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With a plethora of guest appearances with other musical giants including Norman Connors, Grover Washington Jr., Pharaoh Sanders, McCoy Tyner and Barry Manilow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe soulful singer’s duets with \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Henderson\u003c\/strong\u003e – ‘\u003cem\u003eCan’t We Fall In Love Again\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eWe Both Need Each Other\u003c\/em\u003e’ are included along with 12” single versions of ‘\u003cem\u003eKiss You All Over\u003c\/em\u003e’, the stunning Thom Bell-Linda Creed composition, ‘\u003cem\u003eLoving You, Losing You\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eLiving Inside Your Love\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther highlights include the Bell-produced ‘\u003cem\u003eMagic Mona\u003c\/em\u003e’, the underrated ‘\u003cem\u003eJust Imagine…\u003c\/em\u003e’ (from the \u003cem\u003eNorman Connors\u003c\/em\u003e album ‘\u003cem\u003eYou Are My Starship\u003c\/em\u003e’) and the timeless standard, ‘\u003cem\u003eIn A Sentimental Mood\u003c\/em\u003e’, from the Broadway musical \u003cem\u003eDuke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies\u003c\/em\u003e which garnered \u003cstrong\u003ePhyllis\u003c\/strong\u003e a Tony nomination in 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, four obscure tracks that remained unreleased until issued on UK compilations in the last ten years are also included along with much-loved gems from the \u003cstrong\u003eHyman\u003c\/strong\u003e recorded legacy such as ‘\u003cem\u003eI Don’t Want To Lose You\u003c\/em\u003e’, her self-penned ‘\u003cem\u003eGonna Make Changes\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eNo One Can Love You More\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eBe Careful (How You Treat My Love)\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith stellar liner notes by A. 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Also on this expanded edition, both sides of Phyllis’ 1976 single for Desert Moon Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e• Disc 2, \u003cem\u003eSOMEWHERE IN MY LIFETIME\u003c\/em\u003e marked Phyllis’ addition to the Arista Records’ roster when Buddah Records was acquired by the Clive Davis-helmed label. 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