Mariah Carey Merry Christmas 45RPM (2 LP)

Numbered, Limited Edition 45rpm 180g Vinyl 2LP!
Sourced from the Original Master Tapes & Presented in Audiophile Sound for the First Time!
Strictly Limited to 4,000 Numbered Copies!
1/2" 30 IPS/Dolby SR Analog Master to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe!
Mariah Carey has not only become the Queen of Christmas because of her ardent love for Christmas. Nor is it the result of a brilliant marketing plan. The cult singer earned the title with her successful 1994 album "Merry Christmas", which quickly joined Bing Crosby's "White Christmas", Frank Sinatra's "A Jolly Christmas" and Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" as Christmas classics. With a balanced mix of inspired originals and well-chosen covers, Carey's fourth studio album has gained traction as new generations discover its magic. The re-release of Merry Christmas in Mobile Fidelity's 30th Anniversary Edition brings her captivating performance and high-pitched vocal range to life like never before.
Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, and strictly limited to 4,000 numbered copies, the pioneering label's 180g 45RPM 2LP set of Merry Christmas plays with riveting detail, depth, and dimensionality. Available in audiophile quality for the first time since its original release three decades ago, and featuring the bonus track "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen," the nine-times-platinum set breathes with a newfound transparency that enhances the spirituality, passion, and festive tenor of Carey's singing.
Benefitting from the superb definition afforded by the wide 45RPM grooves, the music takes on a heightened energy and anticipatory emotion synonymous with the holiday season. Carey's signature vocals explode with liveliness and dynamics, the full scope of her acrobatic range presented in clear, transparent sound that practically places her on a small stage in your listening room. This collectible version also breathes with the kind of warmth, intimacy, and coziness you want from a landmark vocal album.
Recorded when Carey helped put "diva" back into everyone's vocabulary, Merry Christmas gave the New York native another smash right out of the box. What nobody knew at the time was the degree of the album's staying power — and how, many years removed from its initial promotion cycle, its legend would still grow and even spark a 2010 sequel. Having re-entered the Top 200 charts every year since 2019, Merry Christmas ranks as one of the three most commercially successful holiday LPs ever made and, in due time, will likely earn the top distinction in that class. A global blockbuster, it seamlessly ties together Christian, gospel, and secular threads and speaks to a boundless audience, independent of denomination.
Most obviously, the record remains inescapably connected to "All I Want for Christmas Is You," an uptempo anthem that towers as a holiday standard and one of the biggest-selling singles in history. Punctuated with celesta chimes, sleigh bells, springy keyboards, and joyous beats, the song echoes the simple albeit engaging melodies and doo-wop style of beloved holiday classics of yore — and blends such elements with contagious dance-pop rhythms to create an atmosphere rich in joy, wonder, and excitement. Radiant with golden soulfulness and sincere conviction, Carey's exuberant singing and on-point phrasing put it all over the top. And how.
The song stands as the only effort in Billboard history to top the Hot 100 chart during at least three separate runs. Carey's blockbuster has already hit No. 1 during five runs, spanning every year between 2019 and 2024. That's just one of the many records the singer holds — and only one of the multiple highlights from Merry Christmas, which includes two other Carey-penned originals, "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)" and "Jesus Born on This Day."
Though slightly lesser known, Carey's remarkable rendition of Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" further links her album with the big, lush, Wall of Sound heritage that helped inspire its production. Carey's heartfelt take and transformation of the traditional "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" into an animated tune that even adults can believe, as well as her clairon reading of "Joy to the World" — cleverly augmented with bits of Three Dog Night's 1971 hit of the same name — further reinforce her status as Queen of Christmas.
At the peak of her powers, Carey finds equivalent success when tapping more spiritual veins. Witness the reverence she brings to the timeless carol "Silent Night," the piousness she invests in "Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child," and the sacred feeling she conveys throughout "O Holy Night." You'll also never think of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)" the same way again after hearing Mimi pour her heart and soul into them, and pair the songs together.
Indeed, it's Carey's pliable voice, melismatic technique, and five-octave range — on display here in definitive fashion — coupled with her undeniable love for Christmas and understanding of the religious significance of the season that make Merry Christmas a must-have holiday staple. And on Mobile Fidelity's LP, something you better add to your wish list.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition - 4,000 Copies
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• 45rpm
• Mastered from the 1/2" 30 IPS / Dolby SR Analog Master to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe
• Available in Audiophile Quality for the First Time
• Pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing
• Bonus Track "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"

Selections:

Side A
1. Silent Night
2. All I Want for Christmas Is You
3. O Holy Night
Side B
1. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
2. Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
3. Joy to the World
Side C
1. Jesus Born on This Day
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)
Side D
1. Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child
2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen