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A Very Special Christmas (album)
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A Very Special Christmas is the first in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released on October 12, 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records. A Very Special Christmas has raised millions of dollars for the Special Olympics.[4] The cover artwork was designed by Keith Haring.

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On January 16, 1998, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of four million copies in the United States.[5]

As of November 2014, A Very Special Christmas is the 19th best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the United States during the SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,520,000 copies according to SoundScan.[6]

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Track listing

  • First pressings of the album contain a spoken introduction on The Pretenders' "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", presumably by a child. This introduction was later omitted, shortening the track by about 13 seconds.
  • Starting in 1992, "Back Door Santa" was replaced by another Bon Jovi song, "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas", which originally appeared as a B-side on their single "Keep the Faith".
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Personnel

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According to the liner notes:[7]

Musicians

Technical personnel

  • Tom Banghart – assistant engineer (2)
  • Jon Bon Jovi – arranger (13)
  • Steve Boyer – assistant engineer (5)
  • Joe Chiccarelli – mixing (11)
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1, 3-6, 9, 12, 13)
  • Mark DeSisto – assistant engineer (11), additional engineering
  • Peter Droll – assistant engineer (10)
  • Steve Ett – engineer and mixing (8)
  • Richard Feldman – engineer (2)
  • John Fryer – engineer (14)
  • Humberto Gatica – mixing (2, 15)
  • Danny Grisgby – additional engineering
  • Rob Jacobs – assistant engineer (1, 10), additional engineering
  • Bruce Lampcov – engineer (5), mixing (5)
  • David Leonard – engineer (6)
  • Scott Litt – engineer (3, 5, 9)
  • Jeremy Lubbock – arranger (10)
  • Bob Ludwig – original mastering (4)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Kooster McAllister – engineer (13)
  • Mark McKenna – assistant engineer (1, 3, 11), additional engineering
  • Michael Morongell – assistant engineer (1)
  • Alison Moyet – arranger and mixing (14)
  • Dan Nash – assistant engineer (1, 15), additional engineering
  • Peter Oxendale – arranger and mixing (14)
  • Thom Panunzio – engineer (3, 9, 15)
  • Toby Scott – engineer (4)
  • Don Smith – engineer (1, 11)
  • Pete Smith – engineer and mixing (7)
  • Smudger – engineer (12)
  • Roger Talkov – engineer (13)
  • Richard Warren – arranger (15)
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer (1, 10, 11, 15), mixing (10)
  • Michael Young – engineer (13)
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