Between this, Lennon's Imagine release, and Dylan's Blood on the Tracks bootleg, its going to be a great fall season.
For the most part Wee Small has a lightness of touch, small group feel, where Lonely goes way deeper than that. I love them both, they're both extraordinary pieces of work. Lonely, though, is to me more severe.
I'm not sure why one would assume a gatefold--just because it's a double album? A lot of double albums get released in single sleeves (usually with plenty of extra room for the two albums, plus any inserts), including all the AP Blue Note 45s (and Nat King Cole 45s, for that matter). It seems that most people prefer gatefolds, but I think I personally prefer the single sleeves for double albums, as they're a heck of a lot less troublesome (for me, at least) to balance for insertion and removal of the albums. I prefer gatefolds to be reserved for albums with widescreen album art designs that require the gatefold format.
I have this release. A two LP 331/3 on Nonesuch & at the same price point. It is not a gatefold, with room for the two discs in MoFi like sleeves & a single info sheet. Do they still mfg gatefold covers?
We are getting off topic, but yes. Lots of Dylan MFSL gatefolds for example, among others. Anyway, as long as Ume leaves enough room for 2 discs for the Sinatra album all will be well. I'd rather have a gatefold but the sound quality is more important.
No. It looks to me like two lines per track (song title and credits). If you have good eyes, you can touch the image to zoom in at Amazon Japan, and maybe read the label.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81pIsVIkoAL._SX1500_.jpg Does this help? I guess sides 1 and 3 mean two 45 lps?
No, it's already been confirmed as a 33 1/3 LP. I don't think we should take any notice of the stock photos as the record labels clearly show 3 songs per side whilst the vinyl clearly shows 6!
Ah! My bad. I was looking at the labels, not the actual bands. They must photoshop pre-prepared images rather than take photos of the actual product.
It was the first Sinatra LP I actually bought a few years ago. I loved it immediately, and don't find it depressing in the least. It's warm, rich, and enveloping--I tend to find more stark, desert-tinged stuff like some of Neil Young's work to better fit my own definition of "depressing." I've seen the descriptions (including from some people on this forum whose views a strongly respect) of No One Cares as having gone too far and crossed a line into bleakness, and I strongly disagree with them! A quick elaboration--for whatever reason, I experience both brooding, candlelit imagery of old Europe (like that of King Crimson's "Starless") and the neon-soaked imagery of loneliness in mid-20th century city centers (like the Sinatra albums or Ellington's "Mood Indigo") as lushly romantic, rather than depressing. On the other hand, the stuff that I find truly depressing I simply cannot listen to without feeling sick to my stomach. It usually has nothing that I consider even remotely romantic or atmospheric--a lot of punk, metal, and country/roots music falls into the latter category for me.
Well, first issue stereo LPs had only ten tracks, but your point is taken. Let’s hope more attention to detail was paid to the mastering than the label printing.
There are individual tracks on No One Cares that might be darker than anything on Only the Lonely but I don't think it's as dark an experience. I guess it's a matter of taste.
Being a huge non-fan of CD’s other than for car listening, I am sick and tired of the endless lack of availability of unreleased Sinatra material put onto vinyl. It seems every time we get a landmark release like this put onto CD and digital, we get a recycled vinyl version of an album I already own 10 different ways. While I agree it’s nice to see this long album split up into 4 sides for sound quality , this is certainly a release I can wait a while to grab. I also understand and agree with not marring a perfect album by inserting extra songs and disturbing the running order. That being said, there has to be a way to include these songs in the vinyl package. Weren’t these outtakes originally recorded in analog? Then why are they only available digitally? It’s really irksome to me. We also get cool releases such as “Standing Room Only” and of course not even one of the concerts is made available in the vinyl format. This continuing pattern is why my “The Capitol Years”and The “Reprise Collection” vinyl boxes are among my most prized and most listened to Sinatra material. It is so nice to be able to hear the alternate piano take of “One For My Baby” or the spoken word intro version of “Send In The a Clouds” without turning on the CD player (my apologies to CD fans).
