These albums were Jim Nabors' second and third albums for the Columbia label, the first having been a comedy album under his "Gomer Pyle" persona. "Love Me With All Your Heart" hit #24 on the Pop Albums' chart in 1966 and "By Request" hit #50 in 1967.
Tracks:
1.Love Me With All Your Heart
2.You're Gonna Hear From Me
3.You Don't Know Me
4.Somewhere My Love
5.Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
6.Strangers In The Night
7.The Impossible Dream
8.On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
9.Swanee
10.I'm Yours
11.What Now My Love
12.You Don't Want Me
13.My Cup Runneth Over (From "I Do!I Do!")
14.More (From "Mondo Cane")
15.Mame (From "Mame")
16.Hasta Luego
17.Time After Time
18.It Hurts To Say Goodbye
19.This Is My Song (From "A Countess from Hong Kong")
20.You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Lo Che Non Vivo Senza Te)
21.Cabaret (From "Cabaret")
22.Sunrise, Sunset (From "Fiddler On The Roof")
Product Description:
2 LPs on 1 CD: LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART (1966)/BY REQUEST (1969).
Personnel includes: Jim Nabors (vocals, guitar).
Liner Note Author: Dave Swaney.
Collectables' 2003 Jim Nabors two-fer Love Me With All Your Heart/By Request collects the genial crooner's 1966 album Love Me With All Your Heart and 1967's By Request onto one deluxe CD. Both albums feature Nabors' somewhat histrionic and stiff vocal style as he tackles standards and pop tunes both great and obscure. The nascent dawn of the Age of Aquarius hasn't affected Nabors even a jot at this point, neither sartorially nor in his choice of material or arrangement. There are none of the Rod McKuen songs or fuzztone guitars that swept over the ranks of pop crooners like the flu of 2003. Just Nabors, lots of strings, and some good old-fashioned tunes. If you like him, you will like this. If you are looking for whimsical lounge pop to snigger at or cheesy lounge music to smooth out your jangled nerves, forget it. There is not an ironical bone in Nabors' body. You've got to give him respect for that, at least. ~ Tim Sendra
