771 | | Item#: MC9W6D | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format: CD |
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(P) 1999 Special Olympics International Inc. (C) 1999 Special Olympics International Inc.
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| | Album Notes and Credits | Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Eric Clapton, Tracy Chapman (vocals, guitar); John Popper (vocals, harmonica); Jon Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, Vanessa Williams , Sheryl Crow (vocals); Bobby Bandiera (guitar); Timmy Cappello (saxophone); Michael Spengler (trumpet); Michael Mancini, Leon Pendarvis (keyboards); Sue Williams (acoustic bass); Shawn Pelton (drums, percussion); Andy Stoller (background vocals). |  | Audio Mixers: Dave Reed; Obie O'Brien; Thom Panunzio. |  | Liner Note Author: Eunice Kennedy Shriver. |  | A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 4: Live continues the Very Special Christmas series, which benefits the Special Olympics. This volume was recorded live in Washington, D.C. and features performances by Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Run-D.M.C., Jon Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Vanessa Williams, and Tracy Chapman. Blige and Crow duet on "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," while Bon Jovi performs two lovelorn holiday songs -- "Please Come Home for Christmas" and "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home." Clapton teams up with Chapman on a version of her hit "Give Me One Reason," and with Crow on "Merry Christmas Baby." Run-D.M.C. performs "Christmas in Hollis," and Vanessa Williams turns in a rendition of "What Child Is This." All the performers appear on the album's final song, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," representing this benefit album's spirit of goodwill and teamwork. ~ Heather Phares |
| | Technical Info |  | Release Date : 10/19/1999 |  | Original Release Date : 1999 |  | Catalog ID : 490484 |  | Label : Interscope Records (USA) |  | Number of Discs : 1 |  | Runtime : 38m : 25s |  | Studio/Live : Live |  | Mono/Stereo : Stereo |  | SPAR Code : n/a |  | UPC : 00606949048426 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (12/10/99, pp.107-8) - "...Santa's got a very mixed bag:...the priviledge of jolly-enough John Popper and Run-D.M.C. entries and a no-hard-feelings Clapton/Crow pairing..." - Rating: B- |
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