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What's a nice Jewish boy doing singing about Santa? Never you mind. Barry's been doing it for a while now, and A CHRISTMAS GIFT OF LOVE turns out to be his second album of holiday music in 12 years. Although this Brooklynite plays it safe with perfectly well done versions of perennials like "Winter Wonderland" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," he also does a fine job going off the beaten path in seeking out unexpected holiday fare. "White Christmas" may be a best-selling Christmas song that's been done ad nauseum, but few artists perform it as a swinging medley alongside the more obscure Irving Berlin nugget "Happy Holiday." Making like a Semitic Sinatra, Manilow offers arrangements that swing hard thanks to conductors including Patrick Williams and Ray Ellis. Other surprising inclusions are Joni Mitchell's "River" conducted and arranged by the legendary Paul Buckmaster and a lush version of Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" that ends up being a nice respite from "Auld Lang Syne."
Chuck Berghofer (bass); Gregg Field (drums).
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California and The Hop, Studio City, California.
Personnel: Barry Manilow (vocals); Robbie Buchanan (arranger, conductor, keyboards); Jorge Calandrelli, Patrick Williams (arranger, conductor); John Pisano, Dean Parks, Ken Barry, Mike Thompson (guitar); Michael Lang (piano);
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This item will not play on standard CD players. Christmas Gift Of Love Music | List Price | $18.97 (You save $0.42) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Vocal, Christmas, Contemporary Pop Vocals, Enhanced CD, Christmas/ Chanukkah, Super Audio | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 2002 | | All Time Sales Rank |  348034  | | CD Universe Part number | 6309507 | | Catalog number | 86976 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 16, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Multi | | Producer | Robbie Buchanan; Barry Manilow | | Engineer | Bill Schnee; Scott Erickson | | Personnel | Dean Parks
Dean Parks
Robbie Buchanan - arranger, conductor, keyboards
Barry Manilow - vocals
John Pisano
Mike Thompson - guitar
Michael Lang - piano ;
Jorge Calandrelli
Ken Barry
Also: Patrick Williams |
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