hello,
tl;dr: help me out with selecting Frank Sinatra Reprise era recording that don't suck. i already have some of them.
i have been into Sinatra since i was a teenager. my dad had one of those casket shaped console stereos in the living room with storage space for lp's in the middle. and in it was a copy of 'Swing Along With Me' (Reprise, 1961.) i really got into it! (my sweet sister, who is 13 years younger than i am, listened to the same record as a teen and is also a Sinatra fan.)
i saw him in concert once. at the time the most i'd ever spent for tickets. lousy venue, didn't sound all that great, forgot lyrics, and TOTALLY MESMERIZING.
so, as of today i own all of his work with Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, 'The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings', the V-Discs, all the Capitols save 'Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color', the Capitol Singles, some (horrible) radio air-checks, a couple of well reviewed live recordings from his Capitol period and a smattering of the Reprise recordings.
i am considering an all Frankie, all the time binge to listen to his recordings in chronological order (or as close to it as reissues will allow.) at the moment this would be a survey of 53 cd's (avoiding duplication.) i am also thinking about starting a thread here as i proceed.
my inquiry is about the Reprise era albums. i have heard some real dreck from this period and have been as selective as i can be to fill in my collection with the stuff that isn't crap.
so, fellow pyrates please help me fill in my Sinatra Reprise era recordings with the good stuff:
Reprise currently owned:
'Ring-A-Ding Ding!' 1961
'Swing Along With Me' 1961 (still love this record!)
'Sinatra's Sinatra' 1963
'September Of My Years' 1965
'A Man And His Music' 1965
'Moonlight Sinatra' 1966
'That's Life!' 1966
'Sinatra-Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings' 1967, 1971
'Francis A. & Edward K.' 1968 (unfortunately some of the dreck alluded to above.
)
'Watertown' 1970
on the Reprise to buy list:
'I Remember Tommy' 1961
'Sinatra & Strings' 1962
'Sinatra And Swingin' Brass' 1962
'Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain' 1962
'All Alone' 1962
'Sinatra-Basie The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings' 1962, 1964
'The Concert Sinatra' 1963
'Sinatra Sings Days of Wine And Roses, Moon River, And Other Academy Award Winners' 1964
'Softly, As I Leave You' 1964
'Strangers In The Night' 1966
'Sinatra At The Sands' 1966
'She Shot Me Down' 1981
so, if any of you think i already own
, or i am considering buying
, let me know. or if i've missed something i shouldn't have please let me know.
it will take a while before i get to Reprise if i follow my plan.
thanks very much.