Johnny Mathis – Open Fire, Two Guitars

Name: Johnny Mathis - Open Fire, Two Guitars
Rating: 3.72 (57 reviews)

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Label:	Columbia – CL 1270
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Mono , Hollywood
Country:	US
Released:	1959
Genre:	Pop
Style:	Vocal

Tracklist

A1		An Open Fire Written-By – J. Leiber - M. Stoller*
A2		Bye Bye Blackbird Written-By – Henderson*
A3		In The Still Of The Night Written-By – Cole Porter
A4		Embraceable You Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
A5		I'll Be Seeing You Written-By – S. Fain*
A6		Tenderly Written-By – W. Gross*
B1		When I Fall In Love Written-By – Young*
B2		I Concentrate On You Written-By – Cole Porter
B3		Please Be Kind Written-By – S. Chaplin*
B4		You'll Never Know Written-By – Gordon*
B5		I'm Just A Boy In Love Written By – S. Cowell
B6		My Funny Valentine Written-By – Rodgers*

Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label runout): x"Lp" 44804
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label runout): x"Lp" 44805
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label runout (variant 1)): XLP44804-1CD
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label runout (variant 1)): XLP44805-1CG
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Matrix runout (variant 2)): XLP44804-1K (stamped) H1 (etched)
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Matrix runout (variant 2)): XLP44805-1K (stamped) H1 (etched)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Open Fire, Two Guitars (LP, Album, Stereo)	Columbia	CS 8056	US	1959
New Submission	Open Fire, Two Guitars (LP, Mono, Flipback)	Fontana	TFL.5050	UK	1959
New Submission	Open Fire, Two Guitars (LP, Album, Stereo)	Columbia	CS 8056	Canada	1959
New Submission	Open Fire, Two Guitars (LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1270	Canada	1959
New Submission	Open Fire, Two Guitars (LP, Album, Stereo)	Columbia	CS 8056	US	1959

Trev_Doo Mar 8, 2025
Everything points to me having this edition of the album. The label, the print, the font is exactly the same as my copy, but my Run Out is stamped as - (Side 1) XLP44804 1E & (Side 2) XLP44805 1G
Anyone else with the same issue, and or can clear-up the discrepancy?
Lee_Armstrong Jun 12, 2017
This LP was in the freebie pile at Gravity Records in Wilmington NC and decided to come home with me. After scrubbing with Record Doctor, the dusty side A shined; and the record plays well with some crackling left. Maybe Johnny Mathis is a guilty pleasure, falling so far inside the "easy listening" category, but he has such a lovely voice, such control, phrasing, pitch, that for me, he is a joyful pleasure. This set is unapologetically romantic. Even the slow arrangement on "Bye Bye Blackbird" transforms the song to intimate longing. The standards "I Concentrate On You" and "In the Still of the Night" glow.