[2019-09-13] Johnny Mathis "Eyes For You", "Hold Me" and "Different" Expanded Editions (Second Disc/Real Gone)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:15 pm

I Only Have Eyes For You/Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

Description
Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records continue their ongoing celebration of Johnny Mathis' legendary catalog with a new expanded two-for-one CD--and this one's even more packed with signature Mathis songs than usual! 1976's I Only Have Eyes for You and 1977's Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me both reunited Mathis with a pair of his favorite collaborators, producer Jack Gold and arranger Gene Page, for silky renditions of the day's pop smashes as only Mathis could deliver them. Page brought the same style of lush orchestration he perfected with Barry White to these sets featuring songs by the top songwriters of the day including Neil Sedaka ("The Hungry Years"), Alan O'Day ("Do Me Wrong, But Do Me"), Stephen Sondheim ("Send in the Clowns"), Marvin Hamlisch ("One"), and the team of Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin ("Do You Know Where You're Going To," "I Always Knew I Had It in Me"). I Only Have Eyes for You introduced the artist's longtime concert favorite "Yellow Roses on Her Gown" and the Christmas perennial "When a Child Is Born" as well as acclaimed singer-songwriter Harriet Schock's "Ooh, What We Do." Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me found Mathis saluting his Columbia Records labelmate Barbra Streisand with the romantic "Evergreen," breathing new life into the vintage standard "All the Things You Are," and giving a classy spin to the Annie anthem "Tomorrow." Two outtakes, "Experience" and Stevie Wonder's spellbinding "If It's Magic," round out the deluxe package. Mike Piacentini at Sony's Battery Studios has remastered both albums, and The Second Disc's Joe Marchese has penned new liner notes based on fresh interviews with Harriet Schock and, of course, Johnny Mathis.

Tracklist
1. I Write The Songs
2. Do Me Wrong, But Do Me
3. The Hungry Years
4. I Only Have Eyes for You
5. Yellow Roses On Her Gown
6. (Do You Know Where You're Going To) -- Theme From 'Mahogany'
7. Ooh What We Do
8. Send In The Clowns
9. Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)
10. When a Child Is Born
11. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
12. We?re All Alone
13. All the Things You Are
14. One
15. When I Need You
16. The Most Beautiful Girl
17. Tomorrow
18. Evergreen
19. I Always Knew I Had It In Me
20. Don't Give Up On Us
Bonus Tracks:
21. Experience
22. If It's Magic

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VHY4YJW/?tag=imwan-20

Different Kinda Different

Description
Johnny Mathis ushered in the 1980s with one of his most romantic and sensual albums in his extensive discography. Different Kinda Different, his first album of the decade,teamed Mathis with producer Jack Gold and arranger Gene Page for a set that lived up to its title as it spotlighted numerous new songs as only The Voice of Romance could deliver them. Two sizzling pop-soul duets with singer Paulette McWilliams, "Different Kinda Different" and "I'd Do It All for You," are at the heart of an eclectic album that also features tunes by Sammy Cahn, Teddy Randazzo, and Steve Dorff, plus a pair of classic standards ("Deep Purple," "Temptation"), the timeless disco anthem "I Will Survive," and the haunting fi lm theme "With You I'm Born Again." Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records' definitive Expanded Edition of Different Kinda Different features nearly an entire album's worth of bonus tracks nine in total. These include a brace of exciting session outtakes such as Johnny's velvety rendition of Lionel Richie's "Three Times a Lady" and the new songs recorded for Mathis' 1981 retrospective The First 25 Years--The Silver Anniversary Album. Everything has been remastered by Mike Piacentini at Sony's Battery Studios, and the deluxe booklet features new liner notes by The Second Disc's Joe Marchese drawing upon brand-new interviews with Johnny Mathis and Paulette McWilliams.

Tracklist
1. Different Kinda Different
2. With You I'm Born Again
3. I'd Do It All for You
4. Never Givin' Up On You
5. Deep Purple
6. I Will Survive
7. Paradise
8. The Lights of Rio
9. Love Without Words
10. Temptation
Bonus Tracks:
11. In Love with Love
12. Time for Love
13. Wondering Why
14. When Am I Going to Get Over You
15. Three Times a Lady
16. Nothing Between Us But Love
17. It Doesn't Have to Hurt Every Time
18. The Way You Look Tonight
19. There! I've Said It Again.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VJWWJSL/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jul 30, 2019 4:28 pm

Bump: The Amazon USA pre-order links in the first post are now active.

[2019-09-13] Johnny Mathis "Eyes For You", "Hold Me" and "Different" Expanded Editions (Second Disc/Real Gone)

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