The landmark release in 1993 by Sony/Columbia's Legacy division of the twelve-disc box set, The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings, has spawned a number of subset single-disc compilations. This thread collects and documents these miscellaneous CD albums.

In additon to the CDs below, see also the following threads or posts for other Columbia Legacy collections which are described separately:

The V-Discs 1943–1947 (1994; 2 Discs)
Harry James And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra: The Complete Recordings 1939 (1995)
The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952 (1995; 4 Discs)
Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra (1996)
Sinatra Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (1996)
Sinatra Sings His Greatest Hits (1997)
Portrait Of Sinatra: Columbia Classics (1997; 2 Discs)
Love Songs (2001)
The Voice Of Frank Sinatra (2003)
The Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (2003)
Sinatra Sings Gershwin (2003)
Sinatra Sings Cole Porter (2003)
Christmas Songs By Sinatra (2004 & 1994)
The Great American Songbook (2005)

THE ESSENCE OF FRANK SINATRA
Columbia Legacy #CK 57152 (July 26, 1994)
Compilation CD
12 Tracks
Total Playing Time: 36:40

Compilation produced by Didier C. Deutsch
Series produced by Jerry Shulman
Liner notes (12-page booklet) by Didier C. Deutsch

Track Listing:

0211 Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)
0307 Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
0419 The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
0502 Lost In The Stars
0610 Ain'tcha Ever Comin' Back?
0706 You're My Girl
0806 I've Got A Crush On You
0812 Autumn In New York
0908 Nature Boy
1005 Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
1014 The Old Master Painter
1104 Lover

(Code digits: 1&2 = Disc, 3&4 = Track, in The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings box set)

I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU
Columbia Legacy #CK 66964 (January 31, 1995)
Compilation CD
14 Tracks
Total Playing Time: 43:56

Compilation produced by Didier C. Deutsch
Liner notes by Roy Hemming and Charles Granata

Track Listing:

0108 A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
0201 Embraceable You
0207 All The Things You Are
0405 They Say It's Wonderful
0409 How Deep Is The Ocean? (How Blue Is The Sky?)
0513 Time After Time
0606 Always
0701 But Beautiful
0718 The Song Is You
0803 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
0806 I've Got A Crush On You
0808 I'm Glad There Is You
1208 Love Me
1226 Why Try To Change Me Now?

(Code digits: 1&2 = Disc, 3&4 = Track, in The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings box set)

16 MOST REQUESTED SONGS
Columbia Legacy #CK 48960 (May 16, 1995)
Compilation CD
16 Tracks
Total Playing Time: 54:37

Compilation produced by Didier C. Deutsch
Series produced by Jerry Shulman
Liner notes (8-page booklet) by Arnold J. Smith

Track Listing:

–––– All Or Nothing At All *
0102 You'll Never Know
0111 Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)
0211 Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)
0213 Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
0306 Day By Day
0307 Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
0316 Oh! What It Seemed To Be
0412 Soliloquy (Parts 1 & 2)
0415 Five Minutes More
0416 The Things We Did Last Summer
0419 The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
0513 Time After Time
0609 Mam'selle
0803 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
1222 Birth Of The Blues

*First issue on Columbia Legacy CD; also on Harry James And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra: The Complete Recordings 1939

(Code digits: 1&2 = Disc, 3&4 = Track, in The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings box set)

SUPER HITS
Columbia Legacy #CK 61060 (August 22, 2000)
Compilation CD
10 Tracks
Total Playing Time: 30:07

Compilation produced by Didier C. Deutsch & Charles L. Granata

0403 Begin The Beguine
0307 Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
0419 The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
0623 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
0211 Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)
0111 Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)
0410 Home On The Range
0908 Nature Boy
1017 Sunshine Cake
1211 Castle Rock

(Code digits: 1&2 = Disc, 3&4 = Track, in The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings box set)

[Chris92]

Regarding the "16 Most Requested Songs," why is there an "explicit" version of it on Amazon?

[Bob in Boston]

Originally Posted by Chris92

Regarding the "16 Most Requested Songs," why is there an "explicit" version of it on Amazon?

The Amazon listing for 16 Most Requested Songs [Explicit] is an MP3 album download. The "Explicit" descriptor refers to the lyrics. I don't know why they are considered explicit, but only the lyrics to "The Coffee Song" are so designated.

Bob in Boston

[Chris92]

Originally Posted by Bob in Boston

The Amazon listing for 16 Most Requested Songs [Explicit] is an MP3 album download. The "Explicit" descriptor refers to the lyrics. I'm don't know why they are considered explicit, but only the lyrics to "The Coffee Song" are so designated.

Bob in Boston

What in that song is at all explicit? :P

[MMM]

Maybe the way Pedro's holding the horse.

[Tina...]

Originally Posted by Bob in Boston

The Amazon listing for 16 Most Requested Songs [Explicit] is an MP3 album download. The "Explicit" descriptor refers to the lyrics. I'm don't know why they are considered explicit, but only the lyrics to "The Coffee Song" are so designated.

Bob in Boston

Ooh well I never.

[Dina]

Originally Posted by Bob in Boston

only the lyrics to "The Coffee Song" are so designated

That's crazy! I wonder how they designate Satisfy Me One More Time ...

[MMM]

Banned in 11 states.

[SinatraFan]

I've noticed that "Explicit" rating on iTunes for some of Frank's albums and for other singers too, like Rosemary Clooney. Makes you wonder who's in charge of the rating system?

[Nick_Bradley78]

So you've not heard the "I've got a f'ing lot of f'ing coffee in c'ing Brazil" rare take then?

[ceruleus]

Originally Posted by SinatraFan

I've noticed that "Explicit" rating on iTunes for some of Frank's albums and for other singers too, like Rosemary Clooney. Makes you wonder who's in charge of the rating system?

If it works the same as meta-tagging on iTunes podcasts, there's a yes/no option to tag a song as explicit embedded in the actual song/track file. Making the mistake of marking a song as explicit is easily done, but I don't know whether or not it's easily corrected once submitted for sale.

[sschweiger]

Haven't discovered the wonders of iTunes or MP3s as yet. Am I missing out on something important? As Larry Lee, my super World Lit professor used to say, "please elaborate!"