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Music : A Voice in Time: 1939-1952In association with Amazon.comby: Frank Sinatra List Price: $49.98 Amazon.com's Price: $26.97 You Save: $23.01 (46%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0886970966924 Format: Box set, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 4 Publisher: Sony Release Date: September 25, 2007 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 11391 MPN: 709669 Disc 1:
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![]() Rating: - very very nice compilation of good musicIt has so many songs, great songs. But.. the most popular one "NY NY" it's not in there. :( too bad! Rating: - A Sinatra TreasureSome years ago I purchased "Frank Sinatra: The Capital Years." "Frank Sinatra: A Voice in Time (1939-1952)" is the perfect companion to The Capital Years. Covering his recordings on the Bluebird and Colombia labels, the listener hears a Sinatra quite different from the swinging Sinatra of the 50's. This is the balladeer par excellence. Many recordings include the arrangements of Alex Stordahl which fit in so well with Sinatra's smooth delivery. The Box Set is comprised of 4 discs ... Read More Rating: - What the Fuss Was All AboutI am a huge Sinatra fan. I have dozens of his CDs and LPs. I have read a number of books about him. To me, he is the greatest American male singer. (Ella Fitzgerald is the greatest American female singer.) I purposely overlooked his early career. To me, his career was his recordings on Capitol and Reprise. I had no interest in his early stuff. Big mistake, and this set of recordings on Columbia proves it. From the first disc, when he is the "boy singer" with the band, it is apparent that he was a force. ... Read More Rating: - From an Old Blue Eyes fan...The book and pictures brought back a lot of memories as I was one of those"bobby soxers" that cut school to go see him in San Francisco. I have listen to to CD's non stop since receiving them.. Rating: - COLUMBIA'S STUPIDITY MORE OBVIOUS THAN EVER!Just having listened to the samples proves to me more than ever that towards the end of his Columbia years, Frank was already the more mature singer he would be at Capital. It's easy to ask 'How could Mitch Miller have been so dumb?' More to the point, how could the bosses at Columbia have been so dumb when they fired Manny Sachs his predecessor and hired Miller away from Mercury? It was because he had such success with Frankie Laine. It was a change in popular taste which had something to do with WWII and ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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