The Supremes - Merry Christmas (CD, Album, Comp, RM)

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#1-12 originally released as Motown 638, November 1965.
#13-16 are bonus songs not on original album.

Track 16 contains two hidden track (tracks 16.3 Greetings by The Supremes wishing  a merry Christmas & a happy new year and another wishing a pleasant hollyday). Track 16.1 lasts for 2:38 before a period of silence.

Band tracks recorded in Los Angeles, CA, August, 1965. Vocals recorded in Detroit, MI, September, 1965. (One other song from the recordings, "Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem", is available on the CD collection "A Motown Christmas Carol".

All songs digitally remastered from the original stereo analog master tapes by Suha Gur at Universal Music Studios-East.
"The Christmas Song" and "Silent Night" mixed from the original session tapes by Suha Gur at UMSE
"Noel" mixed from the original session tapes by Roland Alvarez at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA.

Back liner photo taken on location of "Where The Action Is" (Big Bear Mountain, Calif.)

Original record ad courtesy of the Mary Wilson Collection. All other images courtesy of Norwin Simmons, Thomas A. Ingrassia and Andrew Skurow.

℗© 1999 Motown Record, L.P.

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  1999
Genre:       Funk / Soul
Style:         Soul, Holiday

Track listing:

1. White Christmas 3:51
2. Silver Bells 2:57
3. Born Of Mary 2:47
4. Children's Christmas Song 2:50
5. The Little Drummer Boy 3:07
6. My Christmas Tree 3:09
7. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer 2:40
8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 2:40
9. My Favorite Things 2:49
10. Twinkle Twinkle Little Me 3:01
11. Little Bright Star 2:24
12. Joy To The World 2:08
. Bonus Tracks
13. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 2:10
14. Just A Lonely Christmas 2:23
15. Noel (Previously Unreleased) 1:58
16.1. Silent Night 2:38
16.2. (silence) 0:06
16.3. Supremes Greetings 0:18