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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Vince Garri

My Way
Full Album
Vince Garri
With The Vinny Puma, Jr. Orchestra
At Pleasant Acres - Leeds, Green County, New York
Art Records Manufacturing Company, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

From the back cover: Yes, Vince has sung his way around the world on cruise ships visiting England, Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the U.S.S.R. He has played clubs in Tokyo, Hawaii and in Brazil, Argentina, and throughout the Caribbean, as well as many of the top Supper Clubs in the United States.

You Will Be My Music - I Write The Songs
I've Gotta Be Me
Where or When - Time After Time
Italian Medley
Malafemmena
For Once In My Life
Let Me Try Again
Send In The Clowns
My Way
Mack The Knife

16 comments:

  1. This is the greatest thing I have ever stumbled upon - since this is my dad! Mark - how and why on earth did you post him? I am touched as it a way to hear my dad from heaven! THANK YOU

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    1. Hello Margaret! So glad you enjoyed finding this post. I think I found this album on ebay. I spend a good deal of time looking for this type of recording. Cheers! Mark

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    2. So happy I found this! I used to listen to Vince every weekend. Loved his voice. So nice to hear it again!

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  2. Amazing - my dad was a total lounge singer and judging by that album cover - just what you are looking for on this page. I read further and see you do this for fun, crazy finds and I would imagine when you found the album it was just the thing! He was a great man and a great night club singer in my eyes and maybe this blog is for the crazy stuff you find - but it genuinely gave me a smile!! Cheers!! :)

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    1. Thank you. Artists, like your father, produced these albums to please their fan base, promote their services and hopefully make a little extra money selling copies in clubs. They couldn't have guessed that, in the future, their music might be widely distributed through the internet. With limited resources they made these treasures that can now be handed down for new ears to listen to. I love them because they define a type of energy and (sometimes crazy) creativity found only during the few decades that most were produced.

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  3. Margaret this is fantastic. We were just talking about this...do you have a copy of this record still?

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    1. John - I'm pretty sure my mom does but no record player!! LOL
      I would love this on a CD - Especially Mac The Knife.

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  4. Mark--any chance you can post "Mack The Knife" from the album? It would bring back great memories for many of us. My mom had the album but in --get this- 8track version!!! Even if I kept it, there would be no way to play.

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    1. Hi Angela! I've posted the entire album above. Sorry about the reset needle at the beginning, I normally edit stuff like that out. 8-Track? That must have been a pricey option! Enjoy! – Mark

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    2. Thank you so much, Mark! You've just made many people very happy to have something on our iTunes from our past.

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  5. WOW - Ange I had no idea you asked Mark to do that! THANKS Mark - bet you never thought this would all go down!

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  6. Johnny Caserta Ex WaiterAugust 15, 2014 at 6:26 AM

    Hi Margaret...was in a nostalgic mood and looked up Pleasant Acres and your Dad, How wonderful is this!!!! I wish I could return to these good ole days being a waiter...wow...Dad's voice brings me to the nightclub. I hope you are well....Johnny Caserta

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  7. does anyone know the type of value this lp has, the vince garri with the orchestra of vinny puma jr. it looks like there was a signature on the back cover of my record i want to sell,, but dont know if its dont by vince garri. if someone wants to make me an offer for this old rare club act on art records # 119 then cool. i see so far know one has this on cd or an old record album. i am at cuc73@aol.com

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  8. I loved being band leader for your father in the mid 80’s. I remember you, MJ. I think you were about 10 and your mom s Terry, right?

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