Smooth Grooves: Sensual Christmas
With the '70s back in vogue throughout the nooks and networks of popular culture,Smooth Groovesbelongs on the top of your Christmas wish list, alongside those flares and platform shoes. Here you get theJackson 5's delightful "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (long before Michael went wack) with lesser known gems such asBill Withers's compassionate "The Gift of Giving" andDonny Hathaway's "This Christmas." And in a show of the political passions of the period when Black Power was everywhere, the Emotions proudly rally round the Christmas tree with "Black Christmas" and theImpressionsbelt out a pre-disco dance-floor version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Great fun and a very cool stocking stuffer.--Martin Keller