The good old long-playing records are currently experiencing a huge revival and are once again enjoying great popularity among music lovers and collectors. Vinyls, as the good old records are called today, have been increasingly pushing their way back onto the market in recent years. It is therefore fitting that Rod Stewart is releasing his 2012 Christmas album MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY as a long-player for the first time this autumn.
The platinum album will be released as part of the MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY (Anniversary Edition), produced by David Foster, Kevin Savigar and Stewart himself, on 4 October and is available to pre-order now.
The album, Rod Stewart's 27th studio album, was first released on 30 October 2012 and has been a huge success. MCB reached number one in the charts in Canada and New Zealand, and the album reached number two in the UK, Scotland and Sweden. MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY also made it into the top ten in Australia, Austria, the Netherlands and Norway. It is therefore not surprising that Sir Rod's Christmas album won numerous awards. The disc went triple platinum in Canada, double platinum in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, platinum in Ireland and the USA and gold in Poland.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY is Stewart's first full-length foray into the Christmas scene, highlighted by duets with a host of his colleagues. Mary J. Blige guests on ‘We Three Kings,’ while Trombone Shorty is featured on the Cee-Lo Green collaboration ‘Merry Christmas, Baby’ and the album's only original song, ‘Red Suited Superman’ (penned by Stewart and David and Amy Foster). Michael Bublé, who is no stranger to Christmas music, supports Stewart on ‘Winter Wonderland’. Chris Botti contributes trumpet to Stewart's ‘virtual’ duet with the late Ella Fitzgerald on ‘What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?’. And Dave Koz's saxophone complements Stewart's characteristically raspy vocals on ‘Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!’
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