Sinatra and Strings

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Sinatra and Strings
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Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedJanuary 1962
RecordedNovember 20–22, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length34:50
Label Reprise
FS 1004
Frank Sinatra chronology
I Remember Tommy
(1961)		Sinatra and Strings
(1962)		 Point of No Return
(1962)
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Sinatra and Strings is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra consisting of standard ballads. It was arranged by Don Costa. [3]

Contents

The album was the first that Sinatra recorded with Costa. [4] They subsequently worked together on Cycles (1968), Some Nice Things I've Missed (1974) and Trilogy (1980). Charles L. Granata, in his 2003 book Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording, felt the producer and mixing engineer of the album "chose to enhance the flat session tapes with just the right shower of reverberation, resulting in an appealingly glossy wet sound". [4]

Costa subsequently felt that the album "was and always will be, the hallmark of my existence" and Sinatra's son, Frank Sinatra Jr., felt that the album with its large orchestra and "lush string sound" marked a new era in his father's recordings. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Hadn't Anyone Till You" Ray Noble 3:44
2."Night and Day" Cole Porter 3:37
3."Misty"
2:41
4."Stardust"
2:48
5."Come Rain or Come Shine"
4:06
6."It Might as Well Be Spring"
3:15
7."Prisoner of Love"
3:50
8."That's All"
3:21
9."All or Nothing at All"
3:43
10."Yesterdays"
3:45
Total length:34:50
1991 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."As You Desire Me" Allie Wrubel 2:53
12."Don't Take Your Love from Me" Henry Nemo 4:05
Total length:41:48

Complete personnel

Tracks 1, 4, 10, 11:

20-November-1961 (Monday) - Hollywood.

Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Ted Nash, Harry Klee, Willie Schwartz (fl); Russell Cheever, Justin Gordon (clt); Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); William Kosinski (oboe); Bill Usselton (b-clt); Emo Neufeld, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci, Anatol Kaminsky, Joe Stepansky, Herman Clebanoff, Nathan Ross, Israel Baker, Amerigo Marino, Paul Shure, James Getzoff, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson, Victor Amo, Daniel Karpilowsky (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Paul Robyn, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Stanley Harris (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Kurt Reher, Justin DiTullio (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert, Ralph Peña (b); John Markham (d); Emil Richards (perc/timp).

Tracks 2, 5, 9:

22-November-1961 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.

Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino, Robert Bryant (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, Richard Perissi, John Cave (fr-h); Bud Shank, Abe Most, Justin Gordon (sax/fl); Russell Cheever, Arthur Smith (sax/clt); Jack Marsh (sax/bsn); Jules Jacob (oboe); Bill Usselton (b-clt); Emo Neufeld, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci, Anatol Kaminsky, Joe Stepansky, Herman Clebanoff, Nathan Ross, Israel Baker, Amerigo Marino, Paul Shure, James Getzoff, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Victor Amo, Daniel Karpilowsky (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Paul Robyn, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Stanley Harris (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Armand Kaproff, Justin DiTullio (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert, Ralph Peña (b); John Markham (d); Emil Richards (perc/tymp); a vocal group [I]. Don Costa, Nelson Riddle (arr).

Tracks 3, 6, 7, 8, 12:

21-November-1961 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.

Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw, Sinclair Lott (fr-h); Arthur Gleghorn, Ethmer Roten, Jules Kinsler (fl); Mahlon Clark, Arthur Smith (clt); Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Jules Jacob (oboe); Bill Usselton (b-clt); Emo Neufeld, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci, Anatol Kaminsky, Joe Stepansky, Herman Clebanoff, Nathan Ross, Israel Baker, Amerigo Marino, Paul Shure, James Getzoff, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson, Victor Amo, Daniel Karpilowsky (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Paul Robyn, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Stanley Harris (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Kurt Reher, Justin DiTullio (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert, Ralph Peña (b); John Markham (d); Emil Richards (perc). [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. ↑ Sinatra and Strings at AllMusic
  4. 1 2 3 Granata, Charles L. (2003). Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press. p. 162. ISBN   978-1-61374-281-5.
  5. ↑ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN   978-0274963768.


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