THE CAPITOL YEARS (u.s. 3 Cd Box Set) 1990

Set Avatar · #1 06-15-2003, 08:21 AM

Capitol 3 CD Boxset w/ 68p booklet, Mono/ Stereo

All selections originally released as Capitol singles and LP tracks, and available on THE COMPLETE CAPITOL SINGLES COLLECTION
THE COMPLETE CAPITOL SINGLES COLLECTION 1996
and/or individual CDs (with bonus tracks)

EXCEPT:

selections which are unique to this collection

selections which are on
THE CAPITOL YEARS UK 21CD BOXSET
The Capitol 21 CD UK Box Set

and alternate takes:
# (also on SINGS THE SELECT SAMMY CAHN)
+ (also on SINGS THE SELECT RODGERS & HART)

Set Avatar · #2 06-15-2003, 08:23 AM

DISC 1
1. I've Got The World On A String
2. Lean Baby
3. I Love You
4. South Of The Border
5. From Here To Eternity
6. They Can't Take That Away From Me
7. I Get A Kick Out Of You
8. Young At Heart
9. Three Coins In The Fountain
10. All Of Me
11. Taking A Chance On Love
12. Someone To Watch Over Me
13. What Is This Thing Called Love
14. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
15. Learnin' The Blues
16. Our Town
17. Love And Marriage
18. (Love Is) The Tender Trap
19. Weep They Will
20. I Thought About You
21. You Make Me Feel So Young
22. Memories Of You (early unreleased version w/Nelson Riddle)
23. I've Got You Under My Skin
24. Too Marvelous For Words
25. Don't Like Goodbyes
26. (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know

DISC 2
1. Hey! Jealous Lover
2. You're Sensational
3. Close To You
4. Stars Fell On Alabama
5. I Got Plenty Of Nothing
6. I Wish I Were In Love Again
7. The Lady Is A Tramp+ (alternate take)
8. Night And Day
9. The Lonesome Road
10. If I Had You
11. Where Are You
12. I'm A Fool To Want You
13. Witchcraft
14. Something Wonderful Happens In Summer
15. All The Way
16. Chicago
17. Let's Get Away From It All
18. Autumn In New York
19. Come Fly With Me
20. Everybody Loves Somebody
21. It's The Same Old Dream #
22. Put Your Dreams Away
23. Here Goes
24. Angel Eyes

DISC 3
1. Ebb Tide
2. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
3. Only The Lonely
4. One For My Baby (demo w/ Bill Miller)
5. To Love And Be Loved
6. I Couldn't Care Less
7. The Song Is You
8. Just In Time
9. Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night
10. Come Dance With Me
11. French Foreign Legion
12. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
13. Here's That Rainy Day
14. High Hopes
15. When No One Cares
16. I'll Never Smile Again
17. I've Got A Crush On You
18. Embraceable You
19. Nice 'N' Easy
20. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
21. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
22. I've Heard That Song Before
23. Almost Like Being In Love
24. I'll Be Seeing You
25. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues

Set Avatar · #3 09-26-2003, 03:19 PM

If you wanted to introduce Sinatra material to someone, this would be a great place to start. Every song on this 3 CD set is marvelous. Even has an unreleased piano only on One For My Baby. That alone is worth the price of all three CDs.

This set comes with a great array of songs, from the Capital albums and from the Capital singles. Never heard a Capital recording that I didn't like, single or album song.

Once you listen to this set, you may become hooked on FS's music and will want more. It's that good.

Set Avatar · #4 10-06-2003, 09:30 AM

When Dean recorded Everybody Love Somebody, I figured that was the definitive version. Lo & behold I heard Frank's version (done years earlier) and it didn't hit me right away. But as I listened more & more, I can honestly say I prefer this version to Dino's. And the orchestration is great.

Give this version another listen.

Set Avatar · #5 10-07-2003, 01:46 AM

And the mastering is as good as you'll find as far as Frank Sinatra CDs are concerned.

Set Avatar · #6 10-07-2003, 04:56 PM

Yup, it's a nice package.

Set Avatar · #7 10-21-2003, 09:22 AM

Reading this thread last night I realized there are songs on here I haven't heard!

If I have all the Capitol LPs, the Singles Collection, and the Soundtracks, what Capitol recordings am I missing?!?!

I was under the impression that there wasn't much else in the way of Capitol recordings, but there are several songs on this release I wasn't aware of, like "Sunny Side of the Street" and "Everybody Loves Somebody"... where did these songs originate?

Can one of you experts fill me in?

Thanks!

Set Avatar · #8 10-21-2003, 03:44 PM

After posting that last message, I realized that "Sunny Side" is off Come Swing With Me, but there ARE otherwise unavailable tracks on this set, no?

Set Avatar · #9 10-21-2003, 05:59 PM

This was the first set of Sinatra albums that I purchased. After listening to this, I was hooked. I followed up with Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin Lovers, and decided I had to have it all and bought the Concepts box. This is the greatest period of music from America's greatest musical artist. If you want to hook someone on Sinatra, let them listen to this for a week!

Set Avatar · #10 10-21-2003, 07:50 PM

Welcome to the Forum, and of course to FRANK'S RECORDINGS.

I will make appropriate annotations on the tracklist above (re availability elsewhere) in the next day or so - sorry, it's a work-in-progress! Or maybe a legit expert will jump in, in the meantime!

For a quick comparison for now, go to:

http://www.sinatrafamily.com/forum/s...&threadid=8069

and follow the links.

Cheers, Rickster

Set Avatar · #11 10-23-2003, 12:15 AM

Annotations have been made above - hope your questions have been answered.

Set Avatar · #12 10-23-2003, 07:43 AM

Rick

THANK YOU! I really appreciate it!

Set Avatar · #13 10-25-2003, 08:02 PM

Rick,

I believe that "The Lady Is A Tramp" is an alternate take exclusive to this set as well.

I knew a little of both Sinatra's Columbia and Reprise recordings, but this set marked my first exposure to his legendary Capitol recordings, and it played a big part in making me the fan I am now. My mother bought it for me as a Christmas present in 1990, and it's one of the best gifts I've gotten before or since.

PJ

Set Avatar · #14 10-25-2003, 08:22 PM

Do you believe it or know it for sure? Same session - different take? What's the story?

Set Avatar · #15 10-28-2003, 04:58 AM

The version on the Capitol Years first appeared on "The Select Rodgers & Hart". It was also on an English album I believe (can't remember the name at the moment.) It's an alternate take from the same session that produced the one used on the "Pal Joey" album (and of course it is not the same version as heard in the film).

Set Avatar · #16 10-28-2003, 02:21 PM

Edits and info always gratefully appreciated.

Set Avatar · #17 10-28-2003, 03:18 PM

Listing the key issues only, here's what I have regarding the two different versions of "Tramp" from the November 26, 1956 session. They are identical in the first part of the song, so it is not an alternate take but an intercut that makes the difference. The CD-Rom Database lists all record sources for the two different versions.

There have been quite extensive debates on which version represents the "original" one and which one was the intercut. In fact, if you are into such things, it is one of the most fascinating discussions held so far on a Sinatra recording. I suppose only a complete documentary of the recording session and its individual takes (that in this case has not been done so far), or even better, a release of the session tape would clear up the questions remaining.

THE LADY IS A TRAMP (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)
Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
Recorded November 26, 1956 in Hollywood, Capitol Tower
(Album sessions for „A Swingin’Affair“)
Capitol master E 16205

Take 17 (version A)
LP: Frank Sinatra Sings Rodgers & Hart (Capitol W/WD-1825, issued 1962) = UK LP of the same title (capitol UK SRS 5083)
CD: The Capitol Years (3 CD set Capitol 94777, issued December 1990)
CD: Sinatra 80th-All The Best (Capitol 35952, issued November 1995)
CD: The Great Films and Shows (4 CD set, Capitol UK 92225)

Take 17 (version B)
LP: Pal Joey (Capitol W/SW 912, issued October 1957)
CD: Pal Joey (Capitol 91249, issued 1989)
CD: A Swingin’Affair (Capitol 04518, issued 1991; bonus track)
CD: Sings The Select Rodgers & Hart (Capitol 80323, issued April 1995)

Differences between the two masters occur in several phrasings in the second part of the song after the bridge, e.g. in the word „fresh“ (...wind in your hair).
A main difference is the last line:
-17 A That’s why the lady is a tramp (last word sung long)
-17 B: That’s why the lady is a tramp (last word sung short)

Bernhard.

Ronald Sarbo · #18 10-28-2003, 03:40 PM

The question that remains is which is the original and which is the intercut?

As the Pal Joey version was issued first I assume it was the original.

Sinatra may have wanted a stronger ending which prompted the intercut version issued on the R&H Lp.

Set Avatar · #19 10-28-2003, 06:02 PM

Yes Ron, that's the question, which one was first?

On the "Pal Joey"-LP-version, Frank is off-key on the first "That's" (why the lady), and the trumpet note that preceeds that word is off-key as well. Both notes, trumpet and vocal, are on key in the "Rodgers & Hart"-LP-version.

However, on the Rodgers & Hart-LP version, Frank cracks up reather heavily on the word "lady" in the second of the final three repeats of the line "That's why the lady", while on the Pal Joey version, the second "lady" is done in tune.

Bernhard.

Set Avatar · #20 10-29-2003, 10:46 AM

E16205/17 NO INTERCUTS C2/94777

E16205/17 WITH INTERCUTS 91249/2
W912
LCT6148