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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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Folks, you are probably not going to believe it when we tell you this, but Debby Boone’s You Light Up My Life platinum-selling original album has never been reissued in any form, physical or digital! That a #6 charting album from 1977, one with an iconic song that went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart—as well as Top 10 Country—and stayed there for a record-setting ten weeks, has been unavailable for decades is almost inconceivable when even the most obscure albums have been reissued on CD and everything seems to be available online even if you can’t find a physical copy. But no, it really is true…and now, with Debby’s help, we at Real Gone Music are going to make up for lost time in the 40th anniversary of its original release. To start, you get the original album remastered digitally (by Ted Carfrae) for the first time ever, featuring the #1 hit “You Light Up My Life” as well as the Adult Contemporary hits “Baby I’m Yours,” “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes” and “Hasta Manana” (the latter two performed by Debby with her sisters). Then, for this Deluxe Expanded CD Edition, we’ve added no less than 14 bonus tracks: non-LP rarities like “He’s a Rebel,” the B-side to “You Light Up My Life,” a pair of collectible Motown singles by The Boone Girls and seven unreleased recordings featuring charming remakes of classic ‘60s pop favorites from “You Don’t Own Me” to “The Last Thing on My Mind.” With production work by Mike Curb, Bob Gaudio, Michael Lloyd, Fred Werner, Joe Brooks and Don Costa, these long-lost sides are seminal ‘70s soft rock, and to place them in proper context, writer Joe Marchese has conducted an extensive interview with Debby for the liner notes. Throw in rare photos and this set truly will light up the life of any pop music lover…still can’t believe this one went four decades without a reissue!

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1. You Light Up My Life
2. A Rock and Roll Song
3. Micol's Theme
4. It's Just a Matter of Time
5. Hey Everybody
6. When I Look at You (My Love)
7. From Me to You
8. Baby I'm Yours
9. When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
10. The End of the World
11. Your Love Broke Through
12. Hasta Mañana
13. He's a Rebel
14. My Guy
15. Please Mr. Postman
16. Friend
17. You Don't Own Me
18. Till
19. Put Your Head on My Shoulder
20. Popsicles, Icicles
21. Laugh While I Cry
22. See If It Comes Out Love
23. God Bless the Beasts & Children
24. Anthem-Revelation
25. Curiosity Killed the Cat
26. The Last Thing on My Mind

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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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To my "crowd" Debbie Boone made Barry Manilow look like a distinguished artist by comparison.

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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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Please don't immediately derail a thread like that. Obviously this wasn't posted for collectors with your musical taste.

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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:01 pm 
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I always liked Patti Smiths version...maybe I will check it out.
Hey I want the Maria Callas complete box set.
Everyone has different tastes in music.

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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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That's not just expanded...it's bombed with so much Debby Boone goodness. What's not to love?

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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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Yeah. I'm the guy that bought the single. And listened to American Top 40 every week waiting to see if it was still number one. That said, I do like Kasey Cizyk's version a tad bit more. I'll probably take a second look at this.

But I did misread track 23 as Motley Crue's "God Bless The Children Of The Beast", and suddenly I have a compulsion to hear a Debby Boone cover of that.

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alantig wrote:
Yeah. I'm the guy that bought the single. And listened to American Top 40 every week waiting to see if it was still number one. That said, I do like Kasey Cizyk's version a tad bit more. I'll probably take a second look at this.


I used to do the same. Wasn't it #1 for something like 7 weeks?

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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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alantig wrote:
Yeah. I'm the guy that bought the single. And listened to American Top 40 every week waiting to see if it was still number one. That said, I do like Kasey Cizyk's version a tad bit more. I'll probably take a second look at this.

I used to do the same. Wasn't it #1 for something like 7 weeks?

10 weeks. It was second only to Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" with 11 weeks.

Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" tied with it a few years later.

That Top 3 stayed in tact until 1992 when Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" went 13 weeks at number one. That was quickly dethroned by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" which hit its 14th week at #1 in 1993. Since that time, there have been around 30 more songs that have been #1 for 10 weeks or greater. (21 of those were from 2000 or later.)

The current record of 16 weeks at number one ("One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995) was just tied a few weeks ago by "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber. (A song which, believe it or not, I still haven't heard. At least, I don't think I have.)

So, long runs at number one are not that uncommon anymore, but for awhile Debby's stood as quite a remarkable achievement especially given that it was a debut single.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:19 pm 
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I know quite a few people that have been wanting this album to come out on CD. With the single spending 10 weeks at #1, I know that even some people who liked the song originally got tired of it. But there are some really good songs on the album, and the bonus cuts (including the unreleased ones) make this release even more worth it. For anyone who liked the AC and soft pop artists of that era - Maureen McGovern, Mary MacGregor, Carpenters, etc. - they'd probably like this album. I hope Real Gone Records releases Debby's follow-up album "Midstream" on CD next - it has the follow-up single "California" and a great cut called "Come Share My Love", neither of which have ever been on CD.

Whether you like "You Light Up My Life" or not, it's still surprising that the album containing the #1 song of the entire decade has never been released on CD before. And it's not like those situations where the single was huge and the album stiffed. The album went platinum and reached #6 on the album chart. If Curb had released this album on CD in the mid-to-late '80s, it probably would have reached 100,000 in sales. These days, a reissue (other than a superstar's) is likely to have sales of about 3000-5000.


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I really liked this version of the song when it came out, but after seeing the Didi Conn movie of the same name twice in theaters and buying the soundtrack, I really came to love Kasey Cizyk's version. Somehow I missed the CD release of the soundtrack - I need to find that someday.

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I met Debby yesterday at the CD signing party in L.A. I found her to be really nice, and she hasn't aged at all. For anyone who's a fan of AC and pure pop of the late '70s, this is a really nice CD. 12 bonus cuts, many previously unreleased. I like a lot of the Boone Girls recordings (recorded with her 3 sisters, prior to "You Light Up My Life", 1969-1976) - fun pop. There will always be those people that don't like the hit song, but for those of you not in that category, this CD is totally worth getting.


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 Post subject: [2017-12-08] Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" (Real Gone)
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alantig wrote:
Somehow I missed the CD release of the soundtrack - I need to find that someday.


I can't find any evidence there was a CD reissue of the You Light Up My Life soundtrack, which I'd now like to get. I checked amazon and ebay and other websites. Does anyone know if there was a legit CD release of this soundtrack, what label, and what country?


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According to Discogs, there's been no CD release.
https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Brooks-Orig ... ter/212489

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Interesting! The soundtrack album (which had Casey Cizyk's version, not Debby Boone's) went gold. (I wonder how many gold albums have never had CD reissues, even outside the US).

Also, when the soundtrack (on Arista - containing Casey's version) went gold, I read that the label's president Clive Davis put out a Billboard ad that rather snarkily said, "The only gold-certified album containing 'You Light Up My Life'." He had lost out to having the single version - Debbie's recording was on Curb/Warner, and her album handn't gone gold - that's why, to me, it seemed rather snarky to say that. However, a month or so later, Debby Boone's album went gold, and then onto platinum. So I guess she got the last laugh :)


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Jason Michael wrote:
According to Discogs, there's been no CD release.
https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Brooks-Orig ... ter/212489


I've never seen a CD of the soundtrack, but I'm pretty sure I remember being told there was one. But that doesn't mean it really happened!

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