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Frank Sinatra
Sinatra: New York [Box] [11/3]
He made it there, and he made it anywhere and everywhere. But New York was home to Frank Sinatra, and his performances there always had a little extra zing. This sumptuous, 4-CD/DVD boxed set features seven UNRELEASED shows taken from five different decades, starting with a 1955 appearance at Manhattan Center (with introductions by Tommy Dorsey and Martin Block) and a 1963 performance at the United Nations. Then, on discs two and three, come two prime 1974 shows, one from Carnegie Hall on April 8 and one from Madison Square Garden on October 12 (with significantly different set lists). Disc four takes us back to Carnegie Hall for a June 1984 performance plus a June 1990 show at Radio City Music Hall, and the DVD presents a 1980 Carnegie Hall concert that winds up with, fittingly, 'Theme from New York, New York'. But, of course, that’s not the only signature song you’ll hear here; these set lists are dotted with classics like 'I Get a Kick Out of You; Come Fly with Me; My Way; The Lady Is a Tramp; My Kind of Town; A Foggy Day; Fly Me to the Moon; Luck Be a Lady; Come Rain or Come Shine', and more. 71 unreleased songs!
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Frank Sinatra
Sinatra: Vegas
Performers: Ron Anthony - Guitar; Count Basie - Piano; Gene Cherico - Bass; Irving Cottler - Drums; Vincent Falcone, Jr. - Piano; Jim Hughart - Bass; Lou Levy - Piano; Bill Miller - Piano; Tony Mottola - Guitar; Charles Henry Turner - Trumpet; Al Viola - Guitar Frank Sinatra accomplished so much in his career that the fact that he virtually created the swinging style that became known as the sound of Las Vegas at its peak seems like a mere footnote to his legacy. Perhaps it is a footnote, but it's a fascinating footnote and one that still holds sway over the popular imagination, both in their perception of Sinatra and Vegas. To many, Sinatra was the brassy, high-rolling Rat Pack leader that he was in the Vegas of the '60s, and that sound and image are still what people hope to experience when they visit Las Vegas. Rhino's four-CD, one-DVD box set Sinatra: Vegas was designed with those listeners in mind. It presents five concerts -- all previously unreleased -- from Sinatra's various engagements in Vegas over the decades. The first two discs are devoted to '60s performances at The Sands, a casino owned in part by Sinatra. The first disc captures a 1961 show and despite some goofing off by Frank -- pronouncing "Imagination" with a hard "G," slipping in a "goddamn" in "Moonlight in Vermont" -- this is a pretty straight-ahead performance of standards and contemporary tunes, not nearly as swaggering as his reputation suggests. It is, however, a nicely nuanced performance, one that feels more suited for a concert hall than a casino.This is also partially true of the second disc, which is devoted to a 1966 concert with Count Basie and an orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones. This stint at The Sands has been previously documented on the excellent 1966 album Sinatra at the Sands, but this CD contains previously unreleased performances from these concerts, and right away it's clear why they weren't released: Sinatra immediately breaks into jokes on "I've Got a Crush on You," swearing when he misses a line, and playing with the lyrics ("my heart became active/when you became a Jew"). Not the stuff for a 1966 LP, but a treasure for those wanting to hear the ribald Sinatra at his '60s peak, which this is because not only is he joking around, but he's in excellent form as a singer, backed by Basie's brilliant band. This is the highlight of the set, unquestionably.The next two discs are taken from '80s performances. Disc three captures a show at the Circus Maximus in 1982, while disc four is from a concert at the Golden Nugget in 1987. These concerts are not only tamer than the second disc, but they're a little bit show-bizzy -- Sinatra is not as off-the-cuff in his asides, it sometimes feels like he's done this show hundreds of times, which of course he had. But he was still a pro and even if he was in the later years of his performing career, he was still in good voice in both 1982 and 1987, so they're not only enjoyable discs, but they're also likely better representations of what the average audience saw at a Sinatra show in Vegas during the '70s and '80s than the sets at The Sands. Finally, the whole package is topped off by a complete concert at Caesar's Palace from 1978. Sinatra's entire performance was taped as part of the production of a CBS show called Cinderella at the Palace, which featured segments of other Vegas performers, but Sinatra's show has never been shown in its entirety until now. This, more than the CDs, gives the total experience of a Vegas show from Sinatra, plus it also fills in part of the story that's not told on the CDs. With this DVD, Sinatra: Vegas winds up sampling from all the decades Sinatra played Vegas -- two shows from the '60s, video from the '70s, two discs from the '80s -- and it shows both the myth and the reality of Sinatra in Sin City. And even if at times the box can show how show-business the whole shebang is, it's hard to listen to any part of the set and not get caught up in the myth of Vegas and Frank that it celebrates. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Various Artists
Rat Pack Collection (dvd)
The Rat Pack were in full swingin’ swing in the first half of the ’60s, and this set overflows with hip-ness as you watch three of the films they had a blast making together. The original 'Ocean’s Eleven' (1960) stars Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford in the immensely entertaining tale of a Vegas heist gone wrong. '4 for Texas' (1962) brings Frank and Dino back to the Old West—along with Charles Bronson, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress and the Three Stooges. And 'Robin and the 7 Hoods' (1964) pits Frank, Dean and Sammy against Peter Falk and features a memorable role by Bing Crosby in the final Rat Pack film! (6 hours 14 minutes)
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Frank Sinatra
Early Years Collection (dvd)
Here, in one set, are five of Frank’s very first forays onto the big screen: 'It Happened in Brooklyn, The Kissing Bandit, Higher and Higher, Step Lively' and 'Double Dynamite'. Save $20 off what you’d pay for these singly! (461 minutes)
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Frank Sinatra
Golden Years Collection (dvd)
Watch Frank evolve from the new kid on the Hollywood block to a blockbuster star in his own right as you watch his classic films 'None but the Brave, Man with the Golden Arm, Marriage on the Rocks, Some Came Running' and 'The Tender Trap'. Buying these singly would cost ya $20 more! (580 minutes)
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Frank Sinatra
Sinatra At The Meadowlands [5/5] *
Sinatra collectors count this as among their most sought-after concert recordings; it captures the Chairman live in March 1986 at the Meadowlands Arena in his native New Jersey, performing a set list that reads like a greatest hits collection! Includes 'It Was a Very Good Year; I’ve Got You under My Skin; New York, New York; Nice ‘N’ Easy; Come Rain or Come Shine; One for My Baby; Someone to Watch over Me; Mack the Knife; Where or When; Without a Song', and more. His great lost live album!
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Frank Sinatra
My Way (40th Anniversary)
Would you believe that this album, home to what became Frank’s signature song, has been out of print for over a decade?! Well, it’s back and better than ever, with a new remastering from the original tapes, liner notes by U2’s Bono (!) and two bonus alternate takes (a rehearsal take of 'For Once in My Life' and a live performance of 'My Way')!
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Frank Sinatra
Sinatra At The Movies
Performers: Frank Sinatra - Vocals After Bing Crosby, no jazz vocalist had more success in the movies, or was better at intertwining his performances with his films, than Frank Sinatra. From 1940 to 1970, he was never far from Hollywood, and his film successes often went hand in hand with his popular fortune. (Even his movie personas aligned with his musical themes and ambitions, from his breakthrough starring role, in Higher and Higher, to the ambitious On the Town, the scrappy From Here to Eternity, the quintessentially swinging Pal Joey, and the self-satisfied Ocean's Eleven.) Sinatra at the Movies isn't the career-spanning movie retrospective that it should be -- instead, it concentrates on his Capitol period of the '50s. (Even his big film hit from 1943's Higher and Higher, "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night," is present here only in its 1957 version.) The '50s are virtually defined by Sinatra's great music, but the quality of his movie titles was scattershot. Yes, there were some big hits from the film world -- "Three Coins in the Fountain," "All the Way," "(Love Is) The Tender Trap," "All of Me" -- and virtually all of them were great performances. Sinatra was also making sure he recorded plenty of great material, classics like "I Could Write a Book" (from Pal Joey), "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Pal Joey again), and "Just One of Those Things" (Young at Heart). Yet he was occasionally becoming lighter and more pithy by the end of his Capitol era, never more so than when a children's choir began "High Hopes." Overall, it's not a great choice for beginners, although note that it provides a great complement to his studio albums of the '50s. An added bonus here is the inclusion of several songs that are comparatively rare on Sinatra retrospectives: "Not as a Stranger," "Monique," and "C'est Magnifique." ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Frank Sinatra
Nothing But The Best
Released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Frank Sinatra's death, Nothing But the Best is indeed one of the best single-disc compilations ever released on Sinatra. This isn't a career overview, however, since it begins with his inaugural Reprise recordings circa 1960 and surveys the rest of the '60s (including only two tracks not from the '60s). This was the age of Sinatra as the hard-swinging Chairman of the Board, illustrated perfectly by "Luck Be a Lady" and "My Kind of Town." But it was also the age of wistful, middle-aged material like "Summer Wind," "Strangers in the Night," and, of course, "It Was a Very Good Year." And it was also the age when Sinatra had the freedom to record with everyone he wanted to record with, whether it was Count Basie or Antonio Carlos Jobim or his daughter Nancy (the latter on the 1967 chart-topper "Somethin' Stupid"). All of those periods are represented on Nothing But the Best, which takes its place above the best previous Reprise collection, Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years, even though it somehow omits one of his classics, "Love and Marriage." For this compilation, Reprise also commissioned new 2008 remasters of each track, which sound better than any previous, and added a new bonus track: a version of "Body and Soul" with a vocal recorded in 1984 laid over a 2007 arrangement by Torrie Zito and Frank Sinatra, Jr. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Frank Sinatra
Sinatra: The Mini-Series
How did a kid from Hoboken grow up to be Chairman of the Board—and how did the singer who had it all then almost lost it all bounce back to enjoy decades of fame and glory as a singer, actor and American entertainment icon? This beautifully done 1992 miniseries (developed by Tina Sinatra and approved by Frank) takes you through the decades of Sinatra’s life and career, through the good and the bad, all set to the sounds of his original recordings. Philip Casnoff stars, with support from Gina Gershon, Olympia Dukakis and Marcia Gay Harden. (250 minutes)
The 1992 four-part miniseries is finally on DVD! Not only did this win a Golden Globe, but even Sinatra fans applauded its realism and accuracy. Philip Casnoff is amazing as Ol’ Blue Eyes, while the juicy parts of Nancy Sinatra, Ava Gardner and Dolly Sinatra are played by Gina Gershon, Marcia Gay Harden and Olympia Dukakis, respectively. Filmed in Hoboken, so you KNOW this is the real deal!
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Frank Sinatra
Rat Pack: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Whip up a pitcher of martinis for these four Rat Pack screen classics! Special features including commentaries and featurettes join the complete films 'Ocean’s 11, Sergeants 3, 4 for Texas' and 'Robin and the 7 Hoods'. Also includes a Rat Pack deck of playing cards available nowhere else, plus 10 behind-the-scenes photo cards, reproductions of 8 lobby cards from 'Sergeants 3' and a 24-page reproduction of the original 'Oceans II' press book!
You’ll have to pour a pitcher of martinis to last you through these four Rat Pack screen classics. Special features including commentaries and featurettes join the complete films 'Ocean’s 11, Sergeants 3, 4 for Texas' and 'Robin and the 7 Hoods'. Almost eight hours of action, suspense, laughs and brotherly love from a group of guys who knew how to have fun, on and off the set!
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