I'm not Bob, but my guess is that it isn't selling as well as they anticipated. It was also probably released too early for people to initially purchase as Christmas presents.
Probably because sales have dropped since release day. (It started out at #1 on Amazon Best Sellers in Jazz; now, two weeks later, it’s down to #5.) And/or price matching. (It was $21 at ImportCDs from the start.)
Amazon has virtually no retail competition left in the United States for CD sales. They stopped aggressively discounting CD prices here over 3 years ago.
True. Some of the other significant on-line dealers (like importcds), though they may sell independently, must also sell through amazon marketplace to survive.
For Only The Lonely, Triplicate, No One Cares, Shadows in the Night, Where are You?, Fallen Angels, and Close to You on shuffle. No better way to drink alone.
I'd rather drink alone with a friend that can pour me another. But I do like those mournful love songs for accompaniment.
I have multiple iterations of these albums. I wish I could ad thirty seconds of session chatter onto the mono version which is still the best mix.
There was a large wave of initial-buyers, a drop off and then the artafishal intelligense bot kicked in to fish for the critical mass of cheap-guys.
I have a play list on my phone that alternates between Sinatra tracks and the same song by Bob Dylan. My wife is outraged at the concept of comparing Sinatra to Dylan. I, however, think that both singers are brilliant artists...and each brings a unique take to the material. There is room in the world for both.
Back on topic: I wonder if Matt has compared the new Sinatra vinyl release to previous issues yet? That comparison will be interesting to see.
Agreed! The most UN user - friendly I have ever found! You would think by now they'd come up to the 21st century with this issue.
I don't understand what Larry Walsh was saying, but the vocal on the 2018 stereo remix sounds just the way it did on the MFSL mono release. I think it is the mono vocal, but even if it isn't, it's still too loud and cold for my taste. I prefer the '87 Walsh because it gets the mood right. The vocal sounded more recessed and lonely, if I may put it that way. This really reminds me of the situation with the Maria Callas recordings of the same era. They have been through 2 or 3 cycles of remastering since the original Keith Hardwick transfers of the early 1980s, and with each new set of transfers the orchestral elements sound clearer and more distinct, while the voice sounds edgier and less natural. This is not a sensible tradeoff. Frank was known as "The Voice," not "The Guy Singing with Nelson Riddle." But, to each its own, l suppose.
