'With my eyes wide open I'm dreaming'--Patti Page 'Quartet' (1949)
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Recorded in November 1949, this is a classic example of 'multiple' recording, as opposed to multitrack recording. At the time this record was made there were no multitrack tape recorders. In fact, the studio this was recorded at (most likely Reeves in New York City) had yet to acquire tape equipment; hence, this recording was made by first recording part of the music on one lacquer disc, then playing this disc back through a mixer while another part was played or sung live along with the playback, the mix of these parts being then recorded onto a second lacquer disc. This was done four times (original recording plus three overdubs) to produce the four vocal parts heard on this record.
Les Paul was the first to produce successful 'multiples' (as he called them), both technically and artistically, and what his label Capitol nicknamed 'The New Sound' spawned a brief fad where other performers tried to mimic his recording technique on their records, with varying degrees of success. This record was one of the better ones, and Patti Page had several hits with this type of sound.
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My favorite Patti Page song.
We had the 78 of this...it broke after falling during the 1971 earthquake in Los Angeles. Love this song!
I was a little kid hearing this in the late 40's and it is still one of my favorite songs of that period. My brothers, all musicians turned us on to this music and other great songstress' of the time, Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day and Joni James. This takes me back to our living room and the holidays in Milwaukee and those wonderful times.
@tbear4pa
4 жыл бұрын
She also recorded "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus", a 40's Bebop tune back then in 1949 though it didn't become a hit until 1950
I love it! Thank you for posting this....
Mommy "loved" this tune... it was her tribute to daddy... Rest in Peace, "both."
WHEN I was a little boy, much later than this, I had this record, but it was on the Black 45 RPM Mercury label, it wasn't a 78. I did not know that her original recording dated back to 1949, I thought it was sort of a mid- 50's Hit record for her. Did she re-record the song at a later recording session maybe? This was interesting to hear and read about, so thank you for posting.
On this day in 1959 {June 15th} two versions of "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; one being a vocal and the other an instrumental The vocal version was by Patti Page, it peaked at #59 and the instrumental was by Enoch Light & the Light Brigate, it stayed in the Top 100 for 1 week at #99 In 1950 Patti Page recorded a slower version of the song and that version peaked at #11 Mr. Light died on July 31st, 1978 at age 72 & Ms. Page will turn 85 on November 8th
Jay, in the UK this was on Oriole records! But Mercury was distributed by PYE records who made Vinyl 78 unbreakable records!
It was recorded about the same time "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" was recorded which didn't became a hit until 1950 but was also recorded in 1949.
And even though the label of my copy says 'Merco Plastic' (which was what they called a rather hard vinyl compound that may have had some shellac in the mixture) this is a bog standard shellac copy.
Hey! Great topic. This could also have been done on film to avoid generation loss. I recall Enoch Light and the Light Brigade originated some albums using 35mm film. Anyone have a comment? There is no mention of AFM not favoring this. But later on, the musician's union made a big deal out of it and there had to be a disclaimer that "this was a multiple recording." Something about Mitch Miller secretly going into the studio at night to record someone when he was later at Columbia. So this is confusing about how it is OK to do this at Mercury records when Mitch was there and later on some kind of crime when he was at Columbia. Also, why not use tape? 3M came out with Scotch 111 in 1948. Of course, there might be a generation loss.
My favorite version of this song is by Pat Boone.
According to Wikipedia, at least they used acetate disks instead of lacquer disks.
@gabbysbuddy
10 жыл бұрын
Same thing!
I love it! Thank you for posting this....