Johnny Mathis - You Light Up My Life (1978) Vinyl LP • Too Much, Little, Late

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Vinyl plays with some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front/back); more noticeable surface abrasions near top-left on back. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. You Light Up My Life
2. Emotion (with Deniece Williams )
3. All I Ever Need
4. Where Or When
5. If You Believe (From The Musical "The Wiz")
6. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (with Deniece Williams )
7. How Deep Is Your Love
8. Till Love Touches Your Life
9. I Wrote A Symphony On My Guitar
10. It Was Almost Like A Song

About The Record:

You Light Up My Life is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on March 13, 1978. While this LP includes three new songs (All I Ever Need, I Wrote a Symphony on My Guitar, and the hit pairing with Deniece Williams, Too Much, Too Little, Too Late), it doesn’t stray too far from the format of his albums of recent years in covering established material, including a standard (Where or When), a country number (It Was Almost Like a Song), something from Broadway (If You Believe), and a few soundtrack tunes (the title track, How Deep Is Your Love, Till Love Touches Your Life). The album made its first appearance on Billboard, peaking at No. 9 while in the meantime receiving Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on May 2 and Platinum certification two months later, on July 6. It also made it to No. 3 during a 19-week run on the UK album chart, and on June 30 of that year the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of over 100,000 units in the UK. The single from the album, Too Much, Too Little, Too Late, had its chart debut on Billboard magazine's list of the 100 most popular R&B singles in the US in the issue dated March 4, 1978, where it lasted for 20 weeks, four of which were spent at No. 1.