Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain Frank Sinatra
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Album-Release:
1962
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09.12.2014
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- 1 The Very Thought Of You 03:30
- 2 We'll Gather Lilacs In The Spring 03:12
- 3 If I Had You 04:04
- 4 Now Is The Hour 02:48
- 5 The Gypsy 03:18
- 6 Roses Of Picardy 02:58
- 7 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 03:51
- 8 A Garden In The Rain 03:21
- 9 London By Night 03:16
- 10 We'll Meet Again 03:42
- 11 I'll Follow My Secret Heart 03:15
Info for Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain
„Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain is one of the oddest albums in Sinatra's catalog. Recorded in the summer of 1962 and available only in the U.K. for a number of years, the album consists of songs by British composers, performed with British musicians, and recorded in Britain, while Sinatra was on tour. As it happened, Sinatra was tired and worn out during the sessions, and arranger/conductor Robert Farnon had written a set of charts that were ambitious, lush, ornate, and sweeping. Although the arrangements are provocative -- occasionally they are more interesting than the actual songs -- Sinatra was simply not in good shape for the sessions, which is clear from his thin, straining singing. As such, Great Songs from Great Britain isn't much more than a curiosity.“ (Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
Sinatra recorded the album, a collection of all British material, in June 1962, towards the end of a long tour raising money for children's charities that had started back in April and included performances in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Rome, Athens, Milan, Madrid. It was the only studio album he recorded outside the United States. It was recorded at CTS recording studio 49-53 Kensington Gardens Square and Sinatra spent three nights in the Bayswater studio. Sinatra had made his first visit to the U.K. in the summer of 1950 when he topped the bill at the London Palladium and enjoyed playing in Britain. When he toured Britain in 1953, at venues that ran from Tooting Granada to Blackpool Opera House, his star had been fading, but by 1962 and the time of this recording, he was a record label owner (Reprise), and recording only reluctantly for Capitol.
Frank Sinatra, vocals
Robert Farnon, arranger, conductor
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