Cat No:
RLGM07152PMI
Release Date: 08 June 2018
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064007159
Genres: Pop
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Description
Johnny Mathis kicked off the 1970s with a series of albums that found the
Voice of Romance reinventing the day's chart hits in inimitably lush fashion. Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are continuing the journey through the legendary singer's 1970s catalog with an expanded, two-for-one compact disc release of the classic studio albums Close to You and Love Story. Johnny teamed with longtime producer Jack Gold and top arranger Ernie Freeman in 1970 for Close to You, on which he returned to the songbooks of Burt Bacharach and Hal David (the title song), The Beatles ("The Long and Winding Road"), and Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Wave") while also reinterpreting hits by Ray Stevens, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and even Columbia labelmate Santana! This deliciously eclectic album yielded the Academy Awardnominated movie theme "Pieces of Dreams," a top 10 AC hit for Mathis. It was followed in early 1971 by Love Story, produced by Gold with arrangements by Perry Botkin, Jr., a frequent collaborator of Harry Nilsson. In addition to the romantic "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story," Johnny brought his silken sound to rare tunes by
Bacharach and David (the top 40 AC chart entry "Ten Times Forever More") and Carole King and Gerry Goffin ("I Was There") as well as his friend Henry Mancini ("Loss of Love") and Paul Williams and Roger Nichols ("We've Only Just Begun").
This expanded two-for-one release adds three bonus tracks: outtake recordings of Bodie Chandler's "Caroline" and a "Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You" medley, plus the B-side of "Pieces of Dreams," Mancini and Johnny Mercer's "Darling Lili." Johnny at his zenith! -
Tracklisting
- 1. They Long to Be Close to You
- 2. Evil Ways
- 3. Come Saturday Morning
- 4. Yellow Days
- 5. Pieces of Dreams
- 6. Song of Joy
- 7. Everything Is Beautiful
- 8. The Long and Winding Road
- 9. (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You
- 10. Wave
- 11. Until It’s Time for You to Go
- 12. Caroline (Bonus Track)
- 13. Where Do I Begin?
- 14. Rose Garden
- 15. Ten Times Forever More
- 16. It’s Impossible
- 17. I Was There
- 18. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
- 19. We’ve Only Just Begun
- 20. Traces
- 21. For the Good Times
- 22. My Sweet Lord
- 23. Loss of Love
- 24. Goin’ Out of My Head / Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Bonus Track)
- 25. Darling Lili (Bonus Track)
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The First Time Ever
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Close To You/love Story
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Step by Step--The Complete Pop Hits
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60 Essential Recordings
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