[Marty]

Collection of Columbia era recordings packaged in a double album set in an impressive gatefold sleeve

catalogue no : KG 31358

Side One

1. I've Got A Crush On You
2. If You Are But A Dream
3. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
4. The Girl That I Marry
5. The House I Live In

Side Two

1. Mean To Me
2. I Have But One Heart (O Marenariello)
3. The Moon Was Yellow
4. Full Moon And Empty Arms
5. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)

Side Three

1. Day By Day
2. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
3. Ol' Man River
4. Time After Time
5. I'm A Fool To Want You

Side Four

1. Saturday Night
2. Five Minutes More
3. Sunday, Monday And Always
4. The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
5. Dream

[Mel B]

Marty, you're killing me with these beautiful covers. I want them.

[Nancy]

Marty is building the discography, Mel.

[Marty]

alternate cover with right justified tracklisting text

Catalogue No. PG-31358

thanks to Andrew and the SFF discography group

[sschweiger]

...but there seem to be a lot more compilations coming out of England these days than in previous years. I'm obviously directing this to our terrific Sinatra statisticians -- Bob, Marty, Library Bob, et al. Per Mel, the packaging is also outstanding!

[Bob in Boston]

Originally Posted by Marty

Collection of Columbia era recordings packaged in a double album set

The correct release date is October 1972. The cover design was by Teresa Alfieri; notes by Robert Ulrich. This was basically a double-LP repackaging of the two 1966 albums, Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits: The Early Years (Volumes One and Two), with one track removed from each LP.

The track listing shown in the lead post is correct only for non-USA reissues on the CBS label. There were several in different countries, most with different catalog numbers (see below*).

The USA release on the Columbia label had the sides in the original order (with a few small track changes), as shown by the front cover track list (and as indicated with complete discographical details in my posts for the single LPs). The two records would play in the order listed above when stacked-and-flipped on a record changer.

*Releases:
Australia: CBS S2BP-220124
France: CBS 65276-7
Germany: CBS KG-31358 / PG-31358
Holland: CBS 67238 / S67238
UK: CBS 22108
USA: Columbia KG-31358 / PG-31358

Bob in Boston

[Marty]

for further clarification, tracklisting as listed in initial post, taken directly from inner gatefold.

with appreciation to Andrew and the SFF discography group.

[Bob in Boston]

To further clarify, this is the ACTUAL track order of the USA release (Columbia KG-31359 / PG-31359):

Record One (Columbia C-31359)

Side 1A ("Play" Side One)

1. I've Got A Crush On You
2. If You Are But A Dream
3. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
4. The Girl That I Marry
5. The House I Live In (That's America To Me)
   
   Side 1B ("Play" Side Four)
   
   
6. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)
7. Five Minutes More
8. Sunday, Monday Or Always
9. The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
10. Dream
    
    Record Two (Columbia C-31360)
    
    Side 2A ("Play" Side Two)
    
    
11. Mean To Me
12. I Have But One Heart (O Marenariello)
13. The Moon Was Yellow
14. Full Moon And Empty Arms
15. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
    
    Side 2B ("Play" Side Three)
    
    
16. Day By Day
17. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
18. Ol' Man River
19. Time After Time
20. I'm A Fool To Want You

Note 1: The sequential (numerical) track order shown here is the same as that listed on the front cover.

Note 2: When stacked on a record changer (and flipped midway), the "play" order of the sides is: 1A, 2A, 2B, 1B. That is how the sides are ordered in the liner notes image shown above (from eBay), and how they were physically RE-ORDERED (incorrectly) on the two records of the various international CBS releases itemized in my first post. (Before being edited, the lead post of this thread specified record/side numbers corresponding to those CBS releases.)

Note 3: Many of these songs were alternate takes, as indicated in the track listings for the single LPs in the thread for Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits: The Early Years. The single LPs were released in 1966; this abridged, gatefold double LP in 1972.

Note 4: Catalog no. KG-31359 (first cover above) was the mono issue. PG-31359 (alternate cover above) was "Electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo" (sleeve quote).


I'm sure that's more than anyone wanted to know, but hopefully it sets straight the discographical record.

Bob in Boston