FRANK SINATRA "WHERE ARE YOU?" MOFI, LE, NE (#1755), SO, 180G NEW/SEALED

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                                                                        FRANK SINATRA "WHERE ARE YOU?"
MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES: MOBILE FIDELITY 180G 33 RPM MONO LP TRACES A STRAIGHT PATH TO SINATRA'S VOICE, JENKIN'S ORCHESTRATIONS, MUSIC'S EMOTIONS. LIMITED AND NUMBERED EDITION (#1755) HAS BEEN SOLD-OUT FOR MANY YEARS. 1/4"/15 IPS ANALOG MONO MASTER TO ANALOG CONSOLE TO LATHE.
"WHERE ARE YOU? IS PERFECT IN EVERY SENSE. RECORDED WHEN SINATRA WAS 42, THE TORCH ALBUM FINDS HIM IN IMPECCABLE VOICE AND SPIRIT. THE DOZEN TRACKS FIT TOGETHER AS A UNIFIED WHOLE; IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE ONE SONG MISSING, OR ANOTHER ADDED. ARRANGER GORDON JENKINS READS SINATRA'S MIND, AFFORDING HIM WITH LUSH ARRANGEMENTS THAT BREAK HEARTS AND UNDERSCORE DELIBERATION. TOPPING IT OFF, SINATRA'S INTERPRETIVE SKILLS UTTERLY ASTONISH. GENRES ASIDE, THIS 1957 CAPITOL CLASSIC IS INARGUABLY ONE OF THE TEN-BEST VOCAL POP EFFORTS MADE IN THE 1950'S. THE RECORD'S SPLENDID BEAUTY AND UNPARALLELED EMOTIONALISM SURFACE LIKE NEVER BEFORE ON MOBILE FIDELITY'S NUMBERED-EDITION 180G MONO LP. MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, THIS MONO VERSION FOCUSES THE INSTRUMENTALISTS, IMAGE, VOCALS, AND AMBIENCE IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER THAT EXCEEDS THE DETAIL ON THE MORE-COMMON STEREO VERSION. IN ADDITION, THIS REISSUE MARKS THE FIRST TIME THIS GEM HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE IN MONO IN SEVERAL DECADES. AKIN TO PREVIOUS SINATRA TITLES, THE SOUND AND CLARITY ON THIS LP TAKES THE VOICE INTO YOUR ROOM, PUTS HIM ON AN IMAGINARY STUDIO STAGE, AND GIVES YOU YOUR OWN PRIVATE CONCERT. JENKINS' WARM, CLASSICALLY INFORMED ARRANGEMENTS GRANT SINATRA THE SENTIMENTS AND SUPPORT HE NEEDS. THE SUMPTUOUS MELODIES AND BURNISHED STRINGS COMPLEMENT THE SINGER'S COMPLETELY NATURAL DELIVERY; SELDOM HAS SINATRA SOUNDED SO RELAXED, DRAMATIC, WARM, CELLO-LIKE, AND IN A ZONE. HIS LYRICAL PHRASING AND RHYTHMIC TIME-KEEPING ARE SPOT-ON; HIS SOULFULNESS AND SENSITIVITY OF ANOTHER WORLD. SINATRA'S RENDITIONS OF "LAURA", AUTUMN LEAVES", AND "LONELY TOWN" ARE THE REFERENCE-BEARING PERFORMANCES OF THESE FAMOUS STANDARDS."-----------------MUSICDIRECT.COM