art direction Mark Burdett compilation producer Didier C. Deutsch coordinator [package coordination] Hope Chasin coordinator [package coordination] Tony Tiller design [cover type] Louise Fili executive-producer Danny Bennett liner notes [beginnings] Ralph Sharon liner notes [lightning strikes] Will Friedwald liner notes [reflections], liner notes [a final note] Tony Bennett liner notes [the emerging years] Leonard Feather liner notes [the next generation: a time of excellence] Jonathan Schwartz mixed by [remixed engineer-hillside sound] Dae Bennett mixed by [remixed engineer-sony music] Mark Wilder photography by Annie Leibovitz photography by Don Hunstein photography by Fred Lombardi photography by Gregory Heisler photography by Harrison Funk photography by Henry Parker photography by Josef Astor photography by Las Vegas News Bureau photography by Mario Thrombone photography by Ray Charles White photography by Seymour Mednick photography by W. Eugene Smith photography by [back cover photo collage] David Hockney photography by [cover photo cd1] Dan Weiner photography by [cover photo cd2] Don Hunstein photography by [cover photo cd3] Harrison Funk photography by [cover photo cd4] Gregory Heisler photography by [discography photos] Charles Moore photography by [discography photos] Don Hunstein photography by [discography photos] Fred Lombardi photography by [discography photos] Henry Parker photography by [discography photos] Michael Jacobs photography by [discography photos] Michael Romanos photography by [discography photos] Sandy Speiser photography by [discography photos] Thomas Monaster photography by [discography photos] Tony Bennett Personal Collection photography by [discography photos] W. Eugene Smith photography by [portrait, pg. 1] Everett Raymond Kinstler producer [associate] Don DeVito producer [associate] Jerry Shulman producer [associate] Steve Berkowitz production manager [graphic arts] Charlie Sarrica research [photo] Josephine Mangiaracina Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Manufactured By Columbia Records Recorded At Columbia 30th Street Studio Recorded At Radio Recorders Recorded At United Recording Studios, Las Vegas Recorded At Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago Recorded At CBS Studios, Hollywood Recorded At Royal Albert Hall Recorded At Fantasy Studios Recorded At Olympic Studios Recorded At Hillside Sound Studio, Englewood, NJ Recorded At Master Sound Astoria Mixed At Hillside Sound Studio, Englewood, NJ Mixed At Sony Music Studios, New York City Deluxe Collection with 4 CDs or 4 Cassettes. All songs personally chosen by Tony.
64-page booklet, with rare photos and four sets of liner notes. Song-by-song commentary by Tony himself.
Digitally remixed and remastered from the original recording session tapes. 87 songs spanning 40 years!
Custom sticker on box. 46843-S1 appears on sticker, C4K 46843 and 46843 appear on sides of box.
Track notes: 1-1: Subtitled Gigolo and Gigolette in the booklet. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. Monaural Recording. 1-2 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-8: Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. Monaural Recording. 1-6: From the Broadway production Kismet. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. Monaural Recording. 1-9: From the 1930 Paramount Picture Honey. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. Monaural Recording. 1-10: From the Broadway production Bells Are Ringing. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. Monaural Recording. 1-11: From the Broadway production The Golden Apple. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. Binaural Recording. 1-12: From the MGM film musical Les Girls. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-13: From the Broadway production Anything Goes. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-14: Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA. 1-15, 1-18, 1-23, 2-3, 2-5, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14, 2-16 to 2-21, 3-5 to 3-7, 3-9, 3-10, 3-20, 4-3, 4-6: Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-16: From the Broadway production Lost In The Stars. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-17: From the Vitaphone Corp. film Gold Diggers Of Broadway. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-19: From the Broadway production House Of Flowers. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-20: From the Warner Bros. film musical A Star Is Born. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-21: Previously unreleased. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 1-22: From the Broadway production Knickerbocker Holiday. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-1: From the Broadway production Jubilee. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-2: From the Broadway production Bye Bye Birdie. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-4: From the film musical Blues In The Night. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-6: From the Broadway production Bombo. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-7: From the Broadway production The Bandwagon. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-8: From the Paramount Pictures film The Uninvited. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-9: From the 20th Century-Fox film Tender Is The Night. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-10: From the Broadway production All American. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-13: From the Broadway production Hold Your Horses. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 2-15: From the film The Seven Capital Sins. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 3-1: From the 1946 revival production of Show Boat. Recorded at United Recording Studios, Las Vegas, NV. 3-2, 3-3: Recorded at United Recording Studios, Las Vegas, NV. 3-4: From the Broadway production The Roar of the Greasepaint.... Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 3-8: From the Broadway production Pickwick. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 3-11: Recorded at CBS Studio 2, Chicago, IL. 3-12: Love theme from The Sandpiper. Recorded at CBS Studio A, Hollywood, CA. 3-13: From the Broadway production Skyscraper. Recorded at CBS Studio A, Hollywood, CA. 3-14: From the Broadway production Sweet Charity. Recorded at CBS Studio A, Hollywood, CA. 3-15: From the United Artists film Modern Times. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 3-16: From the Embassy Pictures reelease The Oscar. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 3-17: From the MGM film The Americanization of Emily. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 3-18: Recorded in London, England. 3-19: From the Warner Bros. film An American Dream. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 4-1: From the 20th Century-Fox film Hombre. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 4-2: From the Broadway production Big Boy. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 4-4: From the Broadway production Of Thee I Sing. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. Previously unreleased. 4-5: From the RKO Radio Pictures film Shall We Dance. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 4-7: Recorded at CBS Studio A, Hollywood, CA. 4-8: From the Broadway production Two By Two. Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC. 4-9: From the Broadway production Finian's Rainbow. Recorded live at Albert Hall, London, England. Electronically reprocessed stereo. 4-10: From the Universal Pictures film One Night In The Tropics. Recorded in London, England. 4-11: From the Paramount Pictures film Cabaret. Recorded in London, England. 4-12: From the Broadway production On The Town. Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, 6-10-6/13/75. Courtesy of [l35992]. 4-13: From the RKO Radio Pictures film , My Foolish Heart. Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, 6-10-6/13/75. Courtesy of [l35992]. 4-14: From the Paramount Pictures film , Road To Rio. Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, 6-10-6/13/75. Courtesy of [l35992]. 4-15: From the Warner Bros. film Best Friends. Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England. 4-16, 4-17: Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England. 4-18: From the Broadway music, Annie Get Your Gun. Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England. 4-19: Recorded at Hillside Studio, Englewood, NJ. 4-20: From the Ziegfeld Follies Of 1927. Recorded at Hillside Studio, Englewood, NJ. 4-21, 4-22: Recorded at Master Sound Studio, Astoria, NY.
Digitally remixed at: 1) Hillside Sound Studio, Englewood, NJ, and 2) Sony Music Recording Studios, New York, ,NY.