CLASSIC SINATRA II
Capitol/EMI Compilation CD
UPC # 5 09999 64442 2 1
Release Date: June 2, 2009

Original Producers: Voyle Gilmore & Dave Cavanaugh
Compilation Producers: Frank Collura & Charles Pignone
Mastering: Dave McEowen @ Capitol Mastering, Hollywood
All tracks (P) 2009 Capitol Records, LLC (except bonus track 21†)

21 Tracks

01 12/09/58 (2:39) Something's Gotta Give
02 01/16/56 (2:29) Too Marvelous For Words
03 08/15/55 (2:39) Love and Marriage *
04 11/28/56 (3:53) From This Moment On
05 09/13/55 (2:57) (Love Is) The Tender Trap *
06 02/17/55 (3:42) I Get Along Without You Very Well
07 04/19/54 (2:07) All Of Me
08 01/09/56 (2:29) I Thought About You
09 10/03/57 (3:33) Moonlight In Vermont
10 05/08/59 (2:42) High Hopes [with "A Bunch of Kids"] *
11 03/23/55 (3:02) Learnin' The Blues *
12 03/25/59 (3:34) Here's That Rainy Day
13 01/10/56 (2:43) Pennies From Heaven
14 03/03/60 (2:17) I've Got A Crush On You
15 05/29/58 (4:00) Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
16 01/09/56 (2:54) Memories Of You
17 10/17/55 (2:40) Love Is Here To Stay
18 09/11/61 (3:47) When The World Was Young
19 04/07/54 (3:14) Just One Of Those Things
20 05/29/58 (3:48) Angel Eyes
21 ––/––/–– (1:40) This Can’t Be Love (previously unreleased bonus track) †

(Recording dates as month/day/year)
(Track times as minutes:seconds)

Arranged by:

Billy May (01, 09)
Nelson Riddle (02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21)
Gordon Jenkins (12)
Axel Stordahl (18)

Original LP releases:

1954 Swing Easy! (07, 19)
1955 In The Wee Small Hours (06)
1956 Songs For Swingin' Lovers! (02, 08, 13, 17)
1956 This Is Sinatra! (03, 05, 11)
1957 A Swingin' Affair! (04)
1958 Come Fly With Me (09)
1958 Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (15, 20)
1959 Come Dance With Me! (01)
1959 No One Cares (12)
1960 Nice 'N' Easy (14)
1961 All The Way (10)
1962 Point Of No Return (18)
1973 Sinatra Like Never Before (16)
None (21)

*First released as a single

†Track 21 (P) 2009 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC; produced by Charles Pignone; mixed by Larry Walsh; audio restoration by Keith Robinson.


The official Press Release from Capitol/EMI and Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE) appears on the SFF News Page.

Originally Posted by Ore!

There's a new CD available for pre - order by Amazon. It will be released by Capitol on the 2nd of June. Any info on that?

Thanks for the notice, Orestis. Pending confirmation from Nancy, I've started this thread.

This is the link to the Amazon page: Classic Sinatra II. No additional info as yet.

The predecessor Capitol CD title, Classic Sinatra: His Great Performances 1953-1960, was a huge commercial success for many years after its release in 2000.

It appears the label is trying to Capitol-ize [pun intended] on the success of the rival Warner/Reprise offerings Nothing But The Best and Seduction, and/or they're scrambling to ride the coattails of the upcoming Concord Records releases.

[Nancy]

The complete announcement is on the news page.

[SinatraFan]

Yeah, it seems that whenever Reprise/Concord/FSE has new and exciting CDs planned, Capitol always releases a compilation album of their own.

[Library Bob]

All of this is about pure name exploitation (and, I suspect, in FS's case, sour grapes on Capitol's part), for both FS and Capitol's other big compilation cash cow, the Beach Boys. In both bases, they've gone beyond milking the cow. They've started in on the bull, as well.

And the disgusting, disenheartening truth is, they've been so damned successful at it.

BTW, Happy Easter, everybody.

[Josh]

Classic Sinatra was full of excellent tracks and I thought the sound qulaity was good, it will be interesting to see what Capitol puts on this release.

This CD is now listed on the EMI Music Canada website, so there's no doubt this is an official Capitol release.

Also, the title shown by Amazon is now "Classic Sinatra, Vol. 2."

[George Lyons]

That info makes it more tangible. Imagination is not on either of those lists.

The Track Listing has now been posted above. I'll add recording dates and original album titles shortly.

The bonus track, "This Can't Be Love," is still somewhat of a mystery. Sinatra never did a Capitol studio recording of this song. It may be from his NBC radio series To Be Perfectly Frank, broadcast on December 18, 1953.

More details to be supplied as they become available.

[Nancy]

If you can't beat'em, join'em. Check the news page.

[George Lyons]

Capitol's career achievement listings didn't mention FS's 13 Grammy Awards.

[Nancy]

Oren, thanks so much for your comment on the news page. We appreciate the kind words.

Originally Posted by Bob

The bonus track, "This Can't Be Love," is still somewhat of a mystery. Sinatra never did a Capitol studio recording of this song. It may be from his NBC radio series To Be Perfectly Frank, broadcast on December 18, 1953.

Another possibility is from a March 7, 1958 episode of The Frank Sinatra Show on ABC television.

[Oren]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Oren, thanks so much for your comment on the news page. We appreciate the kind words.

Thanks Nancy, After reading this thread I was a bit nervous about the comment I left.
From reading this thread I see reprise and capitol aren't the best of friends and I'm sorry if it's a coattails project or if some see it as Capitol's sour grapes. I've said it before, I'm not the most knowledgeable fan when it comes to the buisness side and the history of Frank's recording sessions or contract issues etc etc. All I know is I love the voice and it makes me feel like no other voice can. There's some gems here, I can't wait to get my hands on. So while some of you may find it to be riding the Sinatra name, I consider it a gift. If the SFF will promote it, I'll support it and can't wait to get my hands on it.


It's like on my Springsteen chat board, People complain about Essentials and Greatest hits projects, But not everything is for the diehards. There's people just joining the party and it's a good introduction.

Any official Frank project that introduces new fans and keeps the flame burning is ok with me.

[Nancy]

We are fine with this one and helped Capitol put it together. I didn't know that when I first heard about the project so I was a bit cynical until FSE confirmed that we are on board. It's on the news page with recording dates and personnel.

[Oren]

With Vegas, and The Stamp release it just set the ball rolling. It's an exciting time to be a Frank Sinatra fan and I can't wait to see what else FSE has instore for us.

[SinatraFan]

Originally Posted by Bob

The bonus track, "This Can't Be Love," is still somewhat of a mystery. Sinatra never did a Capitol studio recording of this song. It may be from his NBC radio series To Be Perfectly Frank, broadcast on December 18, 1953.

More details to be supplied as they become available.

I knew Capitol would include a previously unreleased track. It will be interesting to find out where the track is from.

Originally Posted by Oren

With Vegas, and The Stamp release it just set the ball rolling. It's an exciting time to be a Frank Sinatra fan and I can't wait to see what else FSE has instore for us.

That's an understatement, Oren. It's an awesome time. Now I have 3 FS releases pre-ordered. Plus my wife surprised me tonight by bringing home 3 more CDs, including Classic Sinatra I. I'll need another cabinet soon.