Sinatra / Capitol Sound Quality, etc.: "Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely" (1958)

I had forgotten I own the silver box MFSL Only the Lonely. Yeah, it’s been a while since I listened to a lot of my Sinatra albums. I’m forgetting what I have. Tossing what I shouldn’t. Etc.

If I recall, my copy of the MFSL was riddled with surface noise. I might give it another thorough cleaning and use the “Magic” function on my Parks Audio Puffin. That function truly is magic.

 

I just listened to my silver MFSL Only the Lonely for the first time in a few years. I haven’t heard this since I upgraded my turntable and cartridge. Holy crap. This album sounds great! My copy has some surface noise, but nothing terrible.

 

It is a nice sounding LP.

Congrats on getting better sound with the upgrade - always good to hear your sound improve after changing something.

 

Thanks as always to @MLutthans for these great pages , was looking for a good copy of this for my girl & it makes life so much easier with it all laid out .
Appreciate it

 

Thrilling photos. Momentous session!

 

You beat me to it! I was just about to post the image with Carson Taylor.

 

For those keeping score, that's at least three Capitol engineers known to have been present for at least some of the OTL sessions: Taylor, Val Valentin, and Rex Uptegraft.

 

Thanks for sharing these, Matt! Every time I hear this album it mystifies me, so it's good to see some visuals of the atmosphere in the recording studio.

 

I'm sure somebody else knows for certain, but this looks more to me like one of the shots from Monte Carlo in 1958.

 

I believe so.

 

Can anyone help me identify a newly acquired stereo pressing of this album?

Scranton anvil and "&" on both sides.
Catalog number SW1053.
N13#2 side 1, N16 side 2, label has Capitol logo on the left with the arrow behind it as seen on this one:

But like I said, it's Stereo. US Scranton stereo.

Any ideas on what timespan it is from?

 

The picture isn't the exact label mine has, just the same design. SW-1053.
Thank you.

 

Yeah, I didn't realize it was missing any tracks until I came home and searched the forum. Sounds pretty decent to me for sure!
Gotta keep my eyes peeled for an original mono...

 

Looks like another release of this album is on the way. A DMM version.


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