So what's with this supposed Chic-produced Johnny Mathis Record?

I think I Love My Lady wipes the floor with any of the Minelli/Pets album! Now i say that as a huge fan of the boys.
I can't quite get over how fresh and modern this sounds.

From F'book:

Hello everyone.

Great news!

Ahead of the forthcoming Nile Rodgers & CHIC shows in London, Isle Of Wight and France, Jazz FM's Ralph Tee has agreed to play another track from the unreleased Johnny Mathis album produced by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards for The CHIC Organization Ltd in 1981.

"Love And Be Loved" will be aired on "Ralph Tee's luxury Soul"
show this Sunday (5th September) from 17:00 hours (UK time). Be sure to listen in to Ralph's show hear this very rare CHIC Organization track.

Big thanks go to Simon and Ralph for making this happen.

Best, Graham.

Here is the link:

http://www.jazzfm.com/?p=25113

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htW4OPrqSQ4

Blimey, re. the above.

Until someone gets around to releasing this, here are my thoughts on his 1977 double album chart-topping "best of".

Some of this has shown up on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE0qWjiO6I8

I gather there's still no official release.

This all showed up on his boxed set:

https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Romance-Columbia-Original-Collection/dp/B071JQXPC7

And on an Record Store Day vinyl LP: https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Mathis-I-Love-My-Lady/release/11896499

Yep. And I still can’t find this motherfucker anywhere.

Found on Soulseek. Pretty damned good, as it turns out.

Anything on this as good as I Love My Lady?

lousy sleeve

https://img.discogs.com/y4ZY0PtIh8gs_XQnqqrX2Vsk0w4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-11896499-1524324318-6718.jpeg.jpg

Lots of good Nile and Bernie playing on it, and the songs sound phenom while they're playing, but I defy you to remember a single one of them 2 hours later.

Disagree. Is it on the level of diana? No. But first track, "I Want to Fall In Love" has that intensely repetitive/neo-chant thing going on in the chorus that "I Want Your Love" has. "Something to Sing About" has tremendous ensemble vocals, a great stop/start groove and is super catchy to boot.

Apparently, Johnny became a crazy party animal around the time of this recording, terrifying most of the people around him. So I suspect there was some belief that this record would push him further in that direction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj-QxYabLpc