[Vision2020] A tribute to . . .

[Ted Moffett]

MP3?  May the Goddess of beautiful recorded music save us!

I have a CD of Mathis's "Greatest Hits."  I often dismiss such collections
as commercialized pandering to music marketing that overlooks a lot of
great music,
but on this CD Mathis's voice reveals a recording with much warmth,
richness and depth.  Hard to believe his hit "Misty" was from 1959!  Maybe
it was recorded with vacuum tube amplification?

In contrast, to compare to a singer from roughly the same time period, a CD
of Patsy Cline's "Greatest Hits"  reveals a recording with more edge and
grit... Too bad, given Cline's amazing singing voice, that I feel is
more honest to her unique musical spirit than the apparently beautiful but
perhaps artificial Johnny Mathis...
Mathis hit a certain successful style that he exploited commercially to the
point of redundancy...

Patsy Cline's famous hit "Crazy" from 1961 was composed by Willie Nelson,
long before Nelson became famous himself!
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 7:05 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> . . . *Johnny Mathis*[image: image1.jpeg]
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Johnny_Mathis/Johnny_Mathis.jpg
>
> *“Chances Are”*
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Johnny_Mathis/Chances_Are.mp3
>
> *“It’s Not for Me to Say”*
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Johnny_Mathis/Its_Not_for_Me_to_Say.mp3
>
> *“Misty”*
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Johnny_Mathis/Misty.mp3
>
> *“Twelfth of Never”*
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Johnny_Mathis/Twelfth_of_Never.mp3
>
> *“When Sunny Gets Blue”*
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Johnny_Mathis/When_Sunny_Gets_Blue.mp3
>
> *“Wonderful Wonderful”*
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Johnny_Mathis/Wonderful_Wonderful.mp3
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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