Johnny Mathis - Youve Got a Friend '1971/2016

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What happens when you pair a classic pop vocalist with a superstar rock
producer, and both are at the top of their game? The result is pure magic, or in
this case, Mathis magic! Johnny Mathis teamed with Richard Perry (Nilsson
Schmilsson, Ringo, Barbra Streisand’s Stoney End) for 1971’s
You’ve Got a Friend, and now that classic album is making its U.S.
standalone CD premiere in a deluxe, expanded edition from Real Gone Music and
Second Disc Records! Blending the Perry sessions with recordings produced by
Mathis himself, You’ve Got a Friend offers a spectacular array of
then-recent hits rendered as only Johnny could. Fusing pop and soul, Mathis and
Perry tackled favorites from James Taylor (“Long Ago and Far Away”),
The Beatles (“We Can Work It Out”), The Jackson 5 (“Never Can
Say Goodbye”), and Gordon Lightfoot (“If You Could Read My
Mind”). Carole King’s warmhearted title track is one of two
Tapestry cuts smoothly sung here by Johnny, along with the chart-topping
“It’s Too Late.” Mathis’ rich tapestry of contemporary
music has grown larger thanks to this edition’s whopping eight bonus
tracks. Session outtakes include fresh versions of The Four Tops’ Motown
perennial “Reach Out (I’ll Be There),” The Beatles’
“Golden Slumbers,” and the classic “I Only Have Eyes for
You” (which Johnny would re-record for his 1976 album of the same name).
The set is then rounded out with a host of rare singles like Jimmy Webb’s
“Evie,” John Barry and Don Black’s “This Way
Mary” from Mary, Queen of Scots, and the single version of Jacques
Brel’s “If We Only Have Love.” This beloved Friend is
sounding better than ever, as Mike Piacentini at Sony’s Battery Studios
has remastered everything. The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese has penned the
liner notes featuring new quotes from Johnny Mathis.

Tracklist:
 01. Johnny Mathis - Youve Got a Friend (04:32)
 02. Johnny Mathis - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (03:17)
 03. Johnny Mathis - Help Me Make It Through the Night (03:17)
 04. Johnny Mathis - If You Could Read My Mind (04:02)
 05. Johnny Mathis - Never Say Goodbye (03:08)
 06. Johnny Mathis - Its Too Late (03:08)
 07. Johnny Mathis - We Can Work It Out (03:05)
 08. Johnny Mathis - Long Ago and Far Away (03:12)
 09. Johnny Mathis - If (03:05)
 10. Johnny Mathis - For All We Know (02:56)
 11. Johnny Mathis - If We Only Have Love (03:17)
 12. Johnny Mathis - Reach Out (Outtake) (04:03)
 13. Johnny Mathis - So Much In Love (Outtake) (04:01)
 14. Johnny Mathis - I Only Have Eyes for You (From the Warner Bros. Film,
Dames) (03:42)
 15. Johnny Mathis - Golden Slumbers (03:30)

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