Talk:The Voice of Frank Sinatra

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In the discography listing for the page called The Voice Of Frank Sinatra [[1]] there are the listings for the 1946 original release of eight songs on four discs plus the listing for the additional songs that were issued with the original 1946 songs in 2003 on CD.

I am trying to ascertain whether the Bonus Tracks on 2003 compact disc reissue were recorded at the original recording sessions in '45/46 or were remastered later editions of the same songs. It would be very helpful to know. I have all but one (3. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)) of the 1946 original recordings as mp3 files & hundreds to search through. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) shows up in the "Black Magic" & "Point Of No Return" tracks? I also was sent all but two of what were labelled the additional songs on the 2003 reissue which, on listening, appear to be of the 40's or early 50's era. Obviously he recorded many, many songs many times over, which adds to the difficulty. Listening & identifying by style, orchestra, recording quality, the age of his voice & using the many discographies available helps.

It would be very interesting to discuss these releases, especially the 1946 release with those who just want to chat about it, have memories of the time they first heard it, or the technical discography discussion or both.

[edit] Taken from the article, could we tidy and put this back in?

Whether he and Axel Stordahl were specifically asked to record the songs included in the album - interestingly we now always say ‘on the album’ - or whether they were just collected together from the two recording sessions has been lost in the mists of time. If it had been the intention to release the album why did they wait over four months to record the second set? There were five other recording sessions between July 30 and December 7. The July session took place in Hollywood from 8 in the evening until 11.30 (you couldn’t record songs like this during the day) and is arguably the single best four-song session of the 1940s (quite why they didn’t stick to Hollywood for the second set is difficult to understand). Everything at the first session is perfect. It’s as though Frank Sinatra is living every moment of those songs, you ‘feel’ the emotion. The ‘sound’ of the studio adds to the atmosphere, the arrangements - all eight songs were done by Axel Stordahl - and the playing of the studio orchestra is flawless. Gareth E Kegg 11:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)