Tony Bennett – At Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert (1962/2016) [AcousticSounds FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Available in its entirety for the first time! This legendary ’62 performance was an instant classic when it first came out, but now it’s back with 18 tracks (12 on cassette) that have never been released. Includes Rags to Riches; (I Left My Heart in) San Francisco; That Old Black Magic; Fascinating Rhythm; I’m Just a Lucky So and So, and more.

Recorded on June 9, 1962, one week before the release of the I Left My Heart in San Francisco album that would catapult Tony Bennett’s career into the stratosphere, this concert album effectively sums up his accomplishments so far. Some of the hits – “Stranger in Paradise,” “Rags to Riches,” “Because of You” – are still on the set list (although drastically rearranged), but clearly he has found his true repertoire in reinventions of older material like “All the Things You Are” (the version here is exquisite) and good choices of new songs – he champions the team of Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, and introduces “San Francisco,” which some in the audience already know. (Released as a single in advance of the San Francisco album, it was in the charts already.) And on the album’s original four LP sides, Bennett managed to find time for such experiments as an up-tempo “Ol’ Man River” featuring percussionist Candido, a throwback to his innovative Beat of My Heart album. More than his greatest-hits collections of the ’50s and early ’60s, it gives a broad sense of Bennett’s work, and it does so in the format with which he’s most comfortable – live in concert.

Tracklist:
01 – Introduction / Lullaby Of Broadway
02 – Just In Time
03 – All The Things You Are
04 – Fascinating Rhythm
05 – Stranger In Paradise
06 – Our Love Is Here To Stay
07 – Love Look Away
08 – Climb Ev’ry Mountain
09 – Medley: Put On A Happy Face / Comes Once In A Lifetime
10 – My Ship
11 – Speak Low
12 – Lost In The Stars
13 – Always
14 – Anything Goes
15 – Ol’ Man River
16 – Lazy Afternoon
17 – Sometimes I’m Happy
18 – Have I Told You Lately?
19 – That Old Black Magic
20 – A Sleepin’ Bee
21 – I’ve Got The World On A String
22 – What Good Does It Do
23 – One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
24 – This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
25 – Without A Song
26 – Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye)
27 – It Amazes Me
28 – The Rules Of The Road
29 – Firefly
30 – The Best Is Yet To Come
31 – (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco
32 – Medley: (I Like New York In June) How About You / April In Paris
33 – Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)
34 – Solitude
35 – I’m Just A Lucky So And So
36 – Taking A Chance On Love
37 – My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)
38 – Pennies From Heaven
39 – Rags To Riches
40 – Blue Velvet
41 – Smile
42 – Because Of You
43 – Sing You Sinners
44 – De Glory Road