The month of May is shaping up to be a big one for Sinatra fans. In addition to all the new DVD releases, now comes news of a brand new CD.
From the press release: “On May 13, Reprise will release NOTHING BUT THE BEST, a single-disc collection from Sinatra’s Reprise Years that features 22 classic […]
A few interesting links here, including news of a new partnership between the Sinatra family and Warner Music Group that will hopefully bring to market many new Sinatra releases. There’s also an extended review of The Voice in Time and a reminder of Sunday evening’s premier of the Don Rickles Project on HBO.
Warner Music Group […]
A nice article today in Brazzil Magazine discusses the Sinatra Jobim album from 1967, now celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Here’s a rarity you don’t often see. This is a first-edition release of the commemorative A Man and His Music on Reprise. While it often turns up in online auctions, what makes this copy so special is that the first edition was autographed by none other than Sinatra himself. The opening bid on this one […]
Today was release day for “Sinatra: Vegas” and what a day - the new boxed set immediately landed at #34 on Amazon Music’s top seller list. Not bad for a singer who passed away 8 years ago and whose best recordings were considered to have been made over 40 years ago!
Several publications had reviews of […]
Little more than a decade ago, if you wanted to purchase a live Frank Sinatra album you had few choices. The first of these is, of course, the venerable Sinatra at The Sands, which needs no introduction. The second was The Main Event, an abridged version of Sinatra’s triumphant return to public performance at New […]
My copy of Sinatra: Vegas (Box Set, 4CD/1DVD) is due in today’s mail. I will be posting a review of this much anticipated release later today. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Here’s the review.
Today Amazon posted a video preview of the almost-released-but-not-quite-here-yet Sinatra Vegas set. The preview contains an excerpt from the DVD performance at Caesar’s Palace in 1978, a full rendition of Lady is a Tramp. I’ve previously seen video of this performance and from what I see on the Amazon page the quality of this […]
