Platinum Record [Level 8]
1 - Johnny Mathis I Love My Lady LP (Columbia 1981) UNRELEASED!
2 - Fonzi Thornton unknown title LP (1982) UNRELEASED!, probably contained:
I Work For A Livin'
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Gold Record [Level 7]
Id love to hear that Johnny Mathis if it ever surfaced in bootlegg anywhere :o
Fly By Night, Sleep In The Daytime
Indie Release [Level 4]
The unreleased Johnny Mathis LP is the stuff of legends. I remember reading about it during an interview with Chic a few years ago. It apparently contains some stunning tracks but is destined never to see the light of day :cry: :cry: :cry:
Have never heard even of a bootleg copy....
Gold Record [Level 7]
Ahh that sucks..a real shame :cry:
Fly By Night, Sleep In The Daytime
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Why no release for the Johnny Mathis LP? He no likey? :-?
Mathis should welcome a chance to appear "hip"....his work with Thom Bell was real good and the disco combo of "Begin The Beguine" b/w "Gone, Gone, Gone" is classic!!!!
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Chart Hit [Level 6]
the thought makes me salivate! Let's not forget that apparently Nile Rodgers occasionally visits this site, so why don't we see if we can persuade him to part with it. I'd probably pay any price. And the Chic-produced songs by Carly Simon ("Why?") and Teddy Pendergrass ("Dream Girl") always made me wonder if they had any unreleased work.
Indie Release [Level 4]
I too was going to recommend going to Rodgers' site and leaving a message -- he's not so mega-star he doesn't keep tabs on 'em; at least, for his publicist's sake, I hope not.
Mr. Rodgers has two very interesting records in the can, one performed entirely by Kelly Mittelman, a personal friend; the other, a self-produced (post-Motown) opus by Ms. Ross herself.
Some marketing strategies recommend flooding the market and giving the consumer no choice but to purchase some of the product. Others say product should be milked for its entire lifetime until it's in the bargain bins; then release more.
Why not get ahold of Universal's Rhino group. The Mathis thing sounds like it'd be right up their alley. But they'd probably group it with the infamous Joe Beck arrangement of Sinatra doing "Night and Day" a' la disco; and then six years later the Merm got the disco bug... catch my drift?
Color me opinionated; Mathis is indeed a great song stylist and a wonderful entertainer. I just can't get over the fact that his voice sounds like the higher octaves of a Hammond B-3 organ.
No offense meant,
Love, Paul - a.k.a. judydoggie
- Yours, musically
JudyDoggie (neither a girl nor a dog: if you were in disco in NYC 15-25 yrs ago u know)
Indie Release [Level 4]
i remember hearing about chic doing a album with aretha franklin back in the day.....but i guess nothing came out from it...now that would be something to hear......
Chart Hit [Level 6]
knowing how many people are still interested in Chic's work. I've seen several interviews he's done on MTV and VH1 and I know he's very down to earth and approachable. And has anyone caught a recent episode of MTV's show "Classic Current?" I watched yesterday and there was none other than punk pioneer Paul Weller of the Jam doing "Thinking of You", which, if I'm not mistaken, is yet another Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards composition done originally by Sister Sledge. Even the mighty Isley Brothers recently covered a Chic song ("A Warm Summer Night"). I think it might be quite a challenge, though, to get one of the money grubbing record companies to release the Johnny Mathis record in question, especially since none of us know the reason why it was shelved in the first place....
Indie Release [Level 4]
Racking my brains I now remember seeing an article a while back on Chic in Record Collector magazine in here in UK and guide prices were given for some of their work. I'm sure the Johnny Mathis LP was listed with a guide price of £100 so maybe some boots are out there somewhere......
Gold Record [Level 7]
According to Aretha's (pretty lame) autobiography, she was offered the same material later used in Diana Ross' "Diana" B&W LP. They came to her with the basic tracks already done and ready to put her voice over them, which was not to Aretha's liking (she wanted to be part of the creative process). Then they turned to Diana instead. The material included the classic disco tracks "Upside down" and "I'm coming out". (Diana fought and succeeded in changing some of the songs arrangements, but that's another story and another thread.)Originally Written by dvdjamm
Acetate [Level 1]
The web page ChicTribute.com has some info on the Johnny Mathis album:
I just got the below statement from Johnny Mathis people:
"We regret that, to our knowledge, "I Love My Lady" will not see the light of day. We have forwarded to Sony, by way of our attorney, letters, inquiries, etc. from fans who were hoping to hear this album. This seems to have had no impact. Although we appreciate your enthusiasm, we won't be pursuing the matter any further with Sony. Mr. Mathis has already weighed in on the matter, and they refused to release it. Sorry."
So Johnny Mathis is not against this release, in fact he favors it, it is Sony who is the stumbling block.
Also some background on the album:
http://www.chictribute.com/disco/chic/mathis.html
Paul
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
'I Love My Lady'? Who actually is the lady in question, his mum or sister perhaps? :lol:
Gold Record [Level 7]
Didn't she...run off with the masters? :-?
Indie Release [Level 4]
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Why doesn't Nile release the Johnny Mathis material himself, or even as the next CHIC album?
OK, Sony own the finished work but surely as writer and publisher of the original material, Nile could do what he wanted and release the material himself? .... or is it a tad more complicated than that?
It's the songs we want to hear - yes it would be nice to hear Mr Mathis singing them, but IMHO it's all about the song and the musicians behind it - CHIC could provide the vocals and Nile update the arrangements for the 21st Century.
Nile - please consider, if you haven't already done so.
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