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

Mono version has more punch. I unloaded the stereo.

 

I think the mono backing track is a bit more brassy and in your face, but the reverb on Frank's vocal is more noticeable - sometimes sounds as if you are actually listening to him in a large dance hall.

Not sure why, but I usually prefer the stereo mix (the later stereo mix, that is), which has a lighter, airy, feel and the reverb on the vocal doesn't seem to stick out so much - maybe it fits in with the orchestra/band better somehow.

 

When was the later stereo mix done? I had a rainbow stereo and then and 80s pressing with the green label. I think they were both the same mix.

 

Question about Frank Sinatra's US and UK Capitol LPs

How do they compare sound-wise?
For example, I own a mono 1959 UK of ' Come Dance With Me '.Is it similar to the US in regards to quality? Has anyone got two different copies and can enlighten me;or any knowledge on the subject??

 

Does anyone have any inside info regarding the mixing and/or mastering of this forthcoming UK release of Come Dance on the "Jackpot" label?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003YJ5MW0/ref=pe_3451_21531581_snp_dp

Thanks.

 

It's not just Come Dance. It includes Come Fly also. Obviously a "gray market" release, resulting from the expiration of 50-year copyright protection in Europe. I'm sure the cover UK Amazon is showing is wrong. I doubt this will be any "jackpot."

 

That's too bad....

 

I was hopeful about the Come Dance With Me Reel to Reel, but not really expecting too much. But I'm pleasantly surprised with the nice full sound. Maybe just because it's new to me, but I really like it!

Now if only they had made it a 2 track!

 

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?p=5851628

Matt, to my ears the saxes and trumpets sound closer to the mics on the mono version compared to the stereo (and your mono mix made from the '70's stereo LP).

 

Copied over from another thread, for the record:

It's a shame. The (Shelly Manne) drum roll intro is missing completely, leading into "Somethng's Gotta Give." At least, this particular UK box set CD did not get highest marks on Matt's scorecard, anyway.

 

I think this is from a COME DANCE WITH ME! session. From MPTV IMAGES:



Does that look like a mic back away from Frank's right, past the carpet? It's hard to see clearly.

 

The Alan Dell UK Capitol LP is really musical sounding. It's only shortcoming to my ear is the solid state sound. It needs a little bit of warmth but may well be my favorite of the LP issues. But it does virtually everything right. The 9 O'Clock label Stereo originals just have the warmth down and the drive. It's a tossup between these and the new Capitol 180G which I find a nice play copy and love. The early run 4 track tapes are my overall favorites here on all of them in nice shape.

 

Revealed? I don't know, but I'd imagine it was documented from the start.

The discography by Ed O'Brien and Scott Sayers in the 1983 book THE FRANK SINATRA SCRAPBOOK notes it, and that's going back 27+ years now.

 

If someone was reviewing session sheets, maybe for the musician's union, etc., for research on these things, I'd *think* that'd be it.

 

I can't answer the question, Matt, but I don't think it was a secret that had to be "revealed." Beau often ghost-wrote charts for May, and every discography and reference I own lists Beau as the arranger on three of the Come Dance songs. In particular, Nascimento Silva lists Beau without any extra notation, so his name is probably listed on the Capitol or union session sheets even if not on the album cover.