I'm Coming Home...Johnny Mathis.

 Of all of the Johnny Mathis L/p's that are out there this in my opinion is one of his best...typically 70's sounds sung by Johnny at his peak !

1. I'm Coming Home
2. I'd Rather Be Here With You
3. Foolish
4. I'm Stone In Love With You
5. And I Think That's What I'll Do

1. Life Is A Song Worth Singing
2. A Baby's Born 
3. Sweet Child
4. Stop Look And Listen To Your Heart
5. I Just Wanted To Be Me

      1. Life Is A Song Worth Living

Johnny Mathis...The Mathis Collection.

40 seems to be a magic number ! because Lo and behold we have another compilation of 40 tracks also taken from Johnny's many L/Ps  that he has recorded from the very start up to 1977 when this double L/P was released !...so you get a good cross section of Johnny's different styles !

          23. Someone

Johnny Mathis

This compilation of JM's songs has the distinction of being introduced by him and him vocalising a signing off at the end....No new tracks just ones from his early L/P's and most of the duets that he has done.... 20 tracks so you have a cross section of his songs all styles !!

Johnny Mathis.

 I have said in previous posts of JM that I prefer him when he sings up tempo and swinging songs...But I stand corrected with this L/P...Although the songs are sung more or less how they were written It's a great L/P enhanced by just a couple of guitars and a bass... he brings completely fresh versions of the standard songs...which I have said many times before. the arrangements as well as the voice go a long way to an excellent L/P and this is a first class one....I do believe it is some of his earlier recordings !!!

1. Bye Bye Blackbird
2. In The Still Of The Night
3. Embraceable You
4. I'll Be Seeing You
5. Tenderly

1. When I fall In Love
2. Please Be Kind
3. You'll Never Know 
4. I'm Just A Boy in Love
5. My Funny Valentine

          5. Tenderly 

          6. When I Fall In Love

Johnny Mathis.

 Johnny sings "Pop" "Classics" "Country & Western " with a touch of "Bossa Nova" on this L/P...Its a Gud Un !!!!

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

1. Everything Is Beautiful
2. The Long And Winding Road
3. Why Can't I Touch You
4. Wave
5. Until It's Time For You To Go

          2. Evil Ways

Johnny Mathis.

Another one for the JM fans...singing "Today's Greatest Hits" (1971) wise !!......And ! "Richard Perry" at the helm on some of the tracks once again !!

1. You've Got A Friend
2. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
3. Help Me Make It Through The Night
4. If You Could Read My Mind
5. Never Can Say Goodbye

1. It's Too Late
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Long Ago And Far Away
4. If
5. For All We Know 
6. If We Only Have Love

    2. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Johnny Mathis.

A good balanced compilation of well-known songs from "JM"...this time the record company did not pick out the "record filler" songs.....and do I detect some "alternative" versions!!!... will have to play the tracks side by side to be defined.....all in all a good L/P !!!

1. What'll I Do 
2. More That You Know
3. Stranger In The Night
4. Baby Baby Baby 
5. Danke Schon
6. Stranger In Paradise

1. Misty
2. By Myself
3. Spanish Eyes
4. There Goes My Heart
5. LOVE
6. That's All

 

Johnny Mathis

Another one from Johnny singing songs of the 70's !!

1. Where Do I Begin (Love Story)
2. Rose Garden
3. Ten Times Forever More
4. It's Impossible
5. I Was There
6. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life

1. We've Only Just Begun
2. Traces
3. For The Good Times 
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Loss Of Love

        10. My Sweet Lord

Johnny Mathis

Still with Bob with this one... some Mathis magic !! that i'm sure will please a few out there !!...Cheers Bob !

         11. How Deep Is Your Love

Johnny Mathis

 The last couple of posts of Johnny found him in the land of the "Disco" Boom....this one puts him firmly back to earth !! with a mixture of 70's classic songs and some not so well known..as usual he does a perfect job with them sung in the typical "Mathis" style....Cooooooooooooool !!!

1. Killing Me Softly With Her Song
2. Aubrey
3. And I Love You So
4. Break Up To Make Up
5. Arianne

1. Neither One Of Us Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye
2. Wildflower
3. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
4. Sing
5. Good Morning Heartache
6. Show And Tell

         

          6. Neither One of Us Wants To be the First To Say Goodbye 

Johnny Mathis

This collection of JM comes via "Belgium Bob"...tracks taken from previous L/P releases !!

The tracks in the download are not in the same order as the back cover.

            7. Oh That Feeling

Johnny Mathis.

Another compilation made up of tracks from "JM"s previous L/P's...20 tracks in all so I guess this one is good value considering that the average tracks on a studio recorded L/P is usually only about 12 to 14 tracks....all tracks are A1...BUT  "Song Of Joy" should have been left on the recording studio floor !!!...IMHO !!!...AND it includes one of my favourite "JM" tracks 
"Side 2 Track 9"....pure magic !!!

1. Don't Give Up On Us
2. Goodbye To Love
3. Gone Gone Gone
4. Midnight Blue
5. Solitaire
6. The Hungry Years
7. Alone Again Naturally
8. Too Much Too Little To Late...with Deniece Williams
9. Without You
10. Its Too Late

1. Laughter In The Rain
2. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
3. Everything Is Beautiful
4. The Most Beautiful Girl
5. You Light Up My Life

6. Just The Way You Are...with Deniece Williams
7. And I Love You So
8. Song Of Joy
9. Life Is A song Worth Living
10. Betcha Golly Wow  

           9. Life Is A Song Worth Living

Johnny Mathis.

Here's a double helping of JM supplied by the "Guy" across the channel !!...seems to be a compilation of mixed tracks from some of his L/P's some I have not heard before so its a good selection...Thanks "Bill" !!!...

          18. Babalu

Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis and as it say's on the cover with two guitar's "Tony Mottola" & Al Caiola" plus a Bass...12 smooth sounding standards sung in the "Mathis" sound !!!

1. An Open Fire
2. Bye Bye Blackbird
3. In The Still Of The Night
4. Embraceable You
5. I'll Be Seeing You
6. Tenderly

1. When I Fall In Love
2. I Concentrate on You
3. Please Be Kind
4. You'll Never Know
5. I'm Just a Boy In Love
6. My Funny Valentine

 

       2. Bye Bye Blackbird

Johnny Mathis....320 Kbps

Recorded in 1975 Johnny sings a selection of other singers hits....sung in the "Mathis" style but very close to the original hits....would have liked him to have done them different and given the songs a different slant !!!......Didnt scan the back cover because the track listing was in white against a yellow background and all you can see on the scan is 12 inches of yellow colour !!!

1. Mandy
2. Nice To Be Around
3. You're As Right As Rain
4. When Will I See You Again
5. Only You

1. Let Me Be The One / I Won't Last A Day Without You
2. The Way We Were
3. Laughter In The Rain
4. You And Me Against The World
5. The Things I Might Have Been

3. Laughter In The Rain

Johnny Mathis....320 Kbps

Another great recording from Johnny in 1976....voice is in great shape...and a great recording of the old standard "I Only Have Eyes For You "!!!

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

1. Theme From Mahogany
2. Ooh What We Do
3. Send In The Clowns
4 Every Time You Touch Me
5. When a Child Is Born

    2. Do Me Wrong But Do Me

Johnny Mathis....320 Kbps

Another good selection of songs by Johnny featuring the two tracks he did with "Deniece Williams"

1. You Light Up My Life
2. Emotions...with Denice Williams
3. All I Ever Need
4. Where Or When
5. If You Believe

1. Too Much Too Little To Late....with Denice Williams
2. How Deep Is Your Love
3. Till Love Touches Your Life
4. I Wrote A Symphony On My Guitar
5. It Was Almost Like A Song

      2. Emotions..with Deniece Williams.

Johnny Mathis...320 Kbps

This is a double set of L/P's featuring most of Johnny early hits and some tracks taken from some of his other L/P's...There is only 5 tracks a side so CBS could quite easily fitted all the tracks on one L/P....but I recon the "Marketing Guys" though that maybe "Joe Public" would think that they had a bargain 2 L/P's for the price of 1!!!!....don't think we are that guilable or are we !!!!....Just a note "Where Do I Begin & If We Only Have Love" is recorded as one track 

Side One                                                            Side Three

1. A Certain Smile                                            1. Where Do I Begin
2. When Sunny Gets Blue                                2. If We Only Have Love
3. Small World                                                  3. My Funny Valentine
4. Misty                                                              4. Come To Me
5. Chances Are                                                  5. Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet

Side Two                                                           Side Four

1. Venus                                                            1. Wonderful Wonderful
2. Maria                                                            2. All The Time
3. Misty Roses                                                  3. The Twelfth Of Never
4. Gina                                                              4. Wild Is The Wind
5. What Will My Mary Say                            5. It's Not For Me To Say

     1. Wonderful Wonderful.

Johnny Mathis..320 Kbps

Another great L/P from Johnny recorded early 70's.....I think that as he got older his voice and vocal style became more suited to the up tempo songs.....haven't heard him live for quite some time so I don't know if his voice has changed...will have to go onto "YouTube" and see what there is there...in the meantime have a listen its a good one !!
I think the reason its a good one is the choices of songs are good and the arrangements are first class...and he puts his own interpretations  on the songs in the "Mathis" Style.... not copying the originals which is great !!

I. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
2. We're All Alone

3. All The Things You Are
4. One
5. When I Need You
6. Sweet Surrender

1. The Most Beautiful Girl
2. Tomorrow
3. Evergreen
4. I Always Knew I Had It In Me
5. Don't Give Up On Us

     6. Sweet Surrender.

Johnny Mathis

  A "Live" performance from "Johnny Mathis" is always something good so we can thank "Bob" for this one ...seems like its a "German" release of his perfomance in "Paris" so its a sort of "European Goolash" !!!  From "Belguim" manufactured in "Germany" and Performed in "Paris" !!!

       7. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head.