JOHNNY
MATHIS – THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE (EXPANDED EDITION)
The Best
Days of My Life is the album by American legendary singer Johnny Mathis that
was released in January 1979, by Columbia Records. The release made its first
appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes Chart, and remained
there for seven weeks, while also reaching Number 38 during a five-week run on
the UK Album Chart. The first song from the album to reach any of the charts in
Billboard was a duet with Jane Olivor entitled "The Last Time I Felt Like
This" that was written for the 1978 film Same Time, Next Year. The Best
Days Of My Life was nominated for the Academy Award but lost out to "Last
Dance" from "Thank God It's Friday", but still managed to enter
the magazine's list of the 50 most popular Easy Listening Records in the US,
and peaked at Number 15 over the course of the twelve weeks. Another track from
the album, "Begin the Beguine," entered that same chart five months
later, and got as high as Number 37 during its five weeks there. The only song
from the album to reach the UK Singles Chart was "Gone, Gone, Gone",
which made its debut there the following month, reaching Number 15 during a
10-week run. Includes 5 Bonus Tracks plus 1 unreleased Gem. Re-Mastered from
the Original Master Tapes by Sean Brennan, at Battery Studio’s, New York. ~
Funky Town Grooves
JAMES BROWN – I’M REAL (EXPANDED EDITION)
James
Brown gets a new injection of life at the end of the 80s – thanks to a
collaboration here with Full Force, who wrote, arranged, and produced the
album! The groove here is often more in a Full Force mode than you might expect
from James – a full-on 80s urban sound, filled with plenty of beats at the
bottom, yet still allowing The Godfather plenty of space to do his thing
vocally! In a way, the format's almost a bit like some of the James Brown remix
work that was showing up around the same time – except that the tunes are all
new, and somewhat different territory for James. Titles include "I'm
Real", "Static (parts 1 & 2)", "You & Me",
"Time To Get Busy", "She Looks All Types A Good",
"Keep Keepin", and "Can't Git Enuf". 2CD version is
overflowing with bonus tracks – 10 more cuts from singles, including
"Tribute (special version)", "Static (Full Force rmx)",
"I'm Real (special version)", "Real (Full Force hyped up
rmx)", "Time To Get Busy (Full Force rmx)", and "Busy JB
(time to get get mix)". ~ Dusty
Groove
FREE SOUL: 21ST CENTURY STANDARD (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
A great
entry into the 21st Century side of the Free Soul series – a cool collection
that moves up from the underground territory of other volumes that focus on
recent work – to select some key cuts that have become real standards for soul
music in the millenium! These aren't big hits – although the artists are
well-known – but key cuts by each singer that have gone onto really have some
weight in recent years, and which really help define the growth in soul music
in the past decade or so! Titles include "Rocksteady" by Remy Shand,
"J Dillalude" by Robert Glasper, "Feel Like Makin Love" by
D'Angelo, "Open" by Rhye, "Open Your Eyes" by Platinum Pied
Pipers with Dwele, "Poetry" by RH Factor with Q-Tip & Erykah
Badu, "Soul Sista" by Bilal with Raphael Saadiq, "The
Light" by Common, "Private Party" by India.Arie, "Beautiful
Love" by Myron, and "Limit To Your Love" by James Blake. ~ Dusty Groove
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