That's How Much I Love You [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered]

by The Manhattans

Overview

The Manhattans' second Columbia album was a somewhat poorly conceived affair, combining one LP side of new recordings and a second LP side of released and unissued tracks they'd cut for DeLuxe before signing with Columbia. As those DeLuxe tracks were several years old (some perhaps having been recorded even four or five years earlier), the record spanned too wide of a time frame to qualify as a wholly new (or wholly realized) effort. Certainly it's not as consistent, either in style or quality, as their 1973 Columbia debut There's No Me Without You. It was decent (though not brilliant) period early- to mid-'70s soul, however, including the Top Ten R&B (and pop Top 40) hit "Don't Take Your Love," as well as the much smaller chart single "Summertime in the City." The latter song was certainly reminiscent of the early-'70s Temptations' funk, while the former was very much a lush Philly soul-style ballad. The Philly soul path, in both its ballad and funk modes, was also followed by some of the "new" tracks, such as "Save Our Goodbyes" and the title song. While the older selections on side two have a less Philly-fied vibe, really they don't sound that out of place; "Blackbird" is much in line with the O'Jays' early-'70s recordings and both "Strange Old World" and "Nursery Rhymes" again recall the funked-out Temptations, though the covers of "Fever" and "A Change Is Gonna Come" were a little more old-school. The album was combined with its predecessor, There's No Me Without You, on a single-disc Kent CD reissue in 2004. [A remastered version added bonus tracks.] ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2015
Label:	Funky Town Grooves
UPC:	0810736021503
Rank:	59271

Tracks

1. Summertime in the City
2. Don't Take Your Love
3. Save Our Goodbyes
4. I Don't Want to Pay the Price of Losing You
5. That's How Much I Love You
6. Blackbird
7. A Change is Gonna Come
8. Strange Old World
9. Fever
10. Nursery Rhymes
11. Don't Take Your Love [Single Version]
12. Summertime in the City [Single Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Manhattans   Primary Artist
Bobby Eli   Guitar
Larry Washington   Congas
Earl Young   Drums
Ron Kersey   Piano
Vince Montana   Vibraphone
Ronnie Baker   Bass
Norman Harris   Guitar
Don Renaldo   Horn Section,String Section

Technical Credits

Teddy Randazzo   Composer
The Manhattans   Producer
Kenny Present   Engineer
Victoria Pike   Composer
John Davenport   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Leo Sacks   Reissue Coordination
Ron Kersey   Composer
Peter Humphreys   Assistant Engineer
Jeff James   Reissue Coordination
Mark Wilder   Transfers
Winfred "Blue" Lovett   Composer
Iren Koster   Composer
Norman Harris   Composer
Bunny Sigler   Composer
Art Sims   Cover Design
Alex Henderson   Research,Liner Notes
Bobby Martin   Arranger,Producer
Jonathan Coffino   Coordination
Roger Williams   Package Design
Ed Lee   Cover Design
Tony Calvert   Reissue Producer
Al Felder   Composer
Hermi Hanlin   Production Coordination
Mickey Eichner   Executive Producer
Randy Mahon   Interview Coordinator
Sean Brennan   Mastering
Souren Mozian   Composer
Craig Turnbull   Release Coordinator
Richard Taylor   Composer
Ronnie Hayes   Composer
Chet Jezierski   Cover Art
Matt Murphy   Production Manager
Rob Devlin   Assistant Engineer