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RARE MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB MASTER RECORDINGS - NUMBERED VINYL FROM 2011 - UNPLAYED - SMALL MARK ON COVER OVER THE BARCODE ON THE BACK
Album Features UPC 821797135818 Artist Tony Bennett Format Vinyl Release Year 2011 Record Label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Genre Pop Vocal, Show Vocals
Details Distributor URP Music Distribution Recording Type Studio SPAR Code DDD
Numbered Limited Edition 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity A Performance for the Ages: Landmark 1962 Vocal Pop Set Established Bennett's CareerHalf-Speed Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Sonic Clarity and Presence Will Blow Your MindBennett Has Never Sounded Better on Any RecordI Wanna Be Around Also Available on 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity Can there really be a definitive album from a singer whose voice is one of the most immediately recognized and internationally cherished, and whose command of songs is akin to the manner in which an able-bodied masseuse handles delicate muscle tissues? If so, then I Left My Heart In San Francisco is that record, the 1962 effort a turning point for the great Tony Bennett and an all-time pop standard. Winner of two Grammy Awards, the record contains Bennett's signature track as well as eleven other indelible classics. Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered limited-edition 180g LP presents Bennett in the finest sound he's ever enjoyed. Amazingly, this landmark recording has lavished in the vaults over the years and longed for the restoration that meticulous engineering can bring. Gone is the veiled haze that hung over the orchestrations, artificial ceiling that held back the highs, and cloudiness that obscured the entire range of Bennett's vocals. Previously unheard levels of warmth, expressiveness, and detailing are just some of the hallmarks of this terrific audiophile delight.At the time of the album's sessions, Bennett found himself caught between the need to sing thin uptempo numbers in order to appease the marketplace and the desire to move beyond the jazzier material he tackled in the late 50s. Unwilling to compromise his will to sing ballads and swing, Bennett, along with producer Ernest Altschuler and arranger/pianist Ralph Sharon, found the perfect combination on I Left My Heart In San Francisco, replete with expansive orchestration, period echo, anthemic ballads,