FRANK SINATRA
SWING EASY + 2 BONUS TRACKS (LP) (LTD)
Label | JAZZ WAX |
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Catalog | JWR4574 |
Format | LP |
Discs | 1 |
Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
Street Date | 2016-05-28 |
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The music on this album, recorded in April 1953, marks the definitive moment in Frank Sinatra’s comeback after his career appeared to have come to a close in 1952. This was an extremely difficult period for the singer, both personally and professionally. Musical tastes had changed, rock & roll was emerging and many felt that Sinatra had become passé, a product of an earlier period with nothing more to contribute to popular music.
FRANK SINATRA, vocals
Orchestra conducted & arranged by NELSON RIDDLE
Original recordings produced by Voyle Gilmore
KHJ Studios, Hollywood, April 7 (A1-A4) & April 19 (B1-B4), 1954. [These eight tracks constituted the original Swing Easy 10” LP.]
A5-A6: FRANK SINATRA (vc) with orchestra conducted & arranged by AXEL STORDAHL. KHJ Studios, Hollywood,
April 2 (A5) & April 30 (A6), 1953.
B5-B6: FRANK SINATRA (vc) with orchestra conducted & arranged by NELSON RIDDLE. Los Angeles, March 7, 1955 (B5) & December 8, 1953 (B6). [The preceding four tracks were added when Swing Easy was reissued as a 12” LP.]
*BONUS TRACKS (A7 & B7): FRANK SINATRA (vc) with orchestra conducted & arranged by NELSON RIDDLE. Los Angeles, May 2, 1953.
- Side A:
1. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
2. I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
3. SUNDAY
4. WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS
5. LEAN BABY
6. I LOVE YOU
7. MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE *
Side B:
1. TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE
2. JEEPERS CREEPERS
3. GET HAPPY
4. ALL OF ME
5. HOW COULD YOU DO A THING LIKE THAT TO ME?
6. WHY SHOULD I CRY OVER YOU?
7. I CAN READ BETWEEN THE LINES *