Out of Print! Only a Few copies Available!
TAS Rated 4/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the October 2010 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
Audio Beat Rated 4/5 Music, 4/5 Sound!
Numbered, Limited Edition! Half-Speed Mastered From Original Master Tapes!
Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the January 2010 Issue of Stereophile!
Sinatra's best live album remastered for the first time. This 1962 set presents jaw-dropping sound from Sinatra at his peak - never before on vinyl!
"Live In Paris" is Frank Sinatras definitive concert album. Yes, there are many good ones - "Sinatra at the Sands" is also among the finest - but none better captures the essence of the singers voice, showmanship, and command than this 1962 session, which remained unreleased until 1994. Backed only by a sextet, the main focus here is on Sinatras peerless singing, phrasing, and style. Needless to say, the iconic crooner doesnt disappoint.
Its impossible to overstate the magnificence of the interpretations on this set. Looking for the ultimate renditions of "My Funny Valentine," "In the Still of the Night," "One for My Baby," "Night and Day," and "Ol' Man River"? Search no more. Sinatras readings of these classics exceed his superb studio versions, as well as those that appear on other live albums. And consider the setlist: "The Lady is a Tramp," "Come Fly With Me," "Chicago," "I Could Have Danced All Night." Superb. And Sinatra is simply "on," bringing a combination of swinging enthusiasm, reverent charm, and dignified emotion to standards. He triumphs with a powerful voice yet affected by the ravages of time and cigarettes.
Fans of "Sinatra at the Sands" should take note - Sinatra in Paris is much more intimate, with the scaled-down arrangements and small band allowing songs to bask in the glory of Ol Blue Eyes voice. Yes, Sinatras period onstage comments can seem crude. But they take nothing away from the sheer superiority of this recording.
Ever since its release, the lone drawback to Sinatra in Paris has been that of the inferior sound quality. Lament the shortcoming no more. Half-speed mastered from the original tapes and pressed onto two slabs of quiet 180-gram vinyl, Mobile Fidelitys numbered, limited-edition 2-LP set lifts the veil on the music and allows it to soar with a richness, texture, openness, and presence that have until now gone missing. You will swoon over the improvements.
Also available from Sinatra are Sinatra and Strings (MFSL 1-313) and (Songs For) Only the Lonely (MFSL 1-326) and Nice 'N' Easy (MFSL 1-317)!
"The performances on Live in Paris contrast greatly with sophomoric, youth-oriented pop culture, and they are a fascinating contrast to the rock explosion that would happen just a year or two after they were recorded." - Eric Hetherington, www.theaudiobeat.com, 4/5 Music, 4/5 Sound!
"Here's a project that was definitely done with the audiophile in mind; one of Frank Sinatra's best records, remastered and pressed onto 180-gram vinyl... when you've got a great vocalist near the top of his game, working through some of the high points of the Great American Songbook with superb backing, who could ask for anything more?" - Duck Baker, The Absolute Sound, October 2010, Issue 206
Features:
Numbered, Limited Edition
180g Vinyl
Double LP
1/2 Speed mastered from the original master tapes
Special static free - dust free inner sleeve
Heavy duty protective packaging
Gatefold jacket
Selections:
1. Introduction - Charles Aznavour
2. Goody Goody
3. Imagination
4. At Long Last Love
5. Moonlight in Vermont
6. Without a Song
7. Day In - Day Out
8. I've Got You Under My Skin
9. I Get a Kick Out of You
10. Second Time Around
11. Too Marvelous for Words
12. My Funny Valentine
13. In the Still of the Night
14. April in Paris
15. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
16. They Can't Take That Away from Me
17. Chicago
18. Night and Day
19. I Could Have Danced All Night
20. One for My Baby
21. Foggy Day
22. Ol' Man River
23. Lady Is a Tramp
24. I Love Paris
25. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
26. Come Fly With Me
TAS Rated 4/5 Music, 4.5/5 Sonics in the October 2010 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
Audio Beat Rated 4/5 Music, 4/5 Sound!
Numbered, Limited Edition! Half-Speed Mastered From Original Master Tapes!
Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the January 2010 Issue of Stereophile!
Sinatra's best live album remastered for the first time. This 1962 set presents jaw-dropping sound from Sinatra at his peak - never before on vinyl!
"Live In Paris" is Frank Sinatras definitive concert album. Yes, there are many good ones - "Sinatra at the Sands" is also among the finest - but none better captures the essence of the singers voice, showmanship, and command than this 1962 session, which remained unreleased until 1994. Backed only by a sextet, the main focus here is on Sinatras peerless singing, phrasing, and style. Needless to say, the iconic crooner doesnt disappoint.
Its impossible to overstate the magnificence of the interpretations on this set. Looking for the ultimate renditions of "My Funny Valentine," "In the Still of the Night," "One for My Baby," "Night and Day," and "Ol' Man River"? Search no more. Sinatras readings of these classics exceed his superb studio versions, as well as those that appear on other live albums. And consider the setlist: "The Lady is a Tramp," "Come Fly With Me," "Chicago," "I Could Have Danced All Night." Superb. And Sinatra is simply "on," bringing a combination of swinging enthusiasm, reverent charm, and dignified emotion to standards. He triumphs with a powerful voice yet affected by the ravages of time and cigarettes.
Fans of "Sinatra at the Sands" should take note - Sinatra in Paris is much more intimate, with the scaled-down arrangements and small band allowing songs to bask in the glory of Ol Blue Eyes voice. Yes, Sinatras period onstage comments can seem crude. But they take nothing away from the sheer superiority of this recording.
Ever since its release, the lone drawback to Sinatra in Paris has been that of the inferior sound quality. Lament the shortcoming no more. Half-speed mastered from the original tapes and pressed onto two slabs of quiet 180-gram vinyl, Mobile Fidelitys numbered, limited-edition 2-LP set lifts the veil on the music and allows it to soar with a richness, texture, openness, and presence that have until now gone missing. You will swoon over the improvements.
Also available from Sinatra are Sinatra and Strings (MFSL 1-313) and (Songs For) Only the Lonely (MFSL 1-326) and Nice 'N' Easy (MFSL 1-317)!
"The performances on Live in Paris contrast greatly with sophomoric, youth-oriented pop culture, and they are a fascinating contrast to the rock explosion that would happen just a year or two after they were recorded." - Eric Hetherington, www.theaudiobeat.com, 4/5 Music, 4/5 Sound!
"Here's a project that was definitely done with the audiophile in mind; one of Frank Sinatra's best records, remastered and pressed onto 180-gram vinyl... when you've got a great vocalist near the top of his game, working through some of the high points of the Great American Songbook with superb backing, who could ask for anything more?" - Duck Baker, The Absolute Sound, October 2010, Issue 206
Features:
Numbered, Limited Edition
180g Vinyl
Double LP
1/2 Speed mastered from the original master tapes
Special static free - dust free inner sleeve
Heavy duty protective packaging
Gatefold jacket
Selections:
1. Introduction - Charles Aznavour
2. Goody Goody
3. Imagination
4. At Long Last Love
5. Moonlight in Vermont
6. Without a Song
7. Day In - Day Out
8. I've Got You Under My Skin
9. I Get a Kick Out of You
10. Second Time Around
11. Too Marvelous for Words
12. My Funny Valentine
13. In the Still of the Night
14. April in Paris
15. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
16. They Can't Take That Away from Me
17. Chicago
18. Night and Day
19. I Could Have Danced All Night
20. One for My Baby
21. Foggy Day
22. Ol' Man River
23. Lady Is a Tramp
24. I Love Paris
25. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
26. Come Fly With Me
