Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. When Sunny Gets Blue
2. It's Not for Me to Say
3. Wonderful! Wonderful!
4. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
5. It Could Happen to You
6. All Through the Night
7. Chances Are
8. Twelfth of Never
9. Wild Is the Wind
10. There Goes My Heart
11. What'll I Do
12. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
13. By Myself
14. Warm
15. When I Am With You
16. I Heard a Forest Praying
17. I Look at You
18. Certain Smile
19. Someone
20. You'll Never Know
21. More Than You Know
22. Moonlight Becomes You
23. Heavenly

Disc 2:

1. Ride on a Rainbow
2. Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
3. Misty
4. Small World
5. Best of Everything
6. Maria
7. Tonight
8. Isn't It a Pity?
9. I Married an Angel
10. Spring Is Here
11. Don't Blame Me
12. Stairway to the Stars
13. Love, Look Away
14. Smile
15. You Set My Heart to Music
16. Gina
17. What Will My Mary Say
18. Laura
19. Long Ago (And Far Away)
20. Clopan Clopant (Comme Ci, Comme Ca)
21. In Love for the Very First Time

Disc 3:

1. Time for Us
2. Live for Life
3. Man and a Woman
4. Evie
5. If
6. Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)
7. Speak Softly Love
8. Betcha by Golly, Wow
9. Happy
10. Arianne
11. I'm Coming Home
12. And I Think That's What I'll Do
13. Life Is a Song Worth Singing
14. Let Me Be the One/I Won't Last a Day Without You
15. One Day in Your Life
16. Feelings
17. Yellow Roses on Her Gown
18. When a Child Is Born
19. All the Things You Are
20. We're All Alone
21. One
22. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis, Deniece Williams

Disc 4:

1. Last Time I Felt Like This - Johnny Mathis, Jane Olivor
2. Love
3. With You I'm Born Again
4. Warm
5. Friends in Love - Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick
6. Amar y el Querer
7. Love Won't Let Me Wait - Johnny Mathis, Deniece Williams
8. 99 Miles from L.A.
9. I Had the Craziest Dream
10. Baia (No Baixa Do Sapateiro) [#]
11. Toyland
12. I'm on the Outside (Looking In)
13. It's All in the Game
14. You Belong to Me
15. All Alone Am I
16. Photograph [#]
17. Island
18. Something to Live For
19. Prelude to a Kiss
20. I Have a Love/One Hand, One Heart - Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11899 in Music
• Released on: 2001-09-11
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
Mathis was among the singers who, in the '60s and '70s, churned out an album every few months--often made up largely of the same recent chart hits his peers (Andy Williams, Jerry Vale) were covering. Despite the presence of "Feelings," however, this four-CD box is low on chaff and high on the wispy romanticism of hits such as "Chances Are," "Misty," and "It's Not for Me to Say." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

A Superlative Collection by a Master......
Is there another traditional vocalist who can move so easily among genres than Mathis (not to mention maintain such vocal quality after some 40 years plus in the business)? From classic ballads to R&B to Broadway, this generous, shy, unassuming and brilliant singer can cover just about anything. I actually didn't even know much about Mathis until the late 70s when I saw him on The Tonight Show, where he sang Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" (included in this 4 disc set) and was blown away by his control, especially when he held the final note nearly as long as the next commercial break. From then on, I was hooked. There are so many highlights here -- especially the move and groove years of "I'm Coming Home" and other Thom Bell produced pieces, and the most perfect blending of two voices ever: Mathis' duet with his vocal soulmate, Jane Olivor. But if there is a centerpiece in Mathis' oeuvre, it is the breathtaking, emotionally heartbreaking "Yellow Roses on Her Gown" -- both the song itself and Mathis' performance create one of the finest recordings ever made. And you have to buy this box set (with wonderfully detailed liner notes) to get it on CD. Highest recommendation for vocal fans.

Mathis Magic
How could you give any Johnny Mathis compilation anything less than 5 stars? You can't! This is an excellent musical history of the greatest male vocalist recorded music has ever known. Finally, on CD, are his passionate versions of One Day In Your Life and Let Me Be The One. However, I would have liked to have seen included more magical Mathis music from the 1970s such as his earlier version of Windmills of Your Mind, Stardust and I Only Have Eyes For You. Of course, there is so much wonderful, wonderful Mathis music that either there could have been two or three more discs or a second box set altogether. I question Columbia's decision not to have more of Mathis' LPs available on compact disc, especially those from the Seventies. For instance, he had tremendous albums in the 1970s I would love on compact disc such as Killing Me Softly With Her Song, When Will I See You Again, Close To You, Romeo And Juliet, Feelings, Hold Me Kiss Me Thrill Me and the list goes on. Chances are that maybe Columbia will one day release all of his music on CD or at least put together a 1970s package which should include all the above mentioned songs. In a world gone crazy with rapping and screaming, its so nice to still have Mathis music be a glimmer of light and hope in the darkness.

Outstanding ! ---- A Musical Journey
Seem to be a few feelings about "Feelings" here.------------ I think this is a MUST for every dedicated Johnny Mathis fan, or for anyone who enjoys a gentle evening of good music. The selections begin in the 50's and build chronologically right through the 90's----truly a historical tracking of Johnny Mathis' career. Very nostalgic for those of us who aren't 20 any longer. A favorite winter evening at our house is a warm fire, a glass of wine and "The Music of Johnny".