THE RIAA HAS TOLD US THAT ANOTHER BOOTLEGGER WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING. We will fill you in on the details later.
Also, we have been monitoring eBay over the last week and have had over 100 unauthorized products removed as of today.
Dad would be so happy about this news and so are we.
Posted by: Nancy | Mar 20, 2002 11:01 AM | 
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Posted by: Nancy | Mar 16, 2002 4:09 PM | Comments(11)
Nancy says:
Mar 16, 2002 4:32 PM
Sweetface
To my little girl -
You have made me so proud with your kind
and loving heart, your wacky humor, your ability to reason, your zest for living and your glowing smile.
You are a gift to the world and I celebrate the
day you were born.
(I was there too, ya know!)
Love,
Mom
Susan says:
Mar 16, 2002 5:36 PM
Happy Birthday Amanda, although we have never met, I almost feel like I know you. You have made your mother so very proud and I'm sure you are a special young lady. Have a great day and maybe someday we will be able to say Hi in person.
ELIZABETH says:
Mar 16, 2002 6:51 PM
Dear Amanda,
Happy Birthday!
Thank God for Photography! Due to the generosity of Your Mom, Nancy, sharing beautiful Family photographs in her book, "Frank Sinatra: An American Legend", I feel that I have almost had the privilege of watching You grow from Infancy, into a beautiful and lovely young woman, who is now an Artist and Photographer! I Wish You a Lifetime of Love in Your Marriage, and Great Success in the Opening of the Frank Sinatra Photography Exhibit on May 4th, in Amherst, Massachusetts, my home state!
ELIZABETH says:
Mar 16, 2002 7:07 PM
Dear Amanda Katherine,
An Irish Blessing For You On Your Birthday:
"May The Road Rise To Meet You.
May The Wind Be Always At Your Back.
May The Sun Shine Warm Upon Your Face,
The Rains Fall Soft Upon Your Fields,
And Until We Meet Again,
May God Hold You In The Hollow Of His Hand."
**********
And May You, And The Eyes Of Your Camera,
And The Brush, Held Warm, In Your Hand,
Always See And Reveal All The Beauty,
In The Glory Of God's Precious Land.
gerald says:
Mar 17, 2002 11:54 AM
Dear Amanda.
I wish to You a Very Happy Birthday! Health, Happiness and Prosperity. Congratulations! What a beautiful photo !
A Big Kiss and Best Wishes,
Gerald Markowitz
Mandy says:
Mar 18, 2002 1:30 PM
Dear Amanda
Sending you brithday wishes and lots of love from England. The picture is delightful!
Rich K says:
Mar 19, 2002 11:39 AM
Amanda,
A belated birthday wish from a member who went to the same high school as your Grandpa's old friend, Gordon Jenkins. (Many years later).
Your Grandpa has brought me more joy than I can express: I know he'll always be special to you and your sister.
Jamie says:
Mar 20, 2002 7:39 PM
Happy Birthday! I saw you with your mom, aunt, and Turkey at the MR&T on Dec. 10th I believe. You looked beautiful as always. Happy B-day again.
sydandgeorge says:
Mar 22, 2002 2:38 PM
A wery happy birthday manny years of happiness.
syd&george
Suzanne11 says:
Mar 29, 2002 6:29 PM
Amanda I want to wish you a belated Happy Birthday! I haven't been on the internet as much lately but certainly thought of you on St. Patrick's Day. I still have very fond memories of seeing you with your mom in Seattle in July of 1999. You were so sweet. Again congradulations on your marriage and much happiness to you. :)
wmbjjb says:
May 1, 2002 11:16 AM
A belated Happy Birthday, Amanda and a very special thanks for the photo of a proud "grandpa". Those family photos make it seem like we are part of the family.
Frank Sinatra
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Susan says:
Mar 20, 2002 11:56 AM
Bravo!
TheVoice says:
Mar 20, 2002 1:29 PM
I think it's a real good news for all true Frank Sinatra's fans all over the world and also his family for the respect of his art and his work.
Pierre Redon
Lynda51 says:
Mar 20, 2002 1:33 PM
Absolutely Marvelous!
Cindy says:
Mar 20, 2002 1:42 PM
Nancy,
I'm so happy that all your hard work on your Dad's behalf is paying off!!
Mandy says:
Mar 20, 2002 2:19 PM
Nancy
Thank you for posting this information. I think that it is so important that people are stopped from doing this. Your commitment to your father's legacy is wonderful (this word seems so inadequate, sorry). We're with you all the way!
Bret says:
Mar 20, 2002 5:38 PM
I agree with all the comments above.
I do not understand why it is necessary for some to cheat. If a product is not authorized it should not be on the market. As Nancy pointed out earlier...some of it undermined the effort by the family to release some new material of much higher quality. That is such a shame. So these bootleggers ruin it for all of us!
So now they get a little bit of payback. And more importantly others are sent a message. Maybe now this issue will be taken more seriously, like Susan said "Bravo!"
ELIZABETH says:
Mar 20, 2002 6:20 PM
Good News and Good Work, Nancy!
Once again, this sends out a clear message for bootleggers to beware.
Hooray for the RIAA!
Jamie says:
Mar 20, 2002 7:36 PM
Good! haha to those people
gerald says:
Mar 20, 2002 8:00 PM
Wonderful News !
Kris says:
Mar 20, 2002 9:12 PM
Goody Goody!
Tammy Rushay says:
Mar 21, 2002 3:50 AM
Great Nancy!!
As always, your the best, and bravo for all of the hard work it takes to watch these thugs!! Thanks for sending the message out, If it's not real, then don't have anything to do with it!! Love ya Tammy
Gonzalo Duque says:
Mar 21, 2002 9:46 AM
Nancy, I'll wait for more news on this and I for one am glad that these pirates are having their items removed from the eBay site. So many honest folks, not knowing about these items, have been bamboozled by these people and it's time that it stopped. I only hope this discourages more sneaky people from selling these items. I still maintain that all the recordings and items of interest to the Sinatra collector WILL eventually get released through time and through the PROPER channels.
Way to go!
sydandgeorge says:
Mar 21, 2002 2:02 PM
congradulations to you and the whole Sinatra staff for keeping frank's music alive forever
syd@george.
BethAdams says:
Mar 21, 2002 4:45 PM
Congratulations! I would like to know, however, what kinds of merchandise I should look out for. I bought a picture of Frank and Tony Curtis on ebay recently and I wonder if I shouldn't have bought it. Is there any way to find out if the purchases I make are "Sinatra family approved"? I would hate to take away from the hard work your family has done to ensure that Frank's memory lives on with dignity, class, and authenticity. Any ideas? Would also like you to know you have done an incredible job of maintaining your father's image. Be proud that you have done what so few children of legends do...you have taken care of his fans and yours with grace and style. Please keep up the hard work. We really appreciate it! Hope all is well with your family and I wish you all the best! A grateful admirer, Beth
Mistie says:
Mar 21, 2002 10:38 PM
Nancy
Whopee!!! that is such good news!, Both about the bootlegger being caught and getting all those bootlegged items off ebay! Way to go, this should again help to open peoples eyes, i await eagerly the details. You like everyone has mentioned are terrific, your dad would be so proud :)
pal joey says:
Mar 22, 2002 7:30 AM
Here in New York, at this very moment, dozens of street corner vendors are selling thousands of illegal copies of LEGITIMATELY RELEASED Sinatra CDs which they've copied on CD burners and made Xeroxed covers for, at $5 apiece. Throughout Asia, the situation is many times worse. These pirates are hurting the family, the record companies, and legit music retailers far worse than a bootlegger who sells a few hundred copies of unreleased material over the Internet or at specialty shops. Why the RIAA and local law enforcement (not to mention the Sinatras!) look the other way with the pirates and continue to go after the bootleggers is beyond me.
I suppose the fact that a bootlegger has been busted is good news. But the REAL criminals are still out there.
Pal Joey
broadwaychris says:
Apr 17, 2002 6:06 PM
Pardon me, but the material released on most 'bootlegs' is stuff that the powers at hand will never release or take too long to release anyway.
The 'bootlegger' has provided us the best concerts, air checks, radio and tv recordings and rare V discs before Sony came out with the gorgeous package.
It's completely disingenuous of the posters on this forum to write things like 'Bravo' and ''Marvelous' when they see the guys who bring the stuff we as fans want and value, arrested.
None of you own anything that's currently unreleased?
It's about the music, Nancy. We want the music and the flow is extremely slow.
'Close to You' just came back on the shelves this year. Were we as fans supposed to forget it existed and wait for this senselessness to subside? Of course it was available privately, the demand was there. Give us the music, Nancy- that's all we want.