Avetis

Could someone please help me with Tony's album discography? the album A Time for Love, would I put that under studio LP or a compilation? also would I put the first 2 albums as Because of You and Alone at Last. Or since those 2 maybe are not true studio albums but collections of songs, the first album is Cloud 7 like it is in the Tony Bennett complete collection. Just want someone to clarify. Thanks in advance!

I have another question for the Bennett fans on here. Do you happen to know the difference between The Movie Song Album with all black titles on front vs ones in blue? And same question about Who Can I Turn To? With white writing on bottom vs black. Do you know which was original cover and which was later perhaps CD or other edition ?

Seeing that iTunes and Spotify and such are listing On The Glory Road as a 1962 album is making me reconsider. The cover looks like it belongs to the 1960s with the Stereo symbol on top. And the music sounds like it belongs there. I first added it as a 2011 album but I think I see what you guys mean now. Moving it back down to 1962 makes sense. Is there such thing as an artists discography being updated and an album being slotted in where it wasn't before? I see that in the collection it's also listed right before I Left My Heart in San Francisco. Thanks

Frank Sinatra's This is Sinatra! Compilation was released in 1956 and consists of earlier material and singles. But we wouldn't put this under an earlier date would we? It clearly had a 1956 release. This is the case with many artists. Just another example. In my case, the way I sort my music at least is, an artist has a certain number of studio albums. I have the studio albums in chronological order of release date. The other artists such as greatest hits, compilations etc go under other or misc folder. The Beatles made 13 studio albums for instance. When I open my music I want to see 13 records. And a misc folder with all their other records. I don't want to see 55 records for example which include all different anthologies, greatest hits, complications, soundtrack appearances etc. that would just make things messy. When you go to artists websites and click on their music or discography, usually it's presented in this way with 13 studio records vs 55 records.

I guess it depends how the album was released. If it was released as part of a box set or a collection and it did not see a proper release treatment then it might not belong to studio album discography. As evidenced by Wikipedia or Discogs.com. On the Glory Road album is not listed on either site as part of Tony's discography. In 1961 My Heart Sings was released. In 1962 Mr Broadway was released (which was a compilation and not a studio album). And then I Left My Heart in San Francisco was released. So I personally wouldn't put On The Glory Road as a 1962 Album because it was never released then. So if we add albums chronologically why would it be added in 1962 if it never came out then? In my opinion it was just released in 2011 as part of unreleased music. I haven't seen a website that had listed is as part of Bennetts discography as a 1962 follow up to My Heart Sings. Probably because it was part of a collection and not a stand alone release. Lets take the Beatles as an example because they're easy. They had 13 studio albums and consensus generally agrees on their albums and order by year. Please please me, With the Beatles, A Hard days night, Beatles for sale, etc. they have an official discography and albums listed in order chronologally. So if they have a collection of unreleased songs come out in 2019, does that suddenly alter their studio album discography and slot in after a 1964 album? In my opinion no because it was never released on that date. I personally would put it in misc folder with other unreleased and compilations. But I guess everyone sorts their collection diffeent. I just want to go by official studio record discography as one would see when checking tony bennets website and clicking on albums. Or Wikipedia. Or discogs.com etc. hope it all makes sense. I promise I'm not crazy

Yes I saw that as well. But that's only in complete set which came out in 2011. Up until then that wasn't part of album discography. And it's not listed as such anywhere except complete collection. I feel like when when an artist has an unreleased album come out it shouldn't get slotted back to when it was originally recorded and become part of official discography. Just my thoughts though.

Is anyone familiar with the album On The Glory Road? I'm not sure where I should add this in my discography. Does it go after My Heart Sings but before I Left My Heart in San Francisco in 1962 Does it go under 2011 albums since thats when it was released. Or just in the Misc folder and not along with all other studio albums since it was never officially released until it was made available as part of he collection. Which didn't really give it its own proper release treatment but more like just made available. Thank you guys for being helpful as I try to navigate my way though all these albums

I'm very anal lol. The front cover and back cover though have the longer name and I feel like name was maybe shortneded for the vinyl record itself because maybe it wouldn't fit.

Wow great info! The longer title is on the front cover so i'm almost sure i should be calling it that, i just don't know if i should have Basie/Bennett: in front of it, like Sinatra-Basie: has. We can also trust name on record too right? Do you know what the actual record says? I've this which says Count Basie Swings/Bennet Sings, which makes it even more confusing. At least its not Basie/Bennett though

I've seen that too. Which is even more confusing. From looking at many pictures of covers and releases online, it's my understanding that they started calling it Basie/Bennett starting for the CD release. Sometimes for CD released of albums they stray away from original names somewhat. I haven't seen any of the original Vinyls calling it that though except of course for the large Basie/Bennett on the cover. Which I guess may be the name after all? In that case maybe I'm leaning more towards Basie/Bennett: Count Basie and His Orhestra swings/Tony Bennett Sings. Similar to Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First What do you think I should label it?

Thanks for your reply. I feel like the Basie/Bennett on the cover refers more to just artist names that made the album rather than name of album. But I don't know for sure. See cover below for instance. It has TONY BENNETT written in similar style as BASIE/BENNETT, which just means he made that album. Name is The Beat of My Heart. I just want to organize properly and know what label calls it on official release. I've so far seen: Basie Swings/Bennett Sings Basie/Bennett Basie/Bennett: Count Basie and His Orhestra swings/Tony Bennett Sings Count Basie and His Orhestra swings/Tony Bennett Sings Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings Also here is the back cover. Which makes me lean more towards: Count Basie and His Orhestra swings/Tony Bennett Sings

Thanks for your help. Maybe some more experts can help out here. I'm trying to also name it properly. Do you know if it should be called Basie/Bennett (like on the Complete collection) Or Basie/Bennett: Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings/Tony Bennett Swings, similar to Sinatra-Basie: An Hisroric musical first. Not sure if Bennett & Basie just refers to artist names or if it's part of the name of the record. Or is it simply Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings/Tony Bennett Swings? Thanks

Hello I'm new here and my name is Avetis. I registered so I can ask some questions about Tony Bennett's discography and I hope someone can help. The album named Base Swings/Bennett Sings, was that the original name? Or was it Strike up the band? im not sure if I should be saving it in my collection as Basie/Bennett with blue cover or Strike Up The Band with white cover. Which would be the official? Thank you