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Try a Little Tenderness: Capitol Remixes, Reissues, Expands Frank Sinatra's "Nice 'n' Easy" for 60th Anniversary Release

April 10, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Frank Sinatra Nice n Easy 2020

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In 1960, Nice 'n' Easy did it for Frank Sinatra. Following his masterpiece of melancholy, No One Cares, he returned with a set of romantic, reflective ballads anchored by a quintessentially breezy title track. Featuring The Voice at his deeply felt best and the orchestrations of Nelson Riddle at their lushest, Nice 'n' Easy spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard stereo album chart of a total 86 chart weeks. It received multiple Grammy Award nominations including Album of the Year and was certified Gold. Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, and UMe will reissue this album in time for its 60th anniversary in an expanded and remixed edition featuring three bonus tracks.  It will arrive on May 15 on digital platforms and June 5 in physical CD and LP editions.

As well as Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Lew Spence's future standard "Nice 'n' Easy" - actually a late addition to the album - the LP featured songs by the leading lights of the Great American Songbook such as Irving Berlin ("How Deep Is the Ocean"), George and Ira Gershwin ("I've Got a Crush on You," "Embraceable You"), and Johnny Mercer ("Dream," "Fools Rush In" with Rube Bloom), and Richard Whiting ("She's Funny That Way" with Neil Moret). As always, Sinatra made these songs his own aided by Riddle's incomparable arrangements. What made these renditions even more special, though, was the fact that Sinatra had recorded all of them in the first decade of his career. By the time sessions for the album commenced in March 1960, all of these songs had gotten under Sinatra's skin. That lived-in quality contributed to the power of his mature vocals, developed from life experience and the intuitive instinct of a fine actor.

The album was originally to be built around the Hoagy Carmichael/Ned Washington classic "The Nearness of You," but when Sinatra took a chance on "Nice 'n' Easy" - the lone contemporary tune on the LP - the older song was cut from the running order. Nice 'n' Easy was released in July 1960, and "The Nearness of You" belatedly ended up on 1962's Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things and The Great Years, two of the albums Capitol assembled in the wake of his defection to his own Reprise label. That same year, it was released on a stereo jukebox single and on a various-artists compilation LP. It was first included on a Nice 'n' Easy CD reissue on the 1991 Capitol edition, and it is again appended to this anniversary iteration with its original take slate intact.

Two more bonus tracks are also included: the previously unreleased session takes for "Nice 'n' Easy" and "I've Got a Crush on You." (One alternate take of "Nice 'n' Easy" was included on the 2007 Capitol collection Romance: Songs from the Heart.) The CD liner notes include vintage quotes from personnel including Sinatra, Riddle, and pianist Bill Miller.  A standalone vinyl edition will also be released on June 5, presenting just the remixed album with no bonus material.

As with past Sinatra reissues, Nice 'n' Easy has been remixed in stereo for this release. Look for this 60th anniversary edition on May 15 (digital) and  June 5 (physical) at the links below!

Frank Sinatra, Nice 'n' Easy: 60th Anniversary Expanded Edition (Capitol SW-1417, 1960 - reissued Capitol/FSE/UMe, 2020)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP (Remixed Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

  1. Nice 'n' Easy
  2. That Old Feeling
  3. How Deep Is the Ocean
  4. I've Got a Crush on You
  5. You Go to My Head
  6. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
  7. Nevertheless (I'm Still in Love with You)
  8. She's Funny That Way
  9. Try a Little Tenderness
  10. Embraceable You
  11. Mam'selle
  12. Dream
  13. The Nearness of You (Bonus Track)
  14. I've Got a Crush on You - Session Takes (previously unreleased)
  15. Nice 'n' Easy - Session Takes (previously unreleased)

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Zubb says

    April 10, 2020 at 3:57 pm

    Yes! I will be picking this up. Not only for this great album remastered and with the bonus tracks, but I love it when they replicate the old vinyl labels on the CDs.

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  2. Paul M. Mock says

    April 10, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    This album was recorded at an incredibly busy and heady time for Mr. S. He had just returned to L.A. from the famous "Summit" at the Sands with Dean, Sammy, Joey, Peter and seemingly the entire entertainment world trying to squeeze into the small Copa Room at the Sands for the hugely publicized shows. While doing that in the evenings and wee small hours of the morning, that quintet of actors filmed the "location" scenes for the hit film "Ocean's Eleven". During the day he was filming "interiors" for the same film at Warner Bros. Studio and, for the 1st three nights of March, he spent time in Studio A at Capitol Tower recording this gorgeous set of ballads. It was indeed one of the busiest few weeks of his long and at times hectic career.

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  3. Max Preeo says

    April 10, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    Do we know who did the remix of t his album?

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    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      April 10, 2020 at 5:12 pm

      The press release didn’t specify, but my guess is Larry Walsh, who has (sometimes controversially) handled all of the recent Sinatra album remixes.

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