Hi all,

Frank put out an album of cover songs which included "Send in the Clowns" among others. Does anyone know the name of this album?

Not an album of cover songs, but this is the one with "Send In The Clowns": Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (1973).

For the later (1976) version, with spoken introduction and solo piano by Bill Miller: The Reprise Collection (disc 4 of 4) and Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years.

[Edwin]

The album you're thinking of is "Old Blue Eyes is Back" (1973). S

It is not an album of "cover songs," though. Some of the songs, such as Send in the Clowns and Nobody Wins were done previously by others. As far as I know, none of the others were "cover" songs. In fact, some of the songs were written specifically for the album. Sinatra recorded Send in the Clowns again in 1976 with only piano accompaniment (Bill Miller).

The next Sinatra album after Ol' 'Bllue Eyes, "Some Nice Things I Missed," as the title tells us, is an abum of cover songs.

The original (1973) version of "Clowns" may also be found on the import two-CD set, My Way: The Best Of Frank Sinatra (disc 2 of 2).

Both versions are of course contained in The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (discs 16 and 17, of 20).

[Nick in Toronto]

As pointed out by Bob and Edwin, "Send in the Clowns" , was not released on a cover album.

Perhaps you are confusing it with "Some Nice Things I Missed" - released within that post-retirement time frame, and indeed a cover album-Not to cast aspersions on the record which had some wonderful tracks on it "covered" in some cases from before Frank Sinatra's rise to prominence.

This gives rise to the speculation of just what FS would have recorded,(and sold in the millions) had his career not been interupted by the looooong Musicians Strike - just as he was at the pinnacle of his first career.

From it's real beginning with the Dorsey Band, until its ending- with the Duets albums, - the FS career was peppered with hits and misses. Often these misses were later to be revered by Sinatraphiles as his finest work. But, hit or miss, almost everything was interesting!
(I exclude the disco versions of Night and Day, and All or Nothing at All)