2016 Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For!
The defining voice of the 20th century, Frank Sinatra enjoyed a legendary recording career that spanned six decades, beginning with his earliest session in 1939 and culminating with his last in 1993, for his world-renowned, multi-platinum Duets and Duets II albums. Ultimate Sinatra opens with 'All Or Nothing At All,' recorded with Harry James and his Orchestra on August 31, 1939 during Sinatra's first studio session. Ultimate Sinatra's 4CD edition boasts 100 tracks celebrating 100 years (plus a never before released bonus track), including many more luminous recordings that reinforce Sinatra's well-deserved moniker: The Voice.
The chronological collection dives deeper into Sinatra's musical world of iconic recordings, before closing with a previously unreleased rehearsal version of 'The Surrey With The Fringe On Top' recorded in 1979. The deluxe edition also features an 80-page booklet with a new essay by Sinatra historian and author Charles Pignone, as well as rare photos and quotes from Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Nancy Sinatra.
Whatever your taste in music, it's a must-have. The transfers are outstandingly good, especially considering the dates of many of these recordings.Features:
• 4CD Deluxe Collection
• 80-page booklet with rare photos and quotes from Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Nancy Sinatra, and Frank Sinatra himself
Selections:
CD 1:
1. All or Nothing At All
2. I'll Never Smile Again
3. Street of Dreams
4. You'll Never Know
5. If You Are But A Dream
6. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of The Week)
7. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
8. Oh, What It Seemed To Be
9. Five Minutes More
10. Time After Time
11. Night And Day
12. The Song Is You
13. I'm A Fool To Want You
14. The Birth of The Blues
15. Why Try To Change Me Now
16. I've Got the World On A String
17. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
18. My Funny Valentine
19. They Can't Take That Away From Me
20. I Get A Kick Out Of You
21. Young At Heart
22. Last Night When We Were Young
23. Three Coins In the Fountain
24. Just One Of Those Things
25. All of Me
26. Someone To Watch Over Me
27. I Get Along Without You Very Well
CD 2:
1. This Love Of Mine
2. In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning
3. Learnin' the Blues
4. Love and Marriage
5. (Love Is) The Tender Trap
6. Love Is Here To Stay
7. You Make Me Feel So Young
8. Memories of You
9. I've Got You Under My Skin
10. Too Marvelous For Words
11. (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know
12. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
13. I Wish I Were In Love Again
14. The Lady Is A Tramp
15. From This Moment On
16. Laura
17. Where Are You?
18. Witchcraft
19. Bewitched
20. All the Way
21. Moonlight In Vermont
22. Come Fly With Me
23. Put Your Dreams Away
24. Angel Eyes
25. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
CD 3:
1. Only the Lonely
2. One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
3. Something's Gotta Give
4. Come Dance With Me
5.. Here's That Rainy Day
6. A Cottage For Sale
7. High Hopes
8. The Nearness of You
9. I've Got A Crush On You
10. Nice 'n' Easy
11. When the World Was Young
12. In The Still of The Night
13. The Second Time Around
14. Without A Song
15. Love Walked In
16. Stardust
17. Come Rain or Come Shine
18. The Girl Next Door
19. At Long Last Love
20. The Very Thought of You
21. Pennies From Heaven
22. Ol' Man River
23. I Have Dreamed
24. Luck Be A Lady
CD 4
1. The Way You Look Tonight
2. My Kind of Town
3. The Best Is Yet To Come
4. Fly Me To the Moon (In Other Words)
5. Softly, As I Leave You
6. It Was A Very Good Year
7. September Of My Years
8. Moonlight Serenade
9. Strangers In the Night
10. Summer Wind
11. That's Life
12. I Concentrate On You
13. The Girl From Ipanema
14. Drinking Again
15. Somethin' Stupid
16. The World We Knew (Over and Over)
17. Cycles
18. My Way
19. Wave
20. All My Tomorrows
21. Forget To Remember
22. It Had To Be You
23. All Of You
24. Theme From New York, New York
25. The Surrey With the Fringe On Top (Previously Unreleased Rehearsal Version)