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Long Ago and Far Away (Tony Bennett album)

Long Ago and Far Away is an album by American singer Tony Bennett that was released by Columbia in 1958.

Long Ago and Far Away
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
Released1958
RecordedApril 7–9, 1958
VenueRadio Recorders, Los Angeles
GenreVocal jazz
Length35:18
LabelColumbia
Tony Bennett chronology
The Beat of My Heart
(1957) 		Long Ago and Far Away
(1958) 		In Person!
(1959)

it features of nice mixture of slow ballads, with a few slightly jazzy songs including "It Could Happen to You", "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)", "Long Ago (and Far Away)", and "The Way You Look Tonight".[1]

Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011.[2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard     [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [4]

Billboard described the album as "a fine mood album"[3]

Cashbox gave the album a postive review, saying he "plays a wistful tune on some of the finest wistful melodies ever written C'Long Ago (And Far Away)”, “My Foolish Heart”, “So Far”, “Time After Time”)[5]

Track listing

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  1. "It Could Happen to You" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 2:50
  2. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) – 3:13
  3. "Long Ago and Far Away" (Kern, Gershwin) – 2:55
  4. "It Amazes Me" (Coleman, Leigh) – 3:27
  5. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Kern, Fields) – 3:08
  6. "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Berlin) – 2:15
  7. "My Foolish Heart" (Washington, Young) – 3:09
  8. "Time After Time" (Cahn, Styne) – 2:55
  9. "Fools Rush In" (Mercer, Bloom) – 2:09
  10. "A Cottage for Sale" (Robison, Conley) – 3:04
  11. "Blue Moon" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:32
  12. "So Far" (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) – 3:41

Recorded on April 7 (#1, 5, 7), April 8 (#2, 11–12) and April 9 (#3–4, 6, 8–10), 1958.

Personnel

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Strings

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  • Armond Kaproff (#1, 5, 7), Edgar Lustgarten (#1–2, 5, 7, 11–12), Raphael Kremer – violoncello
  • Israel Baker, Robert Barene, Sam Freed, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Mort Herbert, Dan Lube, William Miller, Lou Raderman, Ambrose Russe, Albert Saparoff, Eudice Shapiro, David Frisina (#2, 11–12), Anatol Kaminsky (#2, 3–4, 6, 8–12) Paul Lowenkron (#2, 3–4, 6, 8–12), Victor Arno (#3–4, 6, 8–10) – violin
  • Norman Botnick (#2, 3–4, 6, 8–12), G. R. Menhennick (#3–4, 6, 8–10), Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Joseph Reilich, Milton Thomas – viola

References

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  1. ^ Bennett, Tony (2012). The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4165-7366-1.
  2. ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Billboard Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums: Long Ago and Far Away" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 70, no. 33. August 25, 1958. p. 26.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Cashbox Album Popular Picks Of The Week Review: Long Ago and Far Away". Cash Box. Vol. 19, no. 50. August 30, 1958. p. 30.
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