Music collectors will understand the excitement one goes through when we find that album that has eluded us for years. Adding to the emotion was the knowledge that the copy I had, had been waiting patiently for me to play it some 21 years later. When it arrived by mail this morning, I was filled with tears of joy as I finally had a copy. Yet, I was able to source a brand new, sealed, edition of the record at a reasonable price. However, the vinyl edition has been out-of-print for 21 years. Songs, the album containing Endless Love, has been in my wish list for years. I remember telling myself that I must get that album yet, for reasons I cannot recall, the album never came into my possession. What I do remember was looking at the back of the sleeve where the cover image of Songs was displayed. To be honest, I can’t recall those additional tracks, but undertaking this post allows me to once again explore music from my past. I would play the CD quite often as it contained an instrumental version of the song, along with three other live, non-album tracks that included Never Too Much, Any Love, and She Won't Talk To Me. While I recall having both the CD single and cassette single, of Endless Love, it is the CD that I recall vividly as it was in its cardboard sleeve that simulated a mini-vinyl sleeve. She very well could have a lasting career that would rival Barbra Streisand’s should she stick with songs like Hero and Endless Love. Carey’s vocal reach is simply amazing and I hope she eventually returns to the style of music that we heard from her in the early to mid 90s. As great as Lionel Richie and Diana Ross are, Carey and Vandross made Endless Love their own in a version that not only payed homage to the original, but in my opinion, surpassed it. I first became aware of Luther Vandross when I heard, and subsequently purchased, the duet he did with Mariah Carey of Endless Love in 1994.

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