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STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT [Concord Re-Issue] 2010
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10-26-2009, 05:03 PM
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STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
Concord Records Deluxe Reissue CD Catalog No. CRE-31910 (UPC #888072319103) © Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc. Release Date: January 26, 2010 Original Album Credits: Produced by Sonny Burke (except track 1 by Jimmy Bowen) Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle (except track 1 by Ernie Freeman) Recorded by Lee Herschberg & Eddie Brackett Art Direction & Photography: Ed Thrasher Liner Notes: Stan Cornyn Album released May 1966 (Reprise 1017) Deluxe Edition Reissue Credits: Executive Producer: Hal Gaba Producer: Charles Pignone Tape Review by Larry Walsh & Charles Pignone Engineered & Mixed by Larry Walsh 24-bit remastering by Dan Hersch/DigiPrep Package design: Jimmy Hole Photos courtesy of Frank Sinatra Enterprises Liner Notes (12-page booklet): Ken Barnes 13 Tracks
[ See also the Frank's Recordings thread for the original Reprise album: Strangers In The Night (1966) ] |
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10-26-2009, 05:04 PM
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Press Release
As posted by Nancy on the News Page:
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT REISSUED FRANK SINATRA’S STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT REISSUED IN DELUXE EDITION BY CONCORD MUSIC GROUP WITH THREE BONUS TRACKS LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “Strangers in the Night” was Frank Sinatra’s best-selling single and — between the single and its namesake album — the recipient of four Grammy Awards including Record of the Year in 1966. But it almost didn’t get to market in time, with Bobby Darin and Jack Jones cutting the song at the same time. Sinatra’s version was the hit, displacing the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” to the #2 position in 1966 and proving the biggest hit of his career. The album shot to the top of the charts as well. Even in the rock ’n’ roll era, nine-time Grammy recipient Frank Sinatra was still the Chairman and one of the most important musical figures of the 20th Century, selling more than 27 million CDs in the SoundScan era alone. On January 26, 2010, Concord Records, on license from Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), will release Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition, a digitally remastered reissue of Sinatra’s classic album featuring three bonus tracks and liner notes by Ken Barnes. The deluxe edition contains all ten of the original Reprise Records album’s songs as well as three previously unreleased additions: “Strangers in the Night” and “All or Nothing at All,” both recorded live at Budokan Hall in Tokyo in the ’80s, and an alternate take of “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” from the original 1966 album sessions. The Strangers in the Night album was arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle (with the title track arranged by Ernie Freeman). Sonny Burke was the album’s producer, with the exception of the title track, which was produced by Jimmy Bowen, theretofore known primarily for his work in rock ’n’ roll and country. German composer/arranger Burt Kaempfert, known for his production of the Beatles’ first commercial recordings in the very early ’60s, had supplied theme music for the James Garner film A Man Could Get Killed called “Strangers in the Night.” Within days, Bobby Darin and Jack Jones were both recording it. But Bowen heard it as a hit for Sinatra and instantly set up a session to record just that song (most sessions would produce four songs at a time). Sinatra was not initially crazy about the song, but trusted Bowen’s judgment. It wasn’t long before the trust was justified. Within hours of final mixing, Bowen sent acetates of the song to key radio stations —by private planes. The extravagance paid off, but not overnight. Two months later, the song broke big in the U.K. and a month later, on July 2, 1966, it hit #1 in the U.S. and in every major territory, becoming the biggest record of Sinatra’s career. The rest of the Strangers in the Night album was recorded in two May 1966 sessions with longtime producer Burke again at the helm and Riddle arranging. The songs were primarily classic standards with a few of them reflecting the current scene. But as annotator Barnes points out, there was no attempt to appeal to teenage America, other than that some of the songs came from Sinatra’s own teenage years: Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn’s “My Baby Cares for Me” from 1928, Donaldson’s “You’re Driving Me Crazy” from 1930, and “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby,” also by Donaldson and Kahn, from 1925. Also included was Rodgers & Hart’s “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” from the 1935 musical Jumbo. Apart from the album’s title track, the most important song on the album was a German tune with English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, “Summer Wind,” which reached #1 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart. Two British songs, both popularized by Petula Clark, “Call Me” and “Downtown,” were a nod to current tastes, as was Alan Jay Lerner’s “On a Clear Day,” one of the better show tunes of its period. Ken Barnes observes, “Despite a marked stylistic difference between the title song and the rest of the tracks, Strangers in the Night became Sinatra’s most commercially successful album. He had dealt with the new pop age spectacularly — and on his own terms.” [more] |
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10-26-2009, 06:27 PM
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10-26-2009, 07:01 PM
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Thanks for the info Bob!! Looking very forward to this release!
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10-27-2009, 03:57 AM
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I'll be interested to hear the remastering of this gem. "On a Clear Day," "Call Me," "Summer Wind," and "All or Nothing at All" are all near the very peak of Sinatra/Riddle perfection. And it'll bring back happy memories, as this was the first FS album that I purchased with my hard-earned pocket money back in 1970... I think it cost me one pound, seventeen shillings and six pence!!
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10-27-2009, 04:07 PM
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I haven't listened on earphones for a long time and my memory may be playing tricks with me, but, as I recall, the orchestra isn't separated the same way on all the stereo tracks of the original, and one setup is much more effective than the other. With some songs, I remember there being too much in the middle behind the vocal.
With remastering, this new version should really sparkle. |
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10-27-2009, 04:59 PM
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This is such exciting news!! I'm so happy to know that I'll soon own Sinatra's last great collaboration with Nelson Riddle. I'm so looking forward to finally hearing Strangers in the Night. Now, if only his Jenkins albums, All Alone and She Shot Me Down, would be re-released, I'd be completely happy.
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10-28-2009, 12:41 AM
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This is great news, for this album along with "Sinatra Jobim" are the last 2 great albums from Frank anything after that does nothing for me, but "Strangers" now I really love this album and can't wait to hear it anew, here's hoping it contains the Stereo & Mono versions, but either way you can count me in for buying this new remaster in fact I can't wait.
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10-28-2009, 12:45 AM
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Bob do you know if this will be released by Universal in Europe or is it likely to be existing version, it would be a strange move not to release the updated version, but with record companies being what they are you never know, stranger (no pun intended) things have happened.
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10-28-2009, 12:50 AM
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10-28-2009, 10:33 AM
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I suppose the 1 downside of that is albums like "The Concert Sinatra" will never get the deluxe releases, but of course it makes commercial sense to do the most well known albums (or at least those with the most well known title songs) in this style, and at least they are all flooding back onto the CD racks again after a very long break. The team-up with Sinatra Enterprises/UMG-Concord is the best thing that has happened to the Sinatra catalogue in years, backed by the strong (and remastered) compilations. For the first time I think the Reprise material is becoming available in greater quantities and in more interesting ways than the Capitol classics.
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10-28-2009, 11:45 AM
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I guess you know these albums too, but I think they are great too 
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12-15-2009, 01:00 AM
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Image up on Amazon UK and US
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strangers-Night-Dlx-Frank-Sinatra/dp/B0030GBSVG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260870617&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Night-Dlx-Frank-Sinatra/dp/B0030GBSVG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260871115&sr=1-5 Also a second editionof the CD is being released in January(link in main SITN thread)
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12-15-2009, 01:55 AM
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Amazon links
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Here are the Amazon links in the US, UK, Canada (CA), Germany (DE), and Japan (JP): [US] [UK] [CA] [DE] [JP] Concord Records: Strangers in the Night (Dlx)Previous discussion of the non-USA release(s) in this thread: Catalog nos. & Amazon links for UMG January releases. This is the first time Concord and Universal issues from FSE are being released simultaneously. [Added:] A third limited edition version is available only from Universal Music Japan: SHM (Super High Material) pressing in mini LP-style sleeve. See: Universal Music Japan Releases. P.S. The way to identify identical products listed on Amazon websites is by the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) shown in the product descriptions. |
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12-15-2009, 02:24 AM
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Ok, well hopefully the packaging is the same aside for a few logos, if not I will wait until our board members decide which release is better and get that one.
Who knows, one might have a cardboard sleeve, correct inner notes, extra photos in the book, the correct songs in the right place, all things are possible nowadays as we have seen with other releases.
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12-15-2009, 02:35 AM
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I'm sure the music will be identical.
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12-15-2009, 03:07 AM
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