FRANK SINATRA "SINATRA'S SWINGIN' SESSION " MOFI, LE, NE, SO, 180G NEW/SEALED
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FRANK SINATRA "SINATRA'S SWINGIN' SESSION!!!"
ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN 1961 (CAPITOL RECORDS), REMASTERED & REISSUED DEC. 11, 2012, BY MOFI, LE, NE (#2240), SO, MONO, 180G. MASTERED AT AT MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB, SEBASTOPOL, CA ON THE GAIN 2 ULTRA ANALOG SYSTEM, "THE FRANK SINATRA COLLECTION", "ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING", SPECIAL STATIC FREE-DUST FREE INNER SLEEVE, HEAVY DUTY PROTECTIVE PACKAGING.
"LEGEND HAS IT THAT WHEN FRANK SINATRA INITIALLY STEPPED INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO FOR THE FIRST OF FOUR SESSIONS, HE ASKED NELSON RIDDLE TO SPEED UP THE TEMPOS TO THE SONGS THAT LANDED ON SINATRA'S SWINGIN' SESSION!!!. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE ARRANGER FOLLOWED ORDERS AND THAT THE RESULTS-BUOYANT, CHEERY, FUN, EXUBERANT, ZESTY, AND WONDERFULLY JAZZY, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THIS 1961 EFFORT REMAINS THE CHAIRMAN'S FASTEST, HARDEST-SWINGING SET. AND OH, HOW IT SWAGGERS. THIS REISSUE WILL HELP CONVERT YOUR ROOM INTO A STUDIO STUFFED WITH HORN PLAYERS AND PERCUSSIONISTS,WITH SINATRA, DECKED OUT IN A TRADEMARK FEDORA AND SUIT, HOLDING COURT AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL. SINATRA'S SWINGIN' SESSION!!! ISN'T A LIVE ALBUM, BUT IT HITS WITH THE GUSTO AND TANG OF ONE. NAME ANOTHER SINGER FROM HIS ERA (OR ANY) THAT COULD POSSIBLY KEEP TIME WITH THESE UPTEMPO BEATS AND SOUND AS IF HE ISN'T EVEN BREAKING A SWEAT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, SINATRA HAS A BLAST MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN. RIDDLE'S ARRANGEMENTS HELP PUSH FORWARD THE TUNES, WHETHER THEY BE HAPPY, STANDARDS SUCH AS "WHEN YOU'RE SMILING" (THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU), OPTIMISTIC FINGER-SNAPPERS LIKE "S'POSIN'", OR THE EVERGREEN "BLUE MOON", PUNCTUATED WITH A MEMORABLE TENOR SAX SOLO. MELODIES UNFURL LIKE RED RIBBONS ON PACKAGES; GROOVES, ALTERNATE BETWEEN GALLOPING AND GALLIVANTING; EVEN BALLADS CAN'T RESIST MOVING TO JOYOUS RHYTHMIC PATTERNS. THROUGHOUT, SINATRA'S CASUAL, UNINHIBITED SINGING RISES ABOVE THE BAND, PRODUCING EMOTIONS THAT ARE AT ONCE FRISKY, LIGHTHEARTED, PLEASURABLE, AND CONTAGIOUS. DUST OFF YOUR DANCING SHOES. "SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY "IN" TO FRANK SINATRA, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START AND IF YOU'RE A FAN THIS ONE IS A GREAT PLACE TO CONTINUE. RIDDLE'S BIG BAND ARRANGEMENTS ARE AGGRESSIVE, EXUBERANT AND HIGH ENERGY THROUGHOUT AND OCCASIONALLY WHIMSICAL AND LIGHT HEARTED...MOBILE FIDELITY HAS DONE A SUPERB JOB HERE, AND WHICH BETTER, AN ORIGINAL OR THIS REISSUE, WILL BE SYSTEM DEPENDENT, YOUR ORIGINAL WILL NOT LIKELY BE AS DEAD QUIET AS THIS RTI PRESSING."---MICHAEL FREMER IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS REVIEW.
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