Ultimate Sinatra
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Ultimate Sinatra is a 2015 compilation album by American singer Frank Sinatra released specifically to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of his birth. The collection consists of songs recorded from 1939 to 1979 during his sessions for Columbia Records, Capitol Records, and Reprise Records. The 4-CD set consists of 100 songs, plus a never before released bonus track of a rehearsal recording of "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" from the musical Oklahoma! This 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 Sinatra, his family members and key collaborators.
A single-disc version also was released, consisting of 24 tracks from the box set plus an exclusive alternate studio take of "Just In Time." The Australian 2-CD edition adds a complete, previously unreleased recording of Sinatra's December 1961 concert at Sydney Stadium. The American release truncates the Sydney show.
Track listing
Box set edition (Note: all composers' and arrangers' names listed below are in the order they appear in the box set booklet. "Arranged by" is abbreviated as "arr. by" below.)
Disc one
- "All or Nothing at All" (Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman)―arr. by Andy Gibson
- "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe)―arr. by Fred Stulce
- "Street of Dreams" (from "The Essential Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey") (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis)―arr. by Axel Stordahl
- "You'll Never Know" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)—arr. by Alec Wilder
- "If You Are But A Dream" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, Nat Bonx)—arr. by Stordahl
- "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)—arr. by George Siravo
- "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen)—arr. by Stordahl
- "Oh, What It Seemed to Be" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss, Frankie Carle)—arr. by Stordahl
- "Five Minutes More" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Styne, Cahn)—arr. by Stordahl
- "Time After Time" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Styne, Cahn)—arr. by Stordahl - 3:08
- "Night and Day" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Cole Porter)—arr. by Stordahl - 3:39
- "The Song Is You" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)—arr. by Stordahl - 3:21
- "I'm a Fool to Want You" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra)—arr. by Stordahl - 2:55
- "The Birth of the Blues" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)—arr. by Henie Beau
- "Why Try to Change Me Now?" (from "The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings") (Cy Coleman, Joseph A. McCarthy)—arr. by Percy Faith
- "I've Got the World On A String" (from "The Capitol Years") (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)—arr. by Nelson Riddle - 2:11
- "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Rube Bloom, Koehler)—arr. by Riddle - 3:08
- "My Funny Valentine" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)—arr. by Riddle - 2:31
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)—arr. by Riddle - 1:58
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Porter)―arr. by Riddle - 2:55
- "Young at Heart" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards)―arr. by Riddle - 2:52
- "Last Night When We Were Young" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Arlen, Yip Harburg)―arr. by Riddle - 3:17
- "Three Coins in the Fountain" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Styne, Cahn)―arr. by Riddle - 3:07
- "Just One of Those Things" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Porter)―arr. by Riddle -3:14
- "All of Me" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks)―arr. by Riddle - 2:08
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)―arr. by Riddle - 2:57
- "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson)―arr. by Riddle - 3:42
Disc two
- "This Love of Mine" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Barry Parker, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra)―arr. by Nelson Riddle - 3:33
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (David Mann, Bob Hilliard)―arr. by Riddle - 3:00
- "Learnin' the Blues" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Dolores Vicki Silvers)―arr. by Riddle - 3:04
- "Love and Marriage" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)―arr. by Riddle - 2:37
- "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by Riddle - 2:58
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)―arr. by Riddle - 2:42
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow)―arr. by Riddle - 2:57
- "Memories of You" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf)―arr. by Riddle - 2:53
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cole Porter)―arr. by Riddle - 3:43
- "Too Marvelous for Words" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting)―arr. by Riddle - 2:29
- "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Carolyn Leigh, Philip Springer)―arr. by Riddle
- "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh)―arr. by Riddle - 3:25
- "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)―arr. by Riddle - 2:27
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Rodgers, Hart)―arr. by Riddle - 3:14
- "From This Moment On" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Porter)―arr. by Riddle - 3:50
- "Laura" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Mercer, David Raksin)―arr. by Gordon Jenkins - 3:28
- "Where Are You?" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Adamson, McHugh)―arr. by Jenkins - 3:30
- "Witchcraft" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cy Coleman, Leigh)―arr. by Riddle - 2:53
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Rodgers, Hart)―arr. by Riddle - 3:39
- "All the Way" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by Riddle - 2:52
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf)―arr. by Billy May - 3:32
- "Come Fly with Me" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by May - 3:16
- "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss)―arr. by Riddle - 3:13
- "Angel Eyes" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis)―arr. by Riddle - 3:43
- "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cahn, Jule Styne)―arr. by Riddle - 4:00
Disc three
- "Only the Lonely" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)―arr. by Nelson Riddle - 4:10
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)―arr. by Riddle - 4:23
- "Something's Gotta Give" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Mercer)―arr. by Billy May - 2:38
- "Come Dance with Me" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by May - 2:31
- "Here's That Rainy Day" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen)―arr. by Gordon Jenkins - 3:34
- "A Cottage for Sale" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Larry Conley, Willard Robison)―arr. by Jenkins - 3:16
- "High Hopes" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by Riddle - 2:42
- "The Nearness of You" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)―arr. by Riddle - 2:43
- "I've Got a Crush on You" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)―arr. by Riddle - 2:14
- "Nice 'n' Easy" (from "The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)|The Capitol Years") (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence)―arr. by Riddle - 2:45
- "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Mercer, M. Philippe-Gerard, Angele Marie T. Vannier)―arr. by Axel Stordahl - 3:48
- "In the Still of the Night" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Cole Porter)―arr. by Johnny Mandel - 3:25
- "The Second Time Around" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by Riddle - 3:03
- "Without a Song" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu)―arr. by Sy Oliver - 3:39
- "Love Walked In" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)―arr. by May - 2:19
- "Stardust" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)―arr. by Don Costa - 2:48
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Arlen, Mercer)―arr. by Costa - 4:05
- "The Girl Next Door" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane)―arr. by Jenkins - 3:18
- "At Long Last Love" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Porter)―arr. by Neal Hefti - 2:14
- "The Very Thought of You" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Ray Noble)―arr. by Robert Farnon - 3:34
- "Pennies from Heaven" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston)―arr. by Hefti - 2:43
- "Ol' Man River" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)―arr. by Riddle - 4:11
- "I Have Dreamed" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Richard Rodgers, Hammerstein II)―arr. by Riddle - 3:01
- "Luck Be a Lady" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Frank Loesser)―arr. by May - 5:14
Disc four
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)―arr. by Nelson Riddle - 3:24
- "My Kind of Town" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)―arr. by Riddle - 3:10
- "The Best is Yet to Come" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)―arr. by Quincy Jones - 2:56
- "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Bart Howard)―arr. by Jones - 2:29
- "Softly, as I Leave You" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVita, Giorgio Calabrese)―arr. by Ernie Freeman
- "It Was a Very Good Year" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Ervin Drake)―arr. by Gordon Jenkins - 4:25
- "The September of My Years" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by Jenkins - 3:12
- "Moonlight Serenade" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish)―arr. by Riddle - 3:26
- "Strangers in the Night" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder)―arr. by Freeman - 2:36
- "Summer Wind" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer)―arr. by Riddle - 2:53
- "That's Life" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Kelly Gordon, Dean Thompson)―arr. by Freeman - 3:07
- "I Concentrate on You" (duet with Antônio Carlos Jobim) (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Cole Porter)―arr. by Claus Ogerman - 2:32
- "The Girl from Ipanema (duet with Jobim)" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes)―arr. by Ogerman - 3:14
- "Drinking Again" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Mercer, Doris Tauber)―arr. by Ogerman - 3:13
- "Somethin' Stupid (duet with Nancy Sinatra)" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Carson Parks)―arr. by Billy Strange - 2:45
- "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Sigman, Kaempfert, Herb Rehbein)―arr. by Freeman - 2:25
- "Cycles" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Judith Caldwell)―arr. by Costa - 3:13
- "My Way" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Paul Anka, Jacques Revaux, Giles Thibault, Claude François)―arr. by Costa - 4:35
- "Wave" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Jobim)―arr. by Eumir Deodato - 3:25
- "All My Tomorrows" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Cahn, Van Heusen)―arr. by Costa - 4:35
- "Forget to Remember" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Victoria Pike, Teddy Randazzo)―arr. by Costa
- "It Had to Be You" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn)―arr. by May - 3:53
- "All of You" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (Porter)―arr. by May - 1:42
- "Theme from New York, New York" (from "Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Years") (John Kander, Fred Ebb)―arr. by Costa - 3:26
- "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" (from Oklahoma!) (Rodgers, Hammerstein II)―arr. by May (Rehearsal) (previously unreleased)
Double vinyl edition
- Side A
- "All Or Nothing At All"
- "I’ll Never Smile Again"
- "Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)"
- "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)"
- "I’ve Got The World On A String"
- "Young At Heart"
- "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning"
- Side B
- "Learnin’ The Blues"
- "Love And Marriage"
- "I’ve Got You Under My Skin"
- "Witchcraft"
- "All The Way"
- Side C
- "Come Fly With Me"
- "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)"
- "The Way You Look Tonight"
- "My Kind Of Town"
- "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)"
- "It Was A Very Good Year"
- Side D
- "Strangers In The Night"
- "Summer Wind"
- "That’s Life"
- "My Way"
- "Theme From New York, New York"
- "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)"
Single CD / digital edition
- "All Or Nothing At All"
- "I’ll Never Smile Again"
- "Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)"
- "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)"
- "I’ve Got The World On A String"
- "Young at Heart"
- "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning"
- "Learnin’ The Blues"
- "Love And Marriage"
- "I’ve Got You Under My Skin"
- "Witchcraft"
- "All The Way"
- "Come Fly With Me"
- "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)"
- "The Way You Look Tonight"
- "My Kind Of Town"
- "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)"
- "It Was A Very Good Year"
- "Strangers In The Night"
- "Summer Wind"
- "That’s Life"
- "My Way"
- "Theme From New York, New York"
- "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)"
- "Just In Time" (Alternate Version) [Previously unreleased] (Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
- "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" (Digital-only bonus track) (Fred Fisher)
Reception
The 4 CD disc box set entitled Ultimate Sinatra: The Centennial Collection peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard Jazz Album Chart and no. 145 on the Billboard 200. The single disc album peaked at no. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart and at no. 32 on the Billboard 200.[2]
References
- ^ Playbill Staff. "Over 100 Rare Frank Sinatra Recordings Will Be Released" Playbill.com, October 1, 2015
- ^ Frank Sinatra: Billboard Albums. allmusic.com