Frank Sinatra - Sings His Greatests Hits - Columbia Records [Flac Cue][TntVillage]

Artist...............: Frank Sinatra
Album................: Sinatra Sings His Greatest Hits
Genre................: Vocal
Source...............: CD
Year.................: (1945 - 1952) Remastered 1997
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Acer CD-R/RW 8X4X32
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 26 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: TntVillage

Ripped by............: leonenero on 14/12/2013
Posted by............: leonenero on 14/12/2013
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Covers...............: Front Back CD

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Tracklisting
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1. All Of Me (1946) [02.42]
2. I Could Write A Book (1952) [02.44]
3. I've Got A Crush On You (1947) [03.17]
4. Night And Day (1947) [03.41]
5. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) (1944) [02.45]
6. The Brooklyn Bridge (1946) [02.38]
7. Nancy (With The Laughing Face) (1945) [03.21]
8. The House I Live In (1945) [03.20]
9. The Birth Of The Blues (1952) [03.30]
10. Body And Soul (1947) [03.26]
11. April In Paris (1950) [02.46]
12. I'm Glad There Is You (1947) [03.08]
13. Sweet Lorraine (1946) [03.11]
14. Time After Time (1946) [03.12]
15. Laura (1947) [03.21]
16. The Song Is You (1947) [03.17]
17. I'm A Fool To Want You (1951) [02.58]
18. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) (1945) [03.08]

Playing Time.........: 56.33
Total Size...........: 147,52 MB

This Columbia "Legacy" CD has terrific artwork: a few pretty pics of Frankie at his skinniest-a real bobbysox idol, a new appreciation of Sinatra by Will Friedwald, an explanation by Charles Granata of how and why these specific songs were chosen (when it is obvious that a true Greatest Hits of Sinatra might be at least TEN CD's long). The original graphics & liner notes look great and the CD, itself, is painted to look like a long playing vinyl disc of the post WW2 years.

Then there are the songs, the interpretations, the arrangements. All impeccable. Sure, I could do without hearing "Nancy With the Laughing Face" or "The House I Live In" ever again but Sinatra is at his torchiest in "I'm a Fool To Want You," his most tender in "I've Got A Crush On You," his coolest in "Body and Soul" and his swingingest in "Sweet Lorraine." And if I've read the enclosed booklet correctly, that song has Nat King Cole on piano and Buddy Rich on drums!!!!!!!

Recorded from 1944 to 1952,the sound is remastered monaural and it is fine.