Finally, I found time to post this very rare album of David Newman where the songs So Far Away From Home and I Love You (Alright) was released...
Many thanks to DJNb and Cherry Anne for this very hard to find gem...
I Love You (Alright) by David Newman
Album: SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME
Artist: DAVID NEWMAN
Label: TOWER RECORDS
Year: 1984
Country: PHILIPPINES
Side Two:
01. REMEMBER THE BEST
02. I BELONG TO YOU
03. GOT YOU ON MY MIND
04. 'TIL TIME HAS NO END
05. ONCE AGAIN GOODBYE
- SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME (REPRISE)
All songs written by : WILLIAM STEWART MCCAMMON
Produced by: DAVID NEWMAN
Miles Away (Acoustic Version) by Colin Blunstone. Featuring Rod Argent on piano:
How We Were Before (Acoustic Version) by Colin Blunstone. Featuring Rod Argent on piano:
Acoustic Versions of Miles Away and How We Were Before by Colin Blunstone is from this CD:
ALBUM : COLIN BLUNSTONE GREATEST HITS + PLUS CD
ARTIST: COLIN BLUNSTONE
LABEL : MYSTIC RECORDS
YEAR : 2006
TRACKS:
01. SAY YOU DON'T MIND
02. OLD AND WISE
03. CAROLINE GOODBYE
04. ANDORRA
05. I DON'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
06. SHE'S NOT THERE
07. TELL HER NO
08. TIME OF THE SEASON
09. WHAT BECOMES THE BROKEN HEARTED
10. TRACKS OF MY TEARS
11. DON'T FEEL NO PAIN
12. STILL BURNING BRIGHT
13. MILES AWAY
14. HOW WE WERE BEFORE
Come To My Life by Morris Albert is found on this CD:
ALBUM TITLE : LOVER
Artist : MORRIS ALBERT
1999 SAAR SRL
Tracklist:
01. WAYS OF FIRE
02. WHERE IS THE LOVE OF THE WORLD
03. CHRISTINE
04. GOTTA GO HOME
05. GONNA LOVE YOU MORE
06. WOMAN
07. SWEET LOVING MAN
08. GIPSY 09. COME TO MY LIFE
10. THIS WORLD TODAY
11. FALLING TEARS
12. FALLING IN LOVE
13. ANGEL LADY
14. TAKES LIFE
15. I PROMISE YOU
16. LOVER
17. ONCE UPON A MAN
18. LEAVIN'N'STAIN'AROUND
19. CORNY LOVE
"Then" by Junior ( Antonio Morales Junior) is taken from EXCUSE ME LP released in 1974 by RCA VICTOR in BRAZIL. The song was composed by ANTONIO MORALES JUNIOR and SIMON NAPIER-BELL.
"Love Comes Without Warning" by America is one of the theme songs of the movie The Lonely Guy composed by Jerry Goldsmith with lyrics written by John Bettis. Produced by Matt McCauley Courtesy of Capitol Records
Album: The Lonely Guy Movie Soundtrack
Released by: MCA Records
Year Released: 1984
Country: USA
Love Comes Without Warning by America lyrics:
When life was just empty rooms
For company I'd talk to the moon
I danced along to my own song
That no one could hear
When nights were silent and dark
I'd lie in shadows, stare at the stars
The quiet voice that lifted my heart
Was always so clear
It told me...
The chance for love comes without warning
So don't stop looking for it
Yeah love comes without warning
So be ready for love
I dreamed it thousands of times
I even felt your skin touchin' mine
Sometimes you were so clear in my mind
I knew you were here
It kept me...
Believin' love comes without warning
So don't stop looking for it
Yeah love comes without warning
So be ready for love
Yours are the eyes
I have spent my life lookin' for
If they're not telling lies
You were lookin' for me
I wanna tell everyone
Who's waitin' in the dark for the sun
Before your chance in life is gone
You'll be in the light
Remember...
The chance of love comes without warning
So don't stop looking for it
Yeah love (always comes) comes without warning
So be ready for love
Your chance for love comes without warning
So don't stop looking for it
Yeah love (always comes) comes without warning
So be ready for love
Your chance for love comes without warning
So don't stop looking for it
Yeah love (always comes) comes without warning
So be ready for love
"Lonely Guy" by Max Carl is the theme song of the movie The Lonely Guy. The song was composed by Glenn Frey of the Eagles with lyrics by Jack Tempchin and was produced by Glenn Frey and Allan Blazek.
Album: The Lonely Guy Movie Soundtrack
Released by: MCA Records
Year Released: 1984
Country: USA
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The Lonely Guy lyrics:
There's one lonely girl
Saturday night, nothing to do
And there's one lonely guy
All by himself at a table for two
And it's sad, because one lonely guy
Might change the world for one lonely girl
And life would be so sweet If only she could meet
One lonely guy
(One lonely, one lonely, one lonely guy)
In a world like today
So many times, even lovers are strangers
They pass, but look away
Keeping their hearts far out of danger
And it's sad, because one lonely guy
Might change the world for one lonely girl
And life would be complete
If only she could meet
One lonely guy
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Download the song here (from Glenn Frey's site): The Lonely Guy
About the movie:
The Lonely Guy is a 1984 Steve Martin romantic comedy film, written by Neil Simon and directed by Arthur Hiller.
Based on the book "The Lonely Guy's Book of Life" by Bruce Jay Friedman, Martin portrays Larry Hubbard, a greeting card writer who goes through a period of terrible luck with women. At the pit of his despair, Hubbard writes a book titled A Guide for the Lonely Guy, which is rampantly successful and catapults him into an entirely different experience of life.
The film also stars Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey and Steve Lawrence and features cameo appearances from Merv Griffin, Dr. Joyce Brothers, and Loni Anderson. One of the theme songs of the movie, "Love Comes Without Warning", was performed by America.
Terry Lauber is the vocalist for Gabriel's lovely "You Never Told Me You Loved Me". Although this Frank Butorac-written song did not enjoy chart success in the US, it enjoyed considerable airtime in some Southeast Asian countries, which includes the Philippines.
For more information on "You Never Told Me You Loved Me", as well as the band Gabriel, I've posted an excerpt of Terry Lauber's e-mail to me below, with his permission:
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Oh and I was the vocalist on 'You Never Told Me You Loved Me'. The song was written by Frank Butorac, the other guitarist in Gabriel but as we were producing that first LP for ABC Dunhill records, it was decided that I should try my hand at the vocal. We had never performed the song before recording it for the album, so Frank didn't have much of a vocal on it. So I worked it out one evening in the studio and everyone liked it, so we kept it. Though we only performed the song a very few times live... don't know why, just never played and sang it much. It's certainly a lovely song and I've always been proud of my vocal performance on it. So, thanks for asking.
Gabriel was 'fronted' by myself as the primary lead vocalist. Frank Butorac was the songwriter of 'You Never Told Me You Loved Me' with me as the vocalist...
Prior to recording the third LP for Epic Records (and we had only 3 LPs total) Stacy Christenson left the group. Also, the song Martha, our most successful song in the US, charted at #73 'with a bullet' was one of my compositions not Frank Butorac's writing. Frank and I shared the writing duties for Gabriel, so it wasn't just a Frank Butorac project... Also as you will notice on the CDs both Frank and I also played piano and I played pedal steel guitar on numerous recordings as well.
And you're right about You never told me not being a good choice to play in American dance clubs. It just wasn't a good match so we never used the song much... though we all liked it a great deal. No offense taken on your remark about Americans and their musical tastes.
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"You Never Told Me You Loved Me" by Gabriel is taken from this album:(Image borrowed from http://www.terrylauber.com)
ALBUM: THIS STAR ON EVERY HEEL
ARTIST: GABRIEL
LABEL: ABC RECORDS
Year Released: 1975
Country: USA
"You Never Told Me You Loved Me" by Gabriel is also released on CD as part of the remastered 3 LPs onto a double CD set.
"We Could Have It All" by Maureen McGovern was the love theme from the Universal Picture "The Last Married Couple In America". The song was composed by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox:
45 rpm Single: We Could Have It All
Label: Warner
Year Released: 1980
Produced by Michael Lloyd for Mike Curb
Arranged by John D' Andrea
Country: Philippines
"Rainbow Connection" is a popular song written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher and originally performed by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) in The Muppet Movie in 1979.
As far as I am concerned, the version of "Rainbow Connection" by Dana Valery is the best. But, this version was not mentioned in Wikipedia as one of the covers of this song:
About Dana Valery:
Dana Valery (born 1944 in Milan, Italy) (also known as Dana Valery Catalano) is a singer, actress and television performer who started her career in the entertainment industry at the age of 16 in Johannesburg, South Africa where her family had immigrated from Italy in 1952. She has performed on television, radio, Broadway and in live concert performances worldwide, including major cities such as New York, London, Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Johannesburg. She is the sister of singer Sergio Franchi.
Another song that I posted earlier is "I Gave You My Love" by Dana Valery:
OCTOBER 10, 2010 UPDATE:
To Bongs.11: You are right! "Rainbow Connection" by Dana Valery is released thru Atlantic label in the Philippines but if you noticed the small print, Scotti Brothers is still behind the production of this record:
"I Need You" by The Euclid Beach Band is an original composition of Eric Carmen. I got this song from their self titled CD released in Japan:
CD: The Euclid Beach Band
Artist: The Euclid Beach Band
Label: Epic
Released: 1979
Country: Japan
About The Euclid Beach Band from allmusic.com:
Tongue-in-cheek Cleveland surf-pop combo the Euclid Beach Band was founded in 1978 by Scene magazine staffers Rich Reising and Jim Girard, the former a onetime guitarist in Eric Carmen's backing band Magic. The group's debut single "There Is No Surf in Cleveland" -- the title, a quote from an unreleased Carmen song, seemed particularly meaningful during the brutal winter of 1977/78 -- was recorded with the aid of vocalists John Hart and Pete Hewitt as well as assorted local musicians; when the Euclid Beach Band announced their intentions to donate all proceeds from the novelty song to Cleveland-area charities, the record received considerable media exposure, and quickly sold out its original 10,000-copy pressing. Its success landed the group a contract with the Cleveland International label, and with Carmen tapped as producer, the Euclid Beach Band travelled to New York City to begin work on their debut LP; recorded with a number of ace session players, the project soon went well over budget, and although the single "I Need You" cracked the Top 100 in 1979, the self-titled album was nevertheless poorly received and the band dissolved in 1980.
For collectors of songs, it is very important for us to get the original version of the songs that we are looking for. What if the original version is not really the one we think it is ?
Album Version:
Many think that this album version of Pia Zadora's "It's Wrong For Me To Love You" is the original one:
Album: Pia
Artist: Pia Zadora
Label: Elektra
Year Released: 1982
Country: USA
Most of the YouTube videos I viewed featuring this song mention that the album version is the same as the soundtrack version, but it is not. Instead, Pia Zadora's LP contains only the album version of the song.
Soundtrack Version:
"It's Wrong For Me To Love You" by Pia Zadora, the original version was featured in the soundtrack of the movie Butterfly:
The above soundtrack version of the song is from this CD:
Album: Butterfly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone
Label: Dagored
Year Released: 2008
Country: Italy
Does anyone know if the album version of "It's Wrong For Me To Love You" by Pia Zadora has ever been released on CD?
Last June 21, 2010, an eBay collector (not me) won this mega rare Urban Breeze In Love CD of Craig Ruhnke.
Just click on the images below if you want to see the details more clearly:
Urban Breeze In Love CD
Teichuku Records
1985 Japan
Track 13: Somebody To Love can be found on True Love LP
Track 14: Two Hearts can be found on Keep The Flame LP and True Love LP
With regards to the Craig Ruhnke CD released in Canada, these are the songs from this CD that you can't find on other Craig Ruhnke's albums including the Urban Breeze In Love CD:
One of the most elusive songs that I wanted to have for so many years is finally found. "I Think Of You" by Susan Cowsill is one of the songs that I always requested on the radio while I was in college.
Though a "friend" of Susan Cowsill's was kind enough to give me the mp3, I did not stop looking for the single. I give him my sincerest thanks. I hope that one day, I will get Susan Cowsill's autograph on vinyl.
"I Think Of You" by Susan Cowsill is an original composition of Sixto Rodriguez.
45 rpm Single: I Think Of You/The Next Time That I See You
Artist: Susan Cowsill
Label: Warner Bros. Records USA
Year Released: 1977
Country: Philippines
Album: WEATHERLY
Released: 1972
Label: RCA Victor
Catalog# LSP-4747
01 Loving You Is Just An Old Habit
02 The Prince, the Cowboy and Me
03 Mississippi Song
04 Between His Goodbye and My Hello
05 Finer Things in Life
06 Midnight Plane to Houston
08 All That Keeps Me Going
09 Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
10 Once in a Lifetime Thing
11 Ole Kentucky Moon
About Jim Weatherly:
Singer/songwriter Jim Weatherly's best known songs were million-selling hits by Gladys Knight and the Pips "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)," and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me." He also had a Top 20 pop hit with "The Need to Be."
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