A Global Affair (1964)

"Love Is Everything", Johnny's masterful 1965 album of ballads, is finally out on CD is exciting enough, but on top of that Real Gone Music included his unreleased album of songs taken from Broadway musicals! "Love Is Everything" reunited Mathis with frequent Columbia collaborator Glenn Osser, while only a couple of tracks have ever seen release in any format from the "Broadway" album, which was recorded during 1964 and 1965.

Although Muhammad Ali's decision to assume a new name has often been portrayed as a sudden transformation, Cassius Clay's conversion to Islam was a process, not an event. For many months he received guidance from Malcolm X, who had traveled from Harlem to Miami to be his mentor as he studied for his entry into the deeply divided and fratricidal Nation of Islam. The name he assumed over those now-forgotten months was Cassius X. This is the story of Cassius X over twelve months in Miami, a city that was changing faster than America itself, as he trains for the fight that will bring him global fame: his world heavyweight title fight against Sonny Liston in February 1964.