GOLD PROMO stamp on back. Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great, a few creases near edges; light scuffing and discoloration with darker spots (front/back); surface impressions on back. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge with discoloration spots along top-edge. Minor corner wear. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. Red label with Columbia around edge. (Not a cut-out.)
The Best Days of My Life, by Johnny Mathis, scaled back considerably on his more than decade-long practice of recording recent hit songs by other artists. He did, however, cover two standards: As Time Goes By and Begin the Beguine, the latter of which is given a disco arrangement. The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated February 24, 1979, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at No. 122. It also made it to No. 38 during a five-week run on the UK album chart. The first song from the album to reach any of the charts in Billboard was a duet with Jane Olivor titled The Last Time I Felt Like This that was written for the 1978 film Same Time, Next Year and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The duet entered the magazine's list of the 50 most popular Easy Listening records and peaked at No. 15 over the course of 12 weeks. Another track from the album, Begin the Beguine, entered that same chart five months later and got as high as No. 37 during its five weeks there. The only song from the album to reach the UK singles chart was Gone, Gone, Gone, which made its debut there the following month and reached No. 15 during a 10-week run.