Sinatra / Capitol Sound Quality and General Discussion - Come Dance with Me (released 1959)*

You have to pay to get it without the watermark, but the source photo is at MPTV:

—> http://www.mptvimages.com/photo_detail#0337_1469



Related images:

—> http://www.mptvimages.com/photo_detail#0337_1470
—> http://www.mptvimages.com/photo_detail#0337_1501
—> http://www.mptvimages.com/photo_detail#0337_1502

 

Found one online without a watermark:

 

Thanks for the pic gents. I'm having a Frank (and Billie) 100 party and this is the perfect pic for the front of the invitation .

 

Any chance the reissue lp coming out in July(?) will correct the issue with "Saturday Night" and also surpass the sq of the hd download?

Seems I recall that the "In The Wee Small Hours" reissue lp was some better than the download.

Maybe we will get lucky?

 

I havent read this entire thread but @MLutthans ...

How does the new hi-res download compare to the Walsh remix?

 

I bought the HD download. I like it a lot. I prefer it to the Walsh remix (issues aside). Itll be my go-to digital version. I also own the 1984 Dell LP box set. That is my go-to vinyl version.

 

Another photo from the unreleased "Just in Time" session (courtesy @cds23 in the Jazz Beat thread):

 

I have D9/D10 stereo pressing and if I remember correctly it had the slight echo bleeding to the right channel. I've noticed this at my first listening, but have not found that to be distracting. I accepted it for what it is. To my ears all of these Capitol stereo pressings I have from about '58-'60 possess certain sound qualities which are quite similar and not necessarily in a bad sense. At least, they're not "in your face", sound is delicate, they manage to capture the acoustic instruments well and they do not sound overprocessed.

 

Right. Your D4 above is the original label.

 

The ZW reel for this album sounds fantastic!

 

Does anyone know where I can get this new LP in the UK? Amazon UK hasn't got it.

 

So strange that it's available in the US and Germany, but not in the UK. Some sort of distribution problem? My suggestion would be patience. It's bound to show up soon. (FWIW, Amazon Canada doesn't have it yet either, but they're showng a July 24 release date.)

Of related interest, can German buyers confirm that the EU LP comes with a hi-res download voucher from Universal Music? I'm assuming that (as with past releases) this is not the case in the US.

 

Well that stinks. Was hoping for more from the 2015 lp.

 

I'd simply be happy with the 2015 LP if it was flat but looking at the video at least one copy isn't. That's not a good omen. The last few UMe's I've picked up weren't great either. I'd go for the earlier (used) pressings but I don't trust the gradings given by retailers and sealed does not always mean un-used / unplayed either. I've been caught a couple of times with re-seals. The US and Germany seem to be the worst affected territories.

 

If most sellers on eBay and Discogs are indeed "shady" then I agree with you. I can't be the only person who has terrible luck buying online. I never buy anything rated less then NM and yet from about 25-30 different sellers over the past 5 years, dealing on eBay, Discogs and private online sites, I have received a near "perfect run" of poor LP's. Of course, I never buy from the same dodgy seller twice but that makes little difference as in my experience they're all the same! One recent example: a "NM" LP on Discogs described as being in seal but opened was actually a rather shelf worn sleeve in cellophone and the LP was scratched in 3 places. I did accept a partial refund. I'm sorry but from my own personal experience all second-hand LP retailers are flea bags. I also always tell the sellers about the duds and their responses are invariably (pathetic) the same: "Oh, sorry about that, I am usually spot on with gradings but we all make mistakes at times". Yeah, right.