Frank Sinatra 3 - The Second Disc

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 21

October 21, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up – one of the year’s biggest! Frank Sinatra, World on a String (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K./ Amazon Canada) Featuring performances spanning 1953 to 1982, this new live collection boasts more than four hours’ worth of rare audio and video from the legendary Chairman of the Board – over 90 tracks on CD alone including such Sinatra favorites as “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Witchcraft” and “Bewitched” right up through “Strangers in…

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Bette Midler, David Bowie, David Crosby, Donna Fargo, Dr. John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, The Pretenders, Tony Hadley

Review: Keely Smith, “The Intimate Keely Smith: Expanded Edition”

October 20, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 3 Comments

Rarely has an album so lived up to its name as in the case of The Intimate Keely Smith. The 1965 Reprise record, just brought to CD for the first time in a top-notch expanded edition via Real Gone Music, puts the song stylist front and center onstage in a tiny club, backed by just a small combo. The listener has a stage-side table. Other than the happy lack of clinking glasses and billowing smoke, you are there for a romantic, sensual, and yes, intimate set of classic ballads by Harry Warren,…

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Come Fly with Me: “The World on a String” Box Set Premieres Live Sinatra On CD and DVD

August 31, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

This fall, the Chairman of the Board will be globetrotting once again. World on a String is the appropriate name of a new 4-CD/1-DVD box set celebrating Frank Sinatra’s live performances on the world’s stages. This box, due on October 21 from UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, follows previous live collections dedicated to Sinatra’s performances in London, New York and Vegas. Upping the ante, the new set has concerts from eight countries: Monaco, Australia, Egypt, Dominican Republic, Japan, Israel, Greece, and Italy. Venues range from small clubs to giant stadiums, showcasing Sinatra’s singular ability to communicate on an…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 15

April 15, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Phil Collins, No Jacket Required and Testify: Deluxe Editions (Atlantic/Rhino) No Jacket Required 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada No Jacket Required LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required, originally released in 1985 and still the artist’s most commercially successful album, is expanded to 2 CDs with the addition of thirteen bonus tracks: ten new-to-CD live performances and three demos. Phil…

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Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Foghat, Frank Sinatra, Graham Nash, Metallica, Phil Collins, Santana, Various Artists

Mint Audio, H&H, Voice Masters Offer New Stereo Recordings From Sinatra, Presley

February 4, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 46 Comments

Good news for those who enjoyed last year’s releases from Mint Audio featuring Rosemary Clooney and Jim Reeves. The U.K.-based label, also responsible for a wonderful concert release from Matt Monro, has added Elvis Presley’s The New Sessions to its release slate, while a companion title – Frank Sinatra’s The New Recordings – has arrived courtesy of H&H Music. Like the Clooney and Reeves sets, both of these (produced in association with Voice Masters) marry the artists’ original vocals to newly-created, full backing tracks. Sinatra’s The New Recordings draws on the artist’s late Columbia…

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Review: Frank Sinatra, “A Voice on Air: 1935-1955”

November 25, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings’ new box set Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (88875 09971 2) begins, appropriately enough, with the jarring sound of an old-time radio tuning in. The shrill noise quickly segues to the first of nearly 100 performances on four CDs – 19-year old Frank Sinatra, one-fourth of The Hoboken Four, singing the perky “S-H-I-N-E” on WHN Radio’s The Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Here, then, is the future Chairman of the Board – before he sang for swingin’ lovers, before he did it his way – as a…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 20

November 20, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Beach Boys Party Uncovered and Unplugged

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up which continues this autumn’s tradition of having each week packed with box sets from heavy hitters – in this case, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Queen, Grateful Dead, Frank Sinatra, and they’re still not all! Plus: CD and vinyl reissues, anthologies, and much more! The Beach Boys, Beach Boys’ Party: Uncovered and Unplugged (Capitol) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The first disc of this 2-CD, 81-track set features the original 1965 Beach Boys Party! album as remixed in original, pre-overdubbed form and then…

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Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jo Jo Gunne, John Coltrane, Lee Michaels, Love, Queen, Roger Waters, The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Timi Yuro, Weather Report

His Way: Sinatra Documentary Comes To DVD and BD, Retirement Concert Included In Box Set

November 9, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Frank Sinatra fans (and who isn’t?) already have November 20 marked on their calendars as the release date of A Voice on Air (1935-1955), Columbia/Legacy’s new 4-CD box set collecting the future Chairman of the Board’s rare radio performances. Now, Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced the same date for the arrival on Blu-ray and DVD of Frank Sinatra: All or Nothing At All, director Alex Gibney’s acclaimed four-hour Sinatra documentary. The film, which originally aired earlier this year on HBO in two parts, wove archival footage of Sinatra with his own voiceover…

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Perfectly Frank: “A Voice On Air” Box Set Collects Rare, Unreleased Sinatra Recordings

September 29, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

The Sinatra centennial celebration is picking up steam this fall with the release of a new 4-CD box set from Legacy Recordings. On November 20, the label will release Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (1935-1955), the first comprehensive, fully authorized collection of Sinatra’s historic radio performances. Over 100 tracks have been meticulously restored from the original recording masters for what’s being billed as “unprecedented high fidelity sound.” A Voice on Air captures Sinatra during the first twenty years of his legendary career, from his first radio performance in 1935 (singing “S-H-I-N-E”…

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Review: Frank Sinatra, “Ultimate Sinatra”

May 4, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

On August 31, 1939, Frank Sinatra stepped into a New York recording studio as vocalist of Harry James’ orchestra for a two-song session. The second song recorded, Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence’s “All or Nothing at All,” captured a philosophy that the 23-year old “boy singer” would hold closely. “All or nothing at all/Half a love never appealed to me,” he asserted. “If it’s love there is no in-between…” Indeed, Frank Sinatra’s life was one of triumphant highs and shattering lows – no in-betweens. The vocalist returned to the song numerous times…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Today’s Release Round-Up features an array of titles including a box set from the one and only Chairman of the Board, a number of vintage albums in surround sound, a classic reissue from a new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and more! Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra (Capitol/UMe) 4-CD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Target Exclusive: Target.com 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition DD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The 100th birthday of Ol’ Blue Eyes is celebrated with a variety of releases under the Ultimate Sinatra umbrella,…

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America, Dick Hyman, Earth Wind and Fire, Frank Sinatra, Jim Peterik, Joan Jett, Labelle, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Rush

Perfectly Frank: Sinatra Celebrated With Career-Spanning Box Set “Ultimate Sinatra”

March 3, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

2015 is getting a lot more ring-a-ding-ding come April thanks to the release of Ultimate Sinatra. On April 21, Capitol/UMe will continue the Frank Sinatra centennial celebration in style with new career-spanning collections drawing on the Chairman of the Board’s historic tenures with the RCA Victor, Columbia, Capitol and Reprise labels. Available as a 25-track single CD, a 26-track digital album, a 24-track 180-gram double-vinyl set, and a deluxe, 101-track 4-CD or digital box set, Ultimate Sinatra is the first initiative in over twenty years to bring together tracks from these three…

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The Year In Reissues: The 2014 Gold Bonus Disc Awards

December 30, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

Welcome to The Second Disc’s Fifth Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As with every year’s awards, our goals are simple: to recognize as many of the year’s most essential reissues and catalogue titles as possible, and to celebrate as many of those labels, producers and artists who make these releases happen in an increasingly-challenging retail landscape. The labels you’ll read about below have, by and large, bucked the trends to prove that there’s still a demand for physical catalogue music that you can purchase in brick-and-mortar stores. And from our vantage point,…

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Al Kooper, Billy Joel, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Dimitri Tiomkin, Donna Loren, Frank Sinatra, Pugwash, Salsoul Orchestra, Tony Hatch

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Frank Sinatra, “London”

December 10, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It was ambitious, even for Sinatra. His sixth studio album on his own Reprise label – and one of five full-length LPs released in 1962 alone – would be recorded in Great Britain with a British musical director, producer and personnel, and would feature only songs from British composers. For the quintessentially American singer, it must have been a formidable challenge. But Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain proved that The Voice was up to the task. Over time, it became a highly-regarded album in a considerable canon, and also a…

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 9

December 9, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Frank Sinatra, London (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 3-CD/1-DVD swingin’ affair spans 1953-1984 and features over 50 previously unreleased tracks on CD and DVD – all dedicated to Sinatra’s performances in the great city. At its centerpiece is an expanded and remastered edition of Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain, the Chairman’s only studio album recorded outside of the United States! Watch for Joe’s full review soon! The Beatles, 1962-1966 / 1967-1970 / 1 / Love (Vinyl Only) (Capitol/Apple) 1962-1966: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1967-1970: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1: Amazon…

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Holiday Gift Guide Review: “The Classic Christmas Album” Series

December 5, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Johnny Mathis. Frank Sinatra. Perry Como. Steve Vai? Menudo? When it comes to Christmas music, Legacy Recordings doesn’t pull its punches. The label’s series of Classic Christmas Album releases has become a bit of an annual tradition, and this year’s batch of single- and various-artist anthologies once again draws on names both expected and unexpected. While the packages are bare-bones, with no liner notes (but happily with full credits and discographical annotation), the music most certainly is not. Johnny Mathis recorded his first Christmas album in 1958 and his most recent in…

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Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Il Divo, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Various Artists

His Way, Britain-Style: Frank Sinatra Goes To “London” On New CD/DVD Box Set

September 26, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In 2006, Frank Sinatra Enterprises took listeners to New York with a 4-CD/1-DVD box set chronicling many of the legendary entertainer’s greatest performances in the city that never sleeps. In 2009, Vegas was the destination for a similar set recorded at iconic venues like Caesars Palace, the Golden Nugget and The Sands. On November 25, you can set your GPS to London for the latest stop on Ol’ Blue Eyes’ trip around the world. This deluxe box set, coming from FSE and Universal Music Enterprises, is a 3-CD/1-DVD swingin’ affair spanning 1953-1984…

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Let It Snow! Legacy Has Eight New “Classic Christmas” Titles Including Unheard Sinatra, Mathis Tracks

September 23, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

It’s that time of the year again! Legacy Recordings’ Classic Christmas Album series has become an annual tradition, and the label is once again drawing on the Sony Music vaults to offer new seasonal anthologies from a group of truly celebrated artists. This year, the bona fide legends include Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Perry Como, and Johnny Mathis, and their volumes will be joined by an entry for the classical crossover quartet Il Divo as well as by various-artists compilations spotlighting hard rock, country and pop Christmas classics. These eight new, remastered…

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Review: Linda Ronstadt, “Duets”

April 10, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Tonight, Linda Ronstadt receives her long-overdue recognition into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But rock and roll, of course, played only a small – if key – role in Ronstadt’s career. The breadth of that career is revealed on Rhino’s new release of Linda Ronstadt – Duets (Rhino R2 542161), containing fourteen tracks originally released between 1974 and 2006 plus one previously unreleased performance. While there are no duets here from Ronstadt’s Tony-nominated turn in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Pirates of Penzance or her Mexican recordings , her immersions into…

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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Frank Sinatra, “Duets: Twentieth Anniversary”

December 6, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

“May you live to be one hundred and may the last voice you hear be mine.” The image of Frank Sinatra, glass in hand, delivering that favorite toast is an indelible one. His wasn’t just a voice, after all. Before he was Ol’ Blue Eyes or The Chairman of the Board, he was simply The Voice. And through all its many changes, The Voice endured. The pure, romantically-charged timbre that set the hearts of bobbysoxers pounding in the forties transformed into the ultimate instrument of ultimate cool during the fifties and sixties. …

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Review: Frank Sinatra, “The Concert Sinatra” (2012)

February 9, 2012 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

There have been countless recordings of Frank Sinatra…but only one Concert Sinatra. So named for its full concert orchestra (and not for a live performance), the 1963 album remains a career triumph. It’s perhaps the pinnacle of Sinatra’s long association with conductor/arranger Nelson Riddle, a vivid display of the singer’s gifts as a dramatic actor, and the ultimate valentine to the American theatrical songbook. Make no mistake, The Concert Sinatra is serious symphonic music, and it’s back in print via a remixed and remastered edition from Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Concord Records…

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Review: Frank Sinatra, “Best of the Best”

November 15, 2011 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

There’s simply no getting around it: Frank Sinatra is the voice of the Great American Songbook. That’s not to discount the dozens of other significant voices that brought life to the House That George, Ira, Irving, Cole, Jerome, Richard and Lorenz Built. (Again, just to name a few.) But Frank Sinatra’s voice, as well as his persona, has become such a deeply ingrained part of the American musical fabric that it’s hard to find new ways to present it. The body of work created by Sinatra at Capitol and Reprise, not to…

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Review: Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, “The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”

September 15, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When Frank Sinatra met Count Basie, it was far from a clash of the titans. No, the “historic musical first” that occurred between the grooves of Reprise 1008 in 1962 was more like a perfect union. Both were Jersey boys, with Basie’s formative years spent south of Hoboken, in Red Bank, New Jersey. The men were unusually simpatico, similar in their enormous respect for musicians. Though Basie titled a 1959 album Chairman of the Board, the title was later bestowed upon Sinatra. When Basie put his feelings on music onto paper, he…

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Review: Frank Sinatra, “Ring-a-Ding Ding!: Expanded Edition”

June 7, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Ring-a-ding ding! It can be used as an adjective or an interjection. But when Frank Sinatra chose the expression to title his very first album for his very own label, it was simply an ecstatic expression of pure joy. Sinatra was no longer tethered to Capitol Records, the label at which he’d made history with a series of “concept” albums. He had the freedom to make some new history, his way, when he launched Reprise. And Ring-a-Ding Ding!, now reissued and remastered for its 50th anniversary as part of Concord’s ongoing campaign (Concord CRE-32929), didn’t merely…

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