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Michael Bublé fans have something to be excited about.
There’s an absolutely amazing new 10th anniversary Super Deluxe Limited Edition Box Set version of the Canadian singer’s juggernaut Christmas album out now via Warner/Reprise Records.
It is housed in a stunning 12x12 red and gold lift off box designed to look like a wrapped present with the Canadian singer’s trademark initials stamped all over the cover.
The original and re-released albums spawned a pair of Top 3 Billboard Adult Contemporary radio chart hits in the Mariah Carey/Walter Afanasieff-penned “All I Want for Christmas is You” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas/Jingle Bells” (the latter featuring London trio The Puppini Sisters) over a two-year period.
Thus far, the album has sold more than 16 million albums since 2011 and amassed 4 billion streams (equivalent to 60 million albums).
Christmas saw Bublé reteam with producers David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica with terrific results. It was recorded at the famed Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood and The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver. Among the top-name studio musicians involved were Vinnie Colaiuta, Keith Scott, Josh Freeze, Jim Keltner, Rusty Anderson and others.
Here it comes as an exclusive green LP and CD with all 15 tracks from both versions including duets with Shania Twain (“White Christmas”) and Thalia (“Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad”). The boxed set also contains a 7-track bonus CD with two newly recorded songs: the Bublé and Gary Barlow co-penned “The Christmas Sweater” and an ebullient new studio version of “Let It Snow!” recorded at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London with the BBC Big Band Orchestra. Other songs on the bonus CD include Buble co-write “The More You Give (The More You’ll Have)” and “Winter Wonderland” – a duet with Rod Stewart.
Other highlights include the bluesy New Orleans swing of “Blue Christmas” and “Cold December Night,” which was co-written by Bublé, Rock and longtime touring band leader/pianist Alan Chang.
A half-hour DVD features a 2011 documentary on the making of the album, where the singer talked about what the holiday means for him and how it was important to record everything “live on the floor,” which is how some of old school idols like Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby often worked. There is behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the producers as well.
The 48-page hardbound red book inside the box includes a personal new letter from the artist to his fans, plenty of color and black and white photos by Dean Freeman, photos from Bublé’s personal collection showing his sitting on Santa’s lap as a kid, lyrics and album credits.
Contained elsewhere in the box set are a red Christmas sweatshirt reading “All I Want for Christmas is Michael Buble” and t-shirt emblazoned with “Christmas is Coming…Michael Buble” (available separately via the Buble website), an exclusive unique Christmas ornament, six sheets of wrapping paper, six Christmas cards and an individually numbered 12 x 12 lithograph.
All told the box set is a must for diehard Buble enthusiasts.
Purchase the physical box set edition via www.michaelbuble.com (hurry – only 4,000 were made) or the regular CD/digital Christmas at all major retailers.
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