BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“Christmas Time” is a song recorded by Bryan Adams. It was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and became Adams’ most popular Christmas song. “Christmas Time” was written and recorded in Vancouver, Canada. Over twenty years after it was first recorded, the song still receives significant radio airplay each year during the Christmas season. No music video was shot for the single, although there was a live video made for its B-side, “Reggae Christmas”, featuring a guest appearance by Pee Wee Herman. The song won Gold Single Award for 50,000 sales of the 45 RPM single in Canada. It reached #4 on Billboard Christmas Chart.

In 2001 Bryan performed “Christmas Time” at the Vatican for Pope John-Paul II. The performance was included on a DVD, released in 2002, titled “A Musical Christmas From The Vatican”.

SIDE A:
Christmas Time 4:06
Producer – Jim Vallance

SIDE B:
Reggae Christmas 2:47

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Miny
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Christmas Time	U.S. Billboard Christmas Chart	#4
1985	Christmas Time	U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks	#31

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records – SP-12162
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Credits: Producer – Bob Clearmountain, Bryan Adams
Written-By – Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi