John Eckman<p><strong>Various Artists, A Very Special Christmas, 1987 on A&amp;M</strong></p><p>Long before Maria’s “All I Want For Christmas” came this wonderful compilation to benefit Special Olympics International with a whos-who of mid-late 80s artists covering holiday songs:</p><ul><li>The Pointer Sisters – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town</li><li>Eurythmics – Winter Wonderland</li><li>Whitney Houston – Do You Hear What I Hear</li><li>Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – Merry Christmas Baby</li><li>The Pretenders – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</li><li>John Cougar Mellencamp – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</li><li>Sting – Gabriel’s Message</li><li>Run-DMC – Christmas in Hollis</li><li>U2 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)</li><li>Madonna – Santa Baby</li><li>Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – The Little Drummer Boy</li><li>Bryan Adams – Run Rudolph Run</li><li>Bon Jovi – Back Door Santa</li><li>Alison Moyet – The Coventry Carol</li><li>Stevie Nicks – Silent Night</li></ul><p>This is holiday music I can get behind – though Christmas in Hollis does have a certain earworm quality I still love it. Artwork by Keith Haring, of course. </p><p>My copy via Beverly Coin &amp; Jewelry. Different versions exist with black vs gold lettering on the cover, and with green/red on different side labels. </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1980s" target="_blank">#1980s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/1987" target="_blank">#1987</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/am" target="_blank">#AM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/alison-moyet" target="_blank">#AlisonMoyet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/beverly-coin-jewel" target="_blank">#BeverlyCoinJewel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/beverly-ma" target="_blank">#BeverlyMA</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/bruce-springsteen-the-e-street-band" target="_blank">#BruceSpringsteenTheEStreetBand</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/bryan-adams" target="_blank">#BryanAdams</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/compilation" target="_blank">#compilation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/eurythmics" target="_blank">#Eurythmics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/holiday" target="_blank">#holiday</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/john-cougar-mellencamp" target="_blank">#JohnCougarMellencamp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/madonna" target="_blank">#Madonna</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/pointer-sisters" target="_blank">#PointerSisters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/pretenders" target="_blank">#Pretenders</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/run-d-m-c" target="_blank">#RunDMC_</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/stevie-nicks" target="_blank">#StevieNicks</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/sting" target="_blank">#Sting</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/u2" target="_blank">#U2</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/various-artists" target="_blank">#variousArtists</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinyl" target="_blank">#vinyl</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinylcollection" target="_blank">#vinylcollection</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/vinylfinds" target="_blank">#vinylfinds</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://goatless.org/tag/whitney-houston" target="_blank">#WhitneyHouston</a></p>