Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers| TRACKS | | 1 | My Funny Valentine | | 2 | Girl Next Door, The | | 3 | Foggy Day, A | | 4 | Like Someone in Love | | 5 | I Get a Kick Out of You | | 6 | Little Girl Blue | | 7 | They Can't Take That Away From Me | | 8 | Violets For Your Furs | | 9 | Just One of Those Things | | 10 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | | 11 | Sunday | | 12 | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | | 13 | Taking a Chance on Love | | 14 | Jeepers Creepers | | 15 | Get Happy | | 16 | All of Me | This CD contains Sinatra's first 2 Capitol albums. "SONGS FOR YOUNG LOVERS" is also available as part of GIFT SET.
Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra (vocals); Nelson Riddle (conductor, arranger).
SONGS
FOR YOUNG LOVERS was recorded on November 5 and 6, 1953. SWING EASY was
recorded on April 7 and 19, 1954. Includes liner notes by Pete Welding.
All tracks have digitally remastered using 20-bit technology.
SONGS
FOR YOUNG LOVERS and SWING EASY--both recorded and released in
1954--mark the beginning of Frank Sinatra's resurgent solo career in
the 50s. They also mark the beginning of a long and fruitful
association with both Capitol Records and Sinatra's most inventive,
stylish arranger, Nelson Riddle. Previously, Riddle had arranged
several Nat 'King' Cole hits, including "Unforgettable" and "Nature
Boy." After their first hit together, Harold Arlen's "I've Got the
World On A String," the die was cast and they would be linked as
musical partners made for each other. Unlike the massive, string-laden
Columbia Records productions of Sinatra's earlier solo career, producer
Voyle Gilmore would emphasize closely-miked instrumentation and a more
pronounced back beat. He was helped in this task by Riddle's precise
scoring and chamber music approach to big band arranging.
Frank
Sinatra thrived in this setting. The smaller sound enabled his
characteristic intimate approach to singing to dominate the session as
never before. In his previous incarnation, Sinatra was speaking
directly to the listener from some far-away romantic place. Now he was
speaking from across the room and he made that room, any room, a very
romantic place indeed. The first album (EP really), SONGS FOR YOUNG
LOVERS, contains the classier songs ("My Funny Valentine," "A Foggy
Day," "I Get A Kick Out Of You") but SWING EASY easily matches it in
energy, verve and yes, swing. This is where it all began in the '50s
and Sinatra got it right from the very first note. |
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