Frank Sinatra – INTEGRAL FRANK SINATRA 1957-1960 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 07:41:11 minutes | 2,35 GB | Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Diggers Factory
Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra (* December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey; † May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, actor and entertainer. His surnames were Ol’ Blue Eyes and, because of his characteristic voice, The Voice. Sinatra has long been considered the most influential artist in Las Vegas and was therefore called Chairman of the Board (Chairman of the board) among his colleagues half jokingly, but just as respectfully. He began his musical career in the swing era as a singer in the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. With fellow artists such as Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. he was a member of the so-called Rat Pack. His internationally successful hits, including Strangers in the Night, My Way and New York, New York, brought Sinatra worldwide fame; his albums have sold more than 150 million copies.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – Young At Heart (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:20 minutes | 477 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Finest Recordings
The song was written and published in 1953, with Leigh contributing the lyrics to what was originally a Richards instrumental called “Moonbeam”. Frank Sinatra was the first performer to record the song, which became a million-selling hit in late 1953 (and spilling over with popularity into 1954) where it reached the No. 2 spot in the Billboard chart.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – Platinum (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:34:54 minutes | 1,56 GB | Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
The beautiful LP box “Platinum”, which contains 44 hits, classics and sought-after rarities by Frank Sinatra on four LPs, celebrates the 70th anniversary of the signing of the contract between Sinatra and Capitol Records. Between 1953 and 1962, Sinatra recorded 16 albums for the label, which made him one of the greatest song performers of all time. The titles selected for this compilation offer a cross-section of his versatile work. “Platinum” is also available as a 2CD set.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – No One Cares (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:39 minutes | 406 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Frank Sinatra’s second set of torch songs recorded with Gordon Jenkins, No One Cares was nearly as good as its predecessor, Where Are You? Expanding the melancholy tone of the duo’s previous collaboration, No One Cares consists of nothing but brooding, lonely songs. Jenkins gives the songs a subtley tragic treatment, and Sinatra responds with a wrenching performance. It lacks the grandiose melancholy of Only the Lonely, nor is it as lsuh as Where Are You?, but in its slow, bluesly tempos and heartbreaking little flourishes, it is every bit moving.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – I’m Gonna Live Till I Die: Those Essential 1950s Singles (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:18:16 minutes | 381 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Francis Albert Sinatra (English: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA – May 14, 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American singer (singer) of Italian descent, film actor, film director, producer, showman, conductor, political activist. Winner of the Oscar Film Award, eleven-time winner of the Grammy Music Award, four-time winner of the Golden Globe Award. He was awarded the highest civilian award of the United States — the Congressional Gold Medal (1997).
Read moreFrank Sinatra – FRANK SINATRA INTEGRAL 1953 – 1956 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 06:49:25 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Diggers Factory
Francis Albert Sinatra (English: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA – May 14, 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American singer (singer) of Italian descent, film actor, film director, producer, showman, conductor, political activist. Winner of the Oscar Film Award, eleven-time winner of the Grammy Music Award, four-time winner of the Golden Globe Award. He was awarded the highest civilian award of the United States — the Congressional Gold Medal (1997).
Read moreFrank Sinatra – Where Are You? (1957) [MFSL 2013]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 41:57 minutes | Scans included | 747 MB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 424 MB
MONO | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2109
Following the hard-driving A Swingin’ Affair, Frank Sinatra released another all-ballads record, Where Are You? The album was the first he recorded at Capitol without Nelson Riddle, as well as the first he recorded in stereo. Where Riddle’s down beat albums are stately and sullen, Jenkins favors lush, melancholy arrangements played by large, string-dominated orchestras. Jenkins’ arrangements suggested classical textures, although the tempos alluded to Billie Holiday’s ballad style. Where Are You? primarily consists of torch songs, including “The Night We Called It a Day,” “I Cover the Waterfront,” and “Lonely Town.” Throughout the record, Sinatra blends with Jenkins’ sumptuous strings, making his voice sound rich, relaxed and regretful. It doesn’t have the stark despair of In the Wee Small Hours, but its luxurious sadness makes Where Are You? a majestic experience of its own.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session (1961) [MFSL 2013]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 22:26 minutes | Scans included | 1,07 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,05 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 577 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2110
Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! And More is a fast, driving album, the speediest and hardest swing collection Frank Sinatra ever recorded. The majority of the album is a re-recording of six of the eight songs from his first LP, Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra, as rearranged by Nelson Riddle. Sinatra performed the songs twice as fast as was expected; consequently, it’s one of his jazziest swing sets, with the musicians spitting out energetic, forceful solos and providing tough, gutsy support. Not only do the uptempo numbers speed by, the ballads are sprightly. It doesn’t have the brassy verve of A Swingin’ Affair, but Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! does have a confident, swaggering flavor of its own that makes it nearly as enjoyable.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (1956) [MFSL 2014]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 44:35 minutes | Scans included | 1,79 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 462 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2106
After the ballad-heavy In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle returned to up-tempo, swing material with Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, arguably the vocalist’s greatest swing set. Like Sinatra’s previous Capitol albums, Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! consists of reinterpreted pop standards, ranging from the ten-year-old “You Make Me Feel So Young” to the 20-year-old “Pennies From Heaven” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” Sinatra is supremely confident throughout the album, singing with authority and joy. That joy is replicated in Riddle’s arrangements, which manage to rethink these standards in fresh yet reverent ways. Working with a core rhythm section and a full string orchestra, Riddle writes scores that are surprisingly subtle. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” with its breathtaking middle section, is a perfect example of how Sinatra works with the band. Both swing hard, stretching out the rhythms and melodies but never losing sight of the original song. Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! never loses momentum. The great songs keep coming and the performances are all stellar, resulting in one of Sinatra’s true classics.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – Point Of No Return (1962) [MFSL 2013]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:21 minutes | Scans included | 1,21 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 806 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2112
At the time he recorded his final Capitol album, Point of No Return, Frank Sinatra was no longer interested in giving his record label first-rate material, preferring to save that for his new label, Reprise. However, someone persuaded the singer to make the album a special occasion by reuniting with Axel Stordahl, the arranger/conductor who helped Sinatra rise to stardom in the ’40s; he also arranged the vocalist’s first Capitol session, so his presence gave a nice sense of closure to the Capitol era. Even though the Voice gave a more heartfelt, dedicated performance than expected, the project was rushed along, necessitating the use of a ghost-arranger, Heine Beau, for several tracks. Point of No Return remains a touching farewell, consisting of moving renditions of standards like “September Song,” “There Will Never Be Another You,” “I’ll Remember April,” and “These Foolish Things,” with only three charts being replications of their previous work (“I’ll Be Seeing You,” “September Song,” “These Foolish Things”). Sinatra would never sing these standards with such detailed, ornate orchestrations, and, as such, the album has a feeling of an elegy.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – No One Cares (1959) [MFSL 2013]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 37:59 minutes | Scans included | 1,15 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 777 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2111
Frank Sinatra’s second set of torch songs recorded with Gordon Jenkins, No One Cares was nearly as good as its predecessor, Where Are You? Expanding the melancholy tone of the duo’s previous collaboration, No One Cares consists of nothing but brooding, lonely songs. Jenkins gives the songs a subtley tragic treatment, and Sinatra responds with a wrenching performance. It lacks the grandiose melancholy of Only the Lonely, nor is it as lsuh as Where Are You?, but in its slow, bluesly tempos and heartbreaking little flourishes, it is every bit moving.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – A Swingin’ Affair! (1957) [MFSL 2014]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 45:23 minutes | Scans included | 1.82 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 474 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2107
In some ways, A Swingin’ Affair! is “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!, Pt. 2,” following the same formula of Sinatra’s hit album of the previous year. Beneath the surface, there are enough variations on A Swingin’ Affair! to make it a distinctive, and equally enjoyable listen. The most noticeable difference between the two records is their basic approach. Where Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! swung hard but managed to stay rather light, A Swingin’ Affair! is a forceful, brassy album — it exudes a self-assured, confident aura. It is a hard, jazzy album. However, the attack is more brash.
Read moreFrank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957/2014)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 32:26 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | © Capitol Records
This seasonal collection of Yule tide classics sung by Frank Sinatra in his late-1950s incarnation, with impeccable string arrangements by Nelson Riddle, contains convincing performances of favorites like ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem,’ ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,’ and ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas.’
It’s a tribute to Sinatra’s versatility and professionalism that this oft-sung set comes off sounding simultaneously fresh, original, and heartwarming. Includes liner notes by Pete Welding.