A VOICE IN TIME (1939–1952)
Compilation 4-CD Box Set
Columbia/RCA Victor/Legacy
September 25, 2007

Available in two different formats:

• Catalog #88697 09669 24 – "Deluxe Edition" 7-inch square clamshell case (pictured above), with lift-out hardcover book, and CDs in cardboard sleeves in separate matching book binder.
  
  
• Catalog #88697 16124 24 – "Tall Box" 5-inch by 10-inch fold-open book-style case, with removable elongated (extra wide but shorter height) paperback book, and CDs in press-on plastic mounts on inside covers of case.

This box set covers 1939 (Harry James) through 1952 (end of the Columbia solo years). The set includes a comprehensive 120-page book of liner notes and photos. (Foreword by Nancy Sinatra; notes by Will Friedwald, Charles L. Granata, and Didier C. Deutsch.)

Compilation produced by Didier C. Deutsch and Charles L. Granata
Sonic transfers and restoration by Andreas Meyer and Matt Cavaluzzo at Sony Music Studios, New York
Mastered by Mark G. Wilder and Maria Triana at Sony Music Studios, New York
Art design by Maria Paula Marulanda

80 Tracks on 4 Discs
Total Playing Time: 4 hours 10 minutes

[ Radio airchecks in red; Studio alternate takes in blue ]
[ Recording dates as month/day/year; Track and disc times as (minutes:seconds) ]

Disc One — THE BIG BAND YEARS: 1939–1942 (65:05)

With Harry James and His Orchestra:

1. (2:56) 08/31/39 All Or Nothing At All
2. (3:06) 07/13/39 From The Bottom Of My Heart **
3. (3:27) 07/10/39 If I Didn't Care
4. (2:57) 08/10/39 Moon Love
   
   With Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra:
   
   
5. (3:18) 04/23/40 East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
6. (3:02) 02/26/40 I'll Be Seeing You
7. (3:23) 03/04/40 Say It (Over And Over Again)
8. (3:14) 07/15/41 Blue Skies
9. (3:10) 05/23/40 I'll Never Smile Again
10. (3:11) 03/29/40 Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
11. (3:41) 05/28/41 This Love Of Mine
12. (3:14) 01/06/41 Oh! Look At Me Now
13. (3:12) 05/18/42 Just As Though You Were Here
14. (2:52) 12/22/41 How About You?
15. (3:13) 04/10/40 Imagination
16. (3:36) 03/06/41 Frenesi
17. (3:39) 11/21/40 Blue Moon
18. (2:45) 08/20/42 Be Careful, It's My Heart
    
    From first solo recordings (on RCA Bluebird label):
    
    
19. (3:20) 01/19/42 The Song Is You
20. (3:02) 01/19/42 Night And Day

Disc Two — TEEN IDOL: 1943–1949 (63:26)

1. (2:52) 01/08/44 No Love, No Nothin' *
2. (2:42) 11/14/44 Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)
3. (2:50) 11/30/45 Oh! What It Seemed To Be
4. (3:21) xx/xx/43 You'll Never Know *
5. (3:16) 11/05/47 I've Got A Crush On You
6. (2:37) 10/31/46 The Brooklyn Bridge
7. (2:43) 05/28/46 Five Minutes More [up-tempo verse]
8. (3:00) 02/27/43 I've Heard That Song Before *
9. (3:05) 12/xx/45 The Trolley Song *
10. (3:08) 10/24/46 Time After Time
11. (3:01) 03/06/45 Dream
12. (3:15) 12/01/44 I Fall In Love Too Easily
13. (3:19) 12/19/44 (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way
14. (2:54) 10/31/45 It's Been A Long, Long Time *
15. (4:01) 06/14/44 Dancing In The Dark * [spoken intro: Lana Turner]
16. (4:03) 08/16/44 Medley: Easy To Love / I've Got You Under My Skin
17. (3:12) 08/22/45 Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
18. (3:56) 10/24/43 Lover, Come Back To Me *
19. (3:10) 05/01/45 Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
20. (2:09) 06/08/49 Again *

Disc Three — THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: 1943–1947 (63:09)

1. (2:40) 11/07/46 All Of Me [unissued version]
2. (3:08) 12/17/46 Sweet Lorraine
3. (3:19) 11/09/47 Body And Soul
4. (3:03) 01/29/45 All The Things You Are **
5. (2:54) xx/xx/43 Embraceable You
6. (3:08) 07/30/45 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
7. (4:14) 12/03/44 Stormy Weather
8. (3:52) 05/22/43 Begin The Beguine
9. (2:14) xx/xx/43 There Will Never Be Another You *
10. (2:32) xx/xx/43 As Time Goes By *
11. (2:41) 08/11/47 The Nearness Of You
12. (3:19) 03/11/47 Stella By Starlight
13. (3:57) 04/12/44 I Get A Kick Out Of You
14. (2:32) 03/10/46 That Old Black Magic
15. (3:04) 08/11/47 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
16. (2:29) 08/26/44 It Had To Be You *
17. (3:05) 10/29/47 What'll I Do?
18. (3:18) 10/22/47 Laura
19. (3:05) 07/30/46 September Song
20. (4:01) 12/03/44 Ol' Man River

Disc Four — THE SOUND OF THINGS TO COME: 1947–1952 (58:12)

1. (3:28) 06/03/52 The Birth Of The Blues
2. (2:44) 10/09/50 April In Paris
3. (2:35) 03/10/50 American Beauty Rose
4. (2:40) 04/14/50 Lover
5. (2:33) 04/24/50 The Continental
6. (2:24) 04/14/50 Should I? (Reveal)
7. (2:29) 04/24/50 When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
8. (3:24) 07/10/49 It All Depends On You
9. (2:38) 07/10/49 Bye, Bye, Baby
10. (2:42) 01/07/52 I Could Write A Book
11. (3:16) 12/04/47 Autumn In New York
12. (2:48) 09/21/50 If Only She'd Looked My Way
13. (3:33) 03/02/51 Hello, Young Lovers
14. (3:36) 03/02/51 We Kiss In A Shadow
15. (2:24) 02/06/52 My Girl
16. (3:09) 03/27/51 Love Me
17. (2:55) 07/19/51 Farewell, Farewell To Love
18. (2:42) 01/07/52 Walkin' In The Sunshine
19. (2:48) 09/17/52 Why Try To Change Me Now?
20. (2:56) 03/27/51 I'm A Fool To Want You

* Previously unreleased aircheck
** Previously unreleased alternate take

[ For additonal details, see these posts: Airchecks and Alternate Takes ]

SINATRA: A VOICE IN TIME (1939-1952)

Source: YouTube

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DELUXE 4-CD COLLECTION – FIRST BOX SET EVER TO GATHER COLUMBIA AND BRUNSWICK MATERIAL IN SAME PACKAGE WITH VICTOR AND BLUEBIRD

80 SONGS – 20 PER DISC – DIVIDED INTO CHRONOLOGICAL THEMES:
• Disc One – The Big Band Years: 1939-1942 (Harry James, Tommy Dorsey)
• Disc Two – Teen Idol: 1943-1949 (Bobby-soxer mania in Times Square!)
• Disc Three – The Great American Songbook: 1943-1947 (Standards forever)
• Disc Four – The Sound Of Things To Come: 1947-1952 (Capitol inspiration)
Includes two previously unreleased alternate takes and 11 previously unreleased radio airchecks.

Box set compiled and produced by Frank Sinatra reissue collaborators Didier C. Deutsch and Charles L. Granata; liner notes chapters written by Will Friedwald, Granata, Deutsch, and Nancy Sinatra.

4-hour-plus box set arrives in stores September 25, 2007, on Columbia/RCA Victor/Legacy.

“The war years were essential for my father. He represented something for so many young women whose fathers or brothers or husbands were away. There weren’t a whole lot of guys around! I love ‘Someone To Watch Over Me’ because it’s the perfect example of the vulnerability he had that made women want to take care of him: to be with him, hold him, and nurture him.”

– from the liner notes written by Nancy Sinatra

“The girls loved Sinatra, but did the boys have a choice? Whether you were a boy or girl in the ’40s, you eventually succumbed to the mystical power of Sinatra. Many men were drawn to him through the ardent passions of their sisters or girlfriends. Some were young servicemen who were grateful for the monthly cache of V-Discs that were dropped on the frontlines throughout the war. Sinatra was omnipresent on those discs.”

– from “Frank Sinatra: Teen Idol,” by Charles L. Granata, liner notes for Disc Two, Teen Idol: 1943-1949
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The Voice. It wrapped itself around America – and then the world – but first, it won the hearts of every living, breathing member of the fair sex. None were immune, mothers and daughters, sisters and wives, especially those who stayed home during the Second World War, and dreamed their dreams, as The Voice provided the soundtrack of their lives. And then, when our soldiers returned from their duty, “the sentiments he conveyed in song embodied the deep emotions that boys and men of the greatest generation had long bottled up inside,” writes Charles L. Granata. The Voice was a catalyst through which, “begrudgingly at first, they confronted those repressed feelings. The soul searching made them better men, and even better lovers.”

The consummate artistry of Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915-May 14, 1998) was a tsunami of change in the way Americans thought about popular music and the way they regarded their stars. It was a metamorphosis that took place in three major phases: his initial development as the boyish band singer with the orchestras of Harry James (in 1939, on Columbia and Brunswick Records) and Tommy Dorsey (1940-41, recording for Victor); then his emergence as a solo artist in 1942 (on Bluebird); and finally his explosion on Columbia from 1943 to 1952. During that time he was, quite simply, among the top entertainers on the scene – on records, on radio, in movies, and eventually on television – and the #1 personality to everyone under age 30.

For the first time in history, the merger of Sony Music and BMG Music enables the production of the first deluxe four-CD box set to encompass his music on the first formative record labels of his career, Columbia, Brunswick, Bluebird, and Victor. Contained are 80 songs – among them two impossibly rare previously unreleased alternate takes (“From The Bottom Of My Heart” with Harry James in 1939; and “All The Things You Are” in 1945) and 11 previously unreleased radio airchecks spanning 1943-52 (from such shows as Songs By Sinatra, The Vimms Vitamin Show, and Lucky Strike’s Your Hit Parade). In advance of next year’s 10th anniversary commemoration of his death, FRANK SINATRA: A VOICE IN TIME (1939-1952) will arrive in stores September 25th on Columbia/RCA Victor/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

[Above as posted by Nancy: Aug 22, 2007 10:05 PM, on the Sinatra Family Forum News page. Click here to view additional public comments.]

The above posts will be filled in as details become available.

Note: From the preliminary track list, it is obvious that a number of the songs are airchecks (radio recordings), some of which are previously unreleased officially. When complete facts are known, I'll expand the track listing above to include additional details such as recording dates, source type (radio or studio), and alternate take indications.

[Edit:] Web blurb removed; see official announcement immediately above.

[Nancy]

Thanks Bob

This is exciting news, Nancy! (Even before the news. )

Hope they'll throw in a few more of the cuts with Harry James besides just All Or Nothing At All.

[Mark]

Do you know if any of this stuff is going to be unreleased material?

I'm going to own it regardless, but was just curious.

[Jake]

Sounds great!

Originally Posted by BlueCrystalMan

Do you know if any of this stuff is going to be unreleased material?

As Chuck Granata has shown and told us many times, it has been the practice to include rare unreleased and/or radio material with each new Legacy release. I'm sure we won't be disappointed.

[Mark]

They could re-release every FAS CD/collection/boxed set I already own into a single, new package, I'd buy it, and STILL not be disappointed.

[Ronald Sarbo]

Some air checks are listed among the contents. There could also be some alternates.

[SinatraFan]

This is Great News!!!

I can't wait to see the track listings and until it's released!

[Taylor]

Something to look forward to.

Originally Posted by Bob

As Chuck Granata has shown and told us many times, it has been the practice to include rare unreleased and/or radio material with each new Legacy release. I'm sure we won't be disappointed.

Plus with the updated technology now, even some of the things that
sound so good in the Big Blue Box will now sound even better!!!!

Let's not forget that this will include Dorsey material also. Now that BMG (RCA-Victor) and SONY (Columbia/Legacy) have merged, it's all under one roof.

THIS IS TERRIFIC NEWS!! I can't wait to see the track listing and order my copy!!

[George Lyons]

Ya gotta love new Frank!! I'm kinda partial to the Dorsey collaborations, can't wait.

[Ronald Sarbo]

www.cduniverse.com has track listings.

[Judy]

Ah! My favorite era(s) of his music! And just in time for my birthday...