[sschweiger]

Always wondered if Frank did a take or two with the complete "Soliloqy" lyric. Maybe this CD, by its special nature, will have the answer.

[David A]

Originally Posted by Nancy

"The new album includes some sections of Nelson's orchestrations that never made it to the original album."

You just made my day.

[Dina]

Originally Posted by Nancy

"The new album includes some sections of Nelson's orchestrations that never made it to the original album."

Wonderful!

[Efer Junior]

Great news!!!

[ivest2]

Originally Posted by Nancy

"The new album includes some sections of Nelson's orchestrations that never made it to the original album."

WOW!!! Do you mean instrumental passages edited on the original release, so some tracks will be longer?

[Bob in Boston]

Originally Posted by Markus

I guess "expanded" means: +California & America the Beautiful.

Yes, the upcoming Concord CD will include "California" and "America, The Beautiful" as bonus tracks.

Bob in Boston

[Bob in Boston]

Originally Posted by Marty

post reserved for album Image

Here 'tis:

Bob in Boston

[Bob in Boston]

Could this mean something more than a faithful reproduction of the original 1963 Reprise LP gatefold cover?

Bob in Boston

[Markus]

This sounds great.... hard to wait till January'12!

[Nick_Bradley78]

Have America the Beautiful and California been on any other sets aside from the 4CD and 20CD Reprise boxes? I would use the wow database to look that up but can never get the thing to work properly, and Bob will know! I know those 2 recordings are not widely known and will make a great addition here.

[Ronald Sarbo]

Nick: They are only on the 2 sets you mentioned.

[Nancy]

The SFF discography is on every page.

[Nick_Bradley78]

Thanks Ron, will be interesting to hear them remastered here.

[Bob in Boston]

Originally Posted by Nick_Bradley78

Have America the Beautiful and California been on any other sets aside from the 4CD and 20CD Reprise boxes? [...] Bob will know!

No, for "California."

"America, the Beautiful" may also be found on My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra two-disc edition.

Bob in Boston

[Chris92]

So. EXCITED!

All of these re-issues make me proud to be a Frank fan!

Imagine if never-before-released recordings from any era were found/compiled to make a full studio album release, kind of like a posthumous thing. I would go crazy!

[David A]

Have I mentioned how excited I am for this release? It's easily one of his greatest albums: it's on my revolving top 5 with Watertown, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, In The Wee Small Hours and Francis A. & Edward K.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by David A

Have I mentioned how excited I am for this release?

You and me both

[Jeffrey Simmons]

Originally Posted by Nancy

"The new album includes some sections of Nelson's orchestrations that never made it to the original album."

Thanks Nancy!

[Jeffrey Simmons]

Originally Posted by Bob in Boston

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Bob in Boston

Bob had posted the above attached extract of wording from the album cover and there are other threads here which Bob will, I am sure, be able to quote where there have been long discussions as to why, thus far, we have never really heard the sort of unparalleled sound referred to. I very much hope that this forthcoming re-release satisfactorily addresses this!

[Bob in Boston]

Jeffrey, you left out of your quote the most relevant part of my post:

Originally Posted by Bob in Boston

Could this mean something more than a faithful reproduction of the original 1963 Reprise LP gatefold cover?

As I indicated earlier in this thread, unofficial sources have indicated this release will NOT be remixed in the manner to which you refer. However, the inclusion of that legend/wording on the new CD cover leaves open the possibility. More likely though, it's just a matter of accurately reproducing the original LP cover. (That legend did not appear on the previous three US and EU CD issues of this album, only on the recent Japanese mini-LP cover.)

I was simply hoping to receive some official word about the tape sources for the new remix.

Bob in Boston