Long Ago and Far Away (Tony Bennett album)

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)

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

It features a 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]

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.[2]

Reception

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

Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential", Billboard described the album as "a fine mood album"[3]

Cashbox said Bennett "plays a wistful tune on some of the finest wistful melodies ever written.[5]

Track listing

  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

Strings

  • 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

  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. 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.