Sinatra / Capitol Sound Quality and General Discussion: Songs for Young Lovers, rel. 1954*

thanks for the tip! i love the way they did that sleeve. never would've occured to me that it could damage the vinyl.

 

Yes, those heavy card inner sleeves are notorious for destroying vinyl, in my experience. Although they look so nice and substantial, the opening edges are sharp, and the insides can easily become sandpaper if any dirt gets in them. There are many iconic 70s albums like Aja, Physical Graffiti and Wish You Were Here for which mint vinyl copies basically don't exist, because they were originally packed in heavy card inners.

If you cannot find 10" poly lined inner sleeves, you can substitute a regular 12" rice paper MoFi type inner and fold the corners. That will protect the vinyl much more safely than trying to reinsert it directly back into the heavy card scratch monster.

 

Can someone provide the UPC for the MFP CD? I finally want to purchase it! Thanks!

 

^^^ Thanks, Dustin. Although I sometimes feel like chopped liver :

—> Re: The MFP CD of SWING EASY! + SONGS FOR YOUNG LOVERS

As noted in that post, the UPC alone is unreliable. It's the same as the US Reprise (Larry Walsh) CD.

 

Ain't nothin' wrong with chopped liver Bob!

 

Ok, but there is something wrong with depending on UPC bar codes. See my added note above.

 

It's all right, Bob: I'm chopped liver, too...



...and chopped liver has no feelings, so it's all good.

 

I don't feel ripped off, I paid the price they are now asking for in Amazon, I guess I was one of the lucky ones.

Bob, c'mon you're not that.....Offal

 

Tina just taught me a new word, and I think I'll skip lunch today. I should have said, sometimes I feel like Rodney Dangerfield.

 

Well Bob, looks like I taught you something today, makes a change LOL!

Then again I'm not sure I know who Rodney Dangerfield is

 

Exactly.

 

Likewise! Mine arrives about the same time.

Speculation: For RSD Black Friday this November, we'll get Swing Easy in the same 10" format to match.

 

That alternate photo and the (pre-airbrush) cover shot may be seen in sharp detail at —> Getty Images.

If you zoom in at the top of those photos, you can see hanging curtains and lights. The Getty captions claim these are movie stills, but Jordan (@jtaylor) has suggested they may have been taken on the stage at Capitol's Melrose Ave. studios?

I wonder where that lamppost is today?

 

I've had my copy of the RSD2015 10" LP sealed since May, but decided a few nights ago to open it up and enjoy it on my new turntable, rather than keep it sealed. And boy, do I not regret it. Frank comes through crystal-clear in analog bliss. This is an excellent release, and I hope future Sinatra releases will sound this great!

 

You guys are killing me with the photos. Now I'm going to amazon to spend money I don't have.

 

For those who may have missed these links:

Sinatra 10" LP Face Off, Songs For Young Lovers vs Swing Easy* »
Are you a fan of FRANK SINATRA'S "Songs For Young Lovers" 10" LP from 1953? »
Songs For Young Lovers / Frank Sinatra - microgroove.jp »

 

Nice photos. Out of my pile of copies, I have noted that some clearly showed evidence of peeling off of that sticker, while others showed almost microscopic evidence of peeling. I bet all of us have peeled price stickers with varying degrees of success, sometimes perfectly clean. I wonder if obsessed collectors in 1953-1954 peeled it the first day.