‘Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim’ Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition

Here is a great little article on a gem from the album:

Sinatra And Jobim: David Gray On 'Quiet Nights'

Thanks to dear pal Patrick Conlon for forwarding it to me...

 

He's right Paul as you know, they don't make 'em like that anymore. That goes for singer and song.

 

So -- I'm assuming it was Sinatra himself who brought "I Concentrate on You" to this album, an album with 7 (beautiful) co-writes by Jobim. A tune by Cole Porter is just the ticket!

A song he'd recorded -- twice definitely -- at Columbia and Capitol!

Anyway, who knew it would sound so great reinvented as a samba!!

 

'Fraid not, despite using the exact same method as yourself, I've been charged again. I think if you check your credit card itself, you'll find that you've been charged.

 

And the longer they sit the more fuel UMe has for not pressing any more. They pulled the plug on Bing when a massive reissue of his catalogue came out on CD (with lots of previously unreleased material to whet appetites) and did not generate enough sales interest to continue marketing anymore of his recordings. VERY sad. Bigger is NOT always better!!!!

 

Not certain whether Sinatra has a broad enough appeal now to sell a heap of product. Probably the same people buying the same titles over and over for bonus material or the hope that it will be a definitive mastering. I'm not interested in the flashy box sets if the mastering is poor or no better than obtainable OOP releases. For me the recent Mofi releases were benchmark quality and look how quickly that release campaign was snuffed out - a real pity. I don't think we will get definitive masterings from UME (I would love to be proven wrong).

 

I would chime in here and say that, much maligned as it has been (and often for very good reasons) in most of it's versions, the UMe LP of Ring a Ding Ding! is the best out there.

 

I just hope they get it right this time.

 

I am looking forward to the session material.

 

I have session material for Feb 1, 1967... I do not know of anyone having anything from Jan 31, 1967

 

Don't forget In The Wee Small Hours, Matt. That is also very good. She Shot Me Down is arguably the best copy out there too. I also have Sings Songs From Great Britain, but whilst I like it I have nothing else to compare it to.

 

In addition to the Sinatra Shop and uDiscover Music Store, there is a third alternative for ordering the "exclusive" blue vinyl edition:

The Sound of Vinyl »​

This store is operated by Universal Music in the UK. Price is the same as uDiscover Music, but they offer a "10% off your first order" promotion for signing up for their newsletter. Additional details in this post at Sinatra Family Forum:

 

Yes, it appears so. I've just checked my account and the payment has now been taken. Oh well, I'm not too bothered about it; this way at least I now feel as though I'm legally "in charge" of the situation and at least one of those 1000 beauties is already mine.

 

a tempting new release:
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - 50th Anniversary - Exclusive Blue Vinyl

 

Stop thinking about it. You know you want it.

 

I've been asked about this, because Amazon has incorrect product descriptions:

US » Amazon.com: Frank Sinatra - A Man And His Music Trilogy: Frank Sinatra: Movies & TV
UK » Frank Sinatra - A Man And His Music Trilogy DVD 2011: Amazon.co.uk: Frank Sinatra: DVD & Blu-ray

(The Amazon UK price is a considerable savings.)

Trust me that this Made-in-the-EU DVD is marked "REGION: 0 (WORDWIDE)" and it will play in US players (i.e. NTSC).

 

I know , I've had 2 bottles of wine and just pre-ordered. damn I'm a sucker

 

Interesting. Some exquisite music on these albums--two of my favorite Sinatra records.

 

Yep, but that would still be the case had you been able to order from, say, Amazon UK. It really annoys me paying upfront two months in advance. They did it for the Half-Speed Master™ releases about six months in advance and refused to enter in dialogue about it by email, when I pointed out that the clause in their T&Cs is therefore redundant regarding physical product.

As it is, note that there's only 250 copies for this part of the world...

 

Listened to this in the morning yesterday on youtube. First time I've heard this recording. Not saying any new news to the knowing in this thread for sure, but it's very nice and so laid back. I have the mfsl box and Live in Paris but generally speaking....limited Sinatra titles.
This sounds & looks like it will be a wonderful addition. Plus, I'm a sucker for translucent vinyl and the blue looks so cool.

 

Complete album playlist —> Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - YouTube

 

For comparison to the above, here is a YouTube playlist for the oft-criticized 2010 Concord Records remix, Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordngs. Tracks 1–10 are the Claus Ogerman tracks from the thread subject '67 album; tracks 11–20 are the ’69 recordings with Eumir Deodato:

Complete album playlist —> Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings - YouTube

 

Sidebar posting, but on February 1st, Glen Campbell's facebook page posted that it was 50 years ago to that day, that Glen played on Frank & Nancy Sinatra's classic "Something Stupid", which for those who don't know, was recorded on the same night that they wrapped the second and final night of recording the "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim" album. They posted 4 photos, one of which I've never seen before, which shows Glen with the band, which was great to see.

On this day in 1967, Glen played on two... - Glen Campbell (Official) | Facebook