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Track Listings
| 1. Come Fly With Me | |||
| 2. I've Got a Crush on You | |||
| 3. I've Got You Under My Skin | |||
| 4. The Shadow of Your Smile | |||
| 5. Street of Dreams | |||
| 6. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) | |||
| 7. Fly Me To The Moon | |||
| 8. One O'Clock Jump (Instrumental) | |||
| 9. The Tea Break (Sinatra Monologue) | |||
| 10. You Make Me Feel So Young | |||
| 11. All of Me | |||
| 12. The September of My Years | |||
| 13. Get Me to the Church on Time | |||
| 14. It Was a Very Good Year | |||
| 15. Don't Worry 'Bout Me | |||
| 16. Makin' Whoopee | |||
| 17. Where or When | |||
| 18. Angel Eyes | |||
| 19. My Kind of Town | |||
| 20. A Few Last Words (Sinatra Monologue) | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
This live album captures Frank Sinatra at the peak of his Rat Pack years. Recorded in 1966 at the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, crammed full of Sinatra standards and littered with musical legends, this album has become the de facto standard for arranging big band brass. Frank is backed by the Count Basie Orchestra, which at the time was the best big band in the world. The orchestra is arranged and conducted by the youthful but already accomplished Quincy Jones. From the moment drummer Sonny Payne strikes up the band, the excitement never stops. The sheer power of the playing, from sight-read parts, puts many rock bands to shame. A master wrote each note and each song is crafted to perfection. This CD also captures Sinatra's stage banter. --F.B. Hawkes
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You can't get better than this, originally a double LP, now released on a single CD. There is is no recording date on the CD but the LP was released in September 1966, and Sinatra references his own 50th year during the concert ("I think I better sing before I turn 51"), so it was undoubtably recorded in 1966. This means Sinatra was still in peak form at the time.
The great Count Basie Orchestra launches the show and then Sinatra enters saying "How did all these people get in my room"! The Basie Orchestra is fabulous providing the sort of backing that Sinatra should have used more in his career. They do a couple of instrumentals the best of which is "All of me" where I imagine most of the room jumped out of its skin when after a typical minimilist Piano statement of the tune the band enters unexpectedly with a fantastic crescendo chord.
Sinatra is amazing, and there are so many great moments on this disc that its hard to pick out favourites in a short review. However I'll pick two, the swinging version of "Get me to the church on time" and "You make me feel so young". These two tracks alone demonstrate that the man had everything you could wish from a great singer. Beautiful phrasing, immaculate timing and an ability to hold an audience that few others have matched.
There are 21 tracks on the CD, including a couple of monologues from Sinatra which are the two weakest tracks. The arranger and conducter is Quincy Jones, so no loss of quality on that front. This is an absolutely essential purchase for anybody interested in good music regardless of genre.
The great Count Basie Orchestra launches the show and then Sinatra enters saying "How did all these people get in my room"! The Basie Orchestra is fabulous providing the sort of backing that Sinatra should have used more in his career. They do a couple of instrumentals the best of which is "All of me" where I imagine most of the room jumped out of its skin when after a typical minimilist Piano statement of the tune the band enters unexpectedly with a fantastic crescendo chord.
Sinatra is amazing, and there are so many great moments on this disc that its hard to pick out favourites in a short review. However I'll pick two, the swinging version of "Get me to the church on time" and "You make me feel so young". These two tracks alone demonstrate that the man had everything you could wish from a great singer. Beautiful phrasing, immaculate timing and an ability to hold an audience that few others have matched.
There are 21 tracks on the CD, including a couple of monologues from Sinatra which are the two weakest tracks. The arranger and conducter is Quincy Jones, so no loss of quality on that front. This is an absolutely essential purchase for anybody interested in good music regardless of genre.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Singing live! I initially chose this particular Cd version because I stayed at the Sands when I was in Las Vegas. I thought that all the songs of his that we know and love are all the same so whichever CD I chose it wouldn't matter. Wrong! This CD evokes all the atmosphere of a smokey jazz club and the smoothness of Sinatra. He is evidently enjoying himself singing with the classy Bassie orchestration adn the monologues show you his humorous side.
This is the second time I have bought this CD as I have given the first ones to friends from Europe who loved it so much they took it home with them! If there is one Frank Sinatra CD you are intending to buy give this one a chance - you won't regret it. I'll bet you'll be singing along and dancing round your living room in no time!
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I dont normally rave about live albums, firstly the sound quality can be variable, and most importantly they never really capture the spirit of a live performance.
Unfortunately I wasn't born when this was recorded, but it captures a wonderful ambiance from the recording, and one area where Sinatra and the Band really scores, is the fact that they are all supreme musicians, and their performance on the night is exemplary.
I have some Sinatra studio recordings, but I would much rather listen to this, if you only ever buy one Sinatra album, or even only ever buy one live recording, let it be this one.
It is that great..
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