Sinatra / Capitol 180g LPs: Wee Small Hours, Come Fly with Me, Come Dance with Me*

Bought the "Wee Small Hours" corrected LP today and it is LOADED with reverb. It is especially noticeable in the small combo recordings. Save your bucks, everybody!

 

Save them for a mono original.

 

Booooooooooo. :thumbsdn: Another lost opportunity.

dan c

 

Emergency help required

I've finally picked up the mono "Come Fly With Me" - and the sound is amazing. Unfortunately, the needle of my cheapo turntable keeps jumping out of the groove after the instrumental bridge of "On The Road To Mandalay". It seems if Billy swings to hard for it. Any idea what I can do about it? Unfortunately, there's no adjustment for the pressure on the turntable. Maybe I have to live with it - or buy better equipment

 

Hmm...way too much reverb in it for my taste. I returned it.

 

Got the Come Dance With Me. Not impressed. Lacking resolution and warmth presumably due to low resolution digital source. Fortunately I bought it with a store credit. Bummer anyway.

Worth a shot but I continue to be extra suspicious of Crapitol vinyl.

 

Give the Emi 100 Anniversary issue (LPCENT 28 Frank Sinatra Come Fly with Me) a shot pretty good IMO and quiet.

 

Thanks, I will look for it.

 

At least it's not the Bob Norberg digital mastering, as has been positied in the release of the new Jolly Christmas. Dunno if there was a digital stage in the mastering of the 'new' CDWM.

 

Matt, I remember reading that only the first 20 EMI 100 titles were digitally sourced. I think this one at #28 would be analog.

 

Thanks Steve. Will look for one.

 

SWINGIN' LOVERS! came out in the first batch of UK "Centenary" LP's, which were supposedly digital. COME FLY WITH ME - mono version, with "It Happened In Monterrey" in place of "On the Road to Mandalay" - was in the second batch, and those were supposed to be all analog. COME DANCE WITH ME - mono version - was part of the MILLENIUM batch of reissues that followed the CENTENARY series. Those were supposedly all analog as well.

No way any of these intermingled for the recent U.S. LP's - there's the one song changed on FLY, and DANCE was in narrow stereo (as you know).

 

Is the word duophonic a bad thing when purchasing a used copy of Wee Small Hours? There's a pretty nice copy in a local store that I almost bought and very reasonably priced at about $10 I think.

 

Are there any more "From the Capitol Vaults" releases coming, whether Sinatra or anyone???

 

Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duophonic

You'll want to find a mono copy for authentic sound.

I personally like Duophonic, but it's not for everyone.

 

I found the answer to my question!