FRANK SINATRA "POINT OF NO RETURN" MOFI, LE, NE (#2347), SO, 180G LP NEW/SEALED

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                                                                     FRANK SINATRA "POINT OF NO RETURN"
ORIGINAL RECORD RELEASED 1961 (CAPITOL RECORDS), RELEASED ON MOFI (FEB. 25, 2014), LE, NE (#2347), SO, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, REMASTERED BY KRIEG WUNDERLICH USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES WITH THE GAIN 2 ULTRA ANALOG SYSTEM, "THE FRANK SINATRA COLLECTION" AND A "ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING".
NOBODY SAYS GOODBYE LIKE FRANK SINATRA. FOR HIS FINAL ALBUM WITH CAPITOL RECORDS, OL' BLUE EYES ELECTED TO CROON AN UNFORGETTABLE SELECTION OF FAREWELL SONGS MARKED WITH LONGING, SADNESS, AND POIGNANCY. TO MAKE THE OCCASION EVEN MORE SPECIAL, HE TEAMED WITH ARRANGER AXEL STORDAHL, THE VIRTUOSO THAT HELPED LAUNCH SINATRA'S STAR AT COLUMBIA DURING THE 1940'S. MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, MOBILE FIDELITY'S NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION, 180G MONO LP PRESENTS THE SONGS AS THEY SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED: IN RICH, LUSH, FRONT-TO-BACK SOUND IN WHICH THE STRINGS SOAR AND LITERALLY INHALE AND EXHALE. SINATRA'S SINGING, AS GOOD AS IT'S EVER BEEN DURING HIS CAREER, COMES ACROSS WITH UNFETTERED TRANSPARENCY AND TONAL PURITY. SUCH IS THE FIDELITY, THE MUSIC TURNS INTO AURAL POETRY, RENDERING COMPLETELY FLUID AND TUBE-AMP WARM THE RUSHES OF STRINGS, WORDS, AND STRUCTURES.
THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE OLD COLLABORATORS IS IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT. SINATRA INHABITS EVERY PHRASE, FEELING, AND EXPRESSION CONVEYED ON THE DOZEN STANDARDS, ACHIEVING AN INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH STORDAHL'S INSTRUMENTAL ACCENTS. AKIN TO THE DOWNBEAT MOODS HE CASTS ON THE IMMORTAL IN THE "WEE SMALL HOURS" AND ONLY THE LONELY", THE VOCALIST KEEPS CALM AND COOL, YEARNING AND REFLECTING AS IF HE'S STROLLING A BARREN DOWNTOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT, A MAN LEFT ALONE WITH HIS THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES. SOMBER, WISTFUL,MEDITATIVE, TEARY-EYED SENTIMENTAL--SINATRA PAINTS EACH SONG WITH THE EMOTIONS THEY NEED, NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS.
FROM REGAL ("THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU") TO NOSTALGIC (I'LL BE SEEING YOU"), RELAXED ("SEPTEMBER SONG") TO DRAMATIC ("WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG"), STORDAHL'S TREATMENTS BLUSH WITH NATURAL EASE AND INSTINCT, SETTING UP SINATRA FOR COUNTLESS MOMENTS OF SUBLIME BEAUTY.  VOCAL POP AFFICIONADOS, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS CLASSIC!!