78 RPM - Joe Bari And Pat Easton - Vieni Qui (Come To Me) / Fascinating Rhythm - Leslie - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Joe Bari And Pat Easton
Label:	Leslie
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	919
Date:	Aug 1949
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$2167
» Search eBay #AD » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

PRICE GUIDE

$2167

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Joe Bari And Pat Easton	Vieni Qui (Come To Me)	Simon, Ricardel	Rate
B	Joe Bari	Fascinating Rhythm	Gershwin, Gershwin	Rate

Notes

Joe Bari is Tony Bennett; this is his very first record.

Orchestra under the direction of Marty Manning

Images

Comments and Reviews


mister_tmg 12th Feb 2023		Yes. See https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/col4771702



SeverlyWarpedRecord 11th Feb 2023		Tony Bennett was on mtv?



mister_tmg 9th Feb 2023		@SeverlyWarpedRecord. You wrote "I never thought of him as an icon with records worth $1000s". Well, this is just one record - not records, plural. I'm not aware of others. I would imagine Tony Bennett's records aren't collectable on the whole, but this is a rather special case, it being his first record and incredibly rare. I'd be interested to hear the story from bilbowman99 that he mentioned, if he sees this. @slholzer. Interesting observations. I suppose it has a lot to do with musical snobbery. Pre-rock music is so unfashionable, and Tony is clearly embarrassed by his early recordings. The line between what is jazz and what isn't can be hard to fathom. Jazz has a certain respectability not conferred on a 'ballad singer'. Look at Tony's Columbia contemporaries from the 1950s. The only other male singer at the label I can think of who lasted was Johnny Mathis, who fitted into the 'easy listening' mould for older audiences. Tony and his team evidently wanted to relaunch his career in the 1990s by having him appear on MTV, and more recently working with the likes of Lady Gaga. It kept him 'relevant' but aside from any artistic integrity, was probably good for the bottom line: it maintained his career and, thus, profitability.



SeverlyWarpedRecord 8th Feb 2023		Is Tony Bennett really that collectable? Like I love his music and find it fascinating that he’s still alive in 2023, but I never thought of him as an icon with records worth $1000s



xiphophilos 8th Feb 2023		It seems Bil Bowman has now sold his copy, and so have 2 others (according to popsike). One copy is still to be had, though, for a cool CA$151,270.00 (+ CA55 shipping) [that is today US$112,587.84 + US$40.93 S/H]. If anybody bites, that price might set an all-time record for a 78rpm record. Even Tommy Johnson will have to hang his head in shame.



xiphophilos 8th Feb 2023		And here's the A side:



SeverlyWarpedRecord 8th Feb 2023		The Simon in the writing credits is George T Simon, who was the drummer in Glenn Miller’s band. He actually mentioned this record in his book ‘Simon Says’, during an interview with Tony Bennett. Apparently both of them didn’t like the record and thought someone else should have sung it.



RadioAl 4th Aug 2018		Cash Box review, August 13, 1949, p. 6 Billboard review, August 20, 1949, p. 106



bilbowman99 21st Jan 2018		mister_tmg, I am the guy that originally found this record. Since then, one other was found (I think in Seattle), by a nice guy that sold it on eBay, as you mentioned. I still have my copy. There is a very interesting story about how the recording made it onto the Sony/ Barnes & Noble collection. Let me know if you want to know about it... it's seriously nuts. Cheers, Bil



mister_tmg 19th Dec 2016		Interesting page about the 'lost' record turning up in 2004: The story of Tony Bennett's first record It seems that Bil Bowman, who is mentioned there as finding it, is one of the two users here who own a copy of the record. I wonder if it was you who supplied it as the source for the track on Sony's "Complete Collection" by Tony Bennett a few years ago? It's clearly dubbed from a 78, so I imagine the master must be lost, if it ever existed. It's interesting to see that at least two copies exist, as Scott Resti here also has it. Regardless of musical merit, it's a fascinating artefact and an essential part of music history, so thankfully it has survived and been preserved in digital form. Archived eBay listing End Price: USD $3900 (GBP £2527)



slholzer 3rd Apr 2016		Wow! Really wanted to hear that one. Tony Bennett has, apparently since the very beginning, wanted to be recognized as a jazz singer. Apparently it is not enough to be one of the top two or three ballad singers of all time. Sadly, it doesn't appear that Tony knows what makes a good jazz singer, if indeed anybody knows what makes one, and if, in fact, there really is such a thing. Most supposed jazz singers are first and foremost really good singers who happened to work in a jazz context. Tony has everything most of them had, and in many cases more, except the jazz context. He has, of late, tried to remedy that, by teaming up with jazz artists like Count Basie and Bill Evans, but the results are at best mixed. For his own part, it seems to me that he still looks to instill jazz into his performance by picking "jazzy" songs, such as Blues In The Night and, yes, Fascinating Rhythm. This record suggests that Bennett was once better at that sort of thing than he is now. But I still wouldn't call it jazz. If you have seen many videos of Bennett in performance, you will have seen that he is not a particularly rhythmically loose individual. He is, in fact, notably stiff. If there are any key elements in jazz performance they are probably rhythm and improvisation. I'm pretty sure Tony can improvise, if he wants to. Finding the rhythm is harder. Drum lessons, or perhaps dancing lessons from Lady Gaga might help. It wouldn't make me into a jazz singer, but then, I don't have Tony Bennett's head start. At least he's already a damn good singer.



BigBadBluesMan 10th Apr 2015



FredClemens 6th Oct 2014		Label images are adapted from a current Ebay listing. Fred

Add a Comment or Review about this 78

This Record: Price Guide : Add Valuation : Add Image : Add Video : Add Missing Info : Make Correction : Add to List : Add Linked Release : Add See Also : Add Tag : Edit Images : Show Image Data : Credits : BBCode