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Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas
Live album by
Johnny Mathis
ReleasedDecember 22, 1971 [1]
RecordedMay 20–22, 1971 [1]
Venue Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
GenreVocal pop [2]
Length49:57
Label Columbia
Producer Sid Feller [3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
You've Got a Friend
(1971) 		Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas
(1971) 		The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Billboardpositive [4]

Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas is a live album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was recorded at Caesars Palace [3] and released on December 22, 1971, [1] by Columbia Records. All but five of the 23 songs performed had appeared on his studio albums, while the five previously unrecorded songs (described below) have not appeared on a Mathis studio album since.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated February 5, 1972, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 128. [5]

Reception

Billboard felt that "Mathis's act is beautifully captured on this two-record set." [4]

Track listing

All tracks were recorded May 20–22, 1971. [1]

Side one

  1. " In the Morning" ( Barry Gibb) – 3:22
  2. Medley – 4:40
    a. " (They Long to Be) Close to You" ( Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
    b. " We've Only Just Begun" ( Roger Nichols, Paul Williams)
  3. Medley – 4:29
    a. "Dreamy" ( Erroll Garner, Sydney Shaw)
    b. " Misty" ( Johnny Burke, Garner)
  4. "Come Runnin'" (Roc Hillman) – 2:20

Side two

  1. " (Where Do I Begin) Love Story" ( Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:00
  2. " April in Paris" ( Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:32
  3. " Day In, Day Out" ( Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom) – 3:01

Side three

  1. Medley – 8:52
    a. " The Twelfth of Never" ( Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster)
    b. " Wild Is the Wind" ( Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
    c. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
    d. " It's Not for Me to Say" ( Robert Allen, Al Stillman)
    e. " Chances Are" (Allen, Stillman)
    f. " Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)" ( Larry Kusik, Nino Rota, Eddie Snyder)
    g. " Tonight" ( Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)
    h. "Dulcinea" ( Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh)
    i. " The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (Darion, Leigh)
    j. " Wonderful! Wonderful!" ( Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh)
  2. "And Her Mother Came Too" from A to Z ( Ivor Novello, Dion Titheradge) – 2:49

Side four

  1. "I Got Love" from Purlie (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 3:34
  2. " Maria" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 3:54
  3. "If We Only Have Love" ( Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 5:05
  4. "If We Only Have Love" (instrumental) – 1:23

Song information

" In the Morning" was recorded by the Bee Gees in 1966. [6] "Dreamy" had previously been recorded by Erroll Garner, [7] Eileen Farrell, [8] and Sarah Vaughan. [9] Lena Horne included "Come Runnin'" on a live album in 1957. [10] "And Her Mother Came Too" was first performed in the 1921 musical A to Z, [11] and "I Got Love" originated in the 1970 musical Purlie. [12]

Personnel [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment 88985 36892 2.
  2. ^ a b "In Person - Recorded Live at Las Vegas - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c (1972) Johnny Mathis in Person: Recorded Live at Las Vegas by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KG 30979.
  4. ^ a b "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1972-01-29. p. 67.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 844.
  6. ^ "Gibb Songs: 1966". Gibb Songs. Columbia.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  7. ^ (1957) Other Voices by Erroll Garner [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CL 1014
  8. ^ (1961) Here I Go Again by Eileen Farrell [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 8453
  9. ^ (1960) Dreamy by Sarah Vaughan [album jacket]. New York: Roulette Records R 50246
  10. ^ (1957) Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria by Lena Horne [album jacket]. New York: RCA Records RD 27021
  11. ^ "A to Z". The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Purlie". ibdb.com. The Broadway League. Retrieved 27 March 2013.

Bibliography

  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN  0-89820-183-7
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