Sinatra gone 5 years today

[George Bellefontaine]

There isn't much this man recorded that I don't have in either vinyl or cd format, and though I listen to his work a lot, tonight will be special, as it marks 5 years since he passed away, and I plan to spin a few of my favorites. Later I'll play my favorite Sinatra movie, The Detective.





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[John Holmes]

I don't own any of his music. I do however enjoy his screen work. A talent that is missed for sure.




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[Danbry39]

I also don't have any Sinatra in my collection. The thing is that I really like some of his stuff. I went to Tower a couple of months ago to buy some, but was overwhelmed by the amount of material that's out there. I like much of his earlier big band stuff, a lot of the material he used in Broadway type shows, and later hits like "That's Life". The problem is that most of his "best of" packages deal with certain periods of his career and/or different recording labels.

I know that there's a DVDA scheduled to be released and I thought I'd start there. I've heard good things about it, but would like your opinion George. I believe it's called "Live at the Sands".




Keith

[Danbry39]

Went ahead and ordered (or won the bidding on) The Very Best of Frank Sinatra over at Ebay tonight. It is a two CD set and has many of my favorites on it. Anyway, a great starter. It includes:



1. Stardust (Carmichael/Parish) - 2:48
2. A Foggy Day (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 2:17
3. Let's Fall in Love (Arlen/Koehler) - 2:11
4. The Girl Next Door (Blane/Martin) - 3:18
5. Old Devil Moon (Harburg/Lane) - 2:57
6. The Way You Look Tonight (Fields/Kern) - 3:22
7. Fly Me to the Moon performed by Sinatra / Basie, Count Orchestra - 2:30
8. Nice Work If You Can Get It performed by Sinatra / Basie, Count Orchestra - 2:36
9. I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter) - 3:15
10. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer) - 4:07
11. Please Be Kind performed by Sinatra / Basie, Count Orchestra - 2:42
12. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad (Jacquet/Mundy/Stillman) - 3:13
13. They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 2:41
14. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Hilliard/Mann) - 2:44
15. I've Got You Under My Skin (Porter) - 3:32
16. Let's Face the Music and Dance (Berlin) - 2:59
17. Come Fly With Me (Cahn/Van Heusen) - 3:11
18. My Kind of Town (Cahn/VanHeusen) - 3:09
19. Luck Be a Lady (Loesser) - 5:14
20. The Best Is Yet to Come performed by Sinatra / Basie, Count Orchestra - 2:54
21. It Was a Very Good Year (Drake) - 4:27
22. All or Nothing at All (Altman/Lawrence) - 3:44
23. Night and Day (Porter) - 3:38
24. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) (Silvers/VanHeusen) - 3:38
25. Young at Heart (Leigh/Richards) - 2:54
26. Love and Marriage (Cahn/VanHeusen) - 2:13
27. All the Way (Cahn/VanHeusen) - 3:29
28. Witchcraft (Coleman/Leigh) - 2:38
29. (Love Is) The Tender Trap performed by Sinatra / Basie, Count Orchestra - 2:35
30. The Second Time Around (Cahn/VanHeusen) - 3:01
31. Pocketful of Miracles (Cahn/VanHeusen) - 2:39
32. Softly, As I Leave You (Calabrese/DeVita/Shaper) - 2:51
33. Strangers in the Night (Kaempfert/Singleton/Snyder) - 2:36
34. Summer Wind (Bradtke/Mayer/Mercer) - 2:55
35. That's Life (Gordon/Thompson) - 3:07
36. Somethin' Stupid performed by Sinatra / Nancy Sinatra - 2:39
37. Wave (Jobim) - 3:19
38. My Way (Anka/Francois/Revaux/Thibault) - 4:36
39. Theme from New York, New York (Ebb/Kander) - 3:26
40. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) (Lowe/Mann/Weiss) - 3:12




Keith

[George Bellefontaine]

Keith,Live At The Sands is one of his best. I have the original 2 disc set on vinyl. Sinatra was always at his best during live performances, and he really shines on this one. You'll like it.

Oh, I also have that 2 cd set you bought on E-Bay. Terrific stuff on those discs.




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[Danbry39]

Thanks George. :T




Keith