Tony Bennett - With Love (1972) - VINYL - 24-bit/96kHz plus CD-compatible format

Pretty much the last recordings TB did for Columbia before splitting to elsewhere.

Pretty much the last recordings TB did for Columbia before splitting to elsewhere. Not an essential record, and it's not well recorded – WAY too much echo. Plus the vinyl is crappy. I've got three copies of this, and this one is the best. They all look mint, but play like shit. I processed the living HELL out of it to make it sound acceptable. Yes, Tony sounds pinched, the orchestra muted, but it's not my fault. It's not the processing, it's the record. Believe me.



Session info:
02:43 10/05/1971 CO 111845 Here's That Rainy Day (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
03:51 10/05/1971 CO 111846 Remind Me (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
02:45 10/05/1971 CO 111847 The Riviera (Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy)
03:05 10/05/1971 CO 111848 Street Of Dreams (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis)
02:56 10/05/1971 CO 111850 Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
03:04 10/05/1971 CO 111852 Twilight World (Johnny Mercer, Marian McPartland)
02:58 08/11/1971 CO 111461 How Beautiful Is Night (With You) (Robert Farnon, Milt Raskin)
02:57 10/05/1971 CO 111853 Lazy Day In Love (Robert Farnon, Milt Raskin)
03:00 10/05/1971 CO 111854 Easy Come, Easy Go (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
02:27 10/05/1971 CO 111855 Harlem Butterfly (Johnny Mercer)
02:45 10/05/1971 CO 111856 Dream (Johnny Mercer)

But then the same website has different info in the sessionography. But suffice to say, Tony was leaving Columbia REAL SOON. I was hoping that this would be a hidden gem of some sort. It's not. It's a "I'm leaving this joint ASAP" disk.




01 - Here's That Rainy Day.flac
02 - Remind Me.flac
03 - Maybe This Time.flac
04 - The Riviera.flac
05 - Street Of Dreams.flac
06 - Love.flac
07 - Twilight World.flac
08 - Lazy Day.flac
09 - Easy Come Easy Go.flac
10 - Harlem Butterfly.flac
11 - Dream.flac






No music was harmed in the making of this vinyl rip.