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Summary: Francis Albert Sinatra Remembered
Comment: "Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail." ~ Frank Sinatra ~
Today marks the 10th death anniversary of a legendary musical icon, Francis Albert Sinatra. This review is my very own way of paying respect to his greatness as an artist, not merely a singer but an exceptional artist at that!
Sinatra's unparalleled greatness as an artist had earned him accolades that he truly deserved, to mention a few - awards from Golden Globe, Academy, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award, and several other honorary and humanitarian awards. Likewise, he had earned his eternal star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And not to mention the most current honor given to him by the US Post Office - a US commemorative postage stamp that was launched just yesterday.
Released only a month ago, "Sinatra At The Movies" is another great collection of 20 theme songs from various unforgettable motion pictures recorded under Capitol Records. I'm the type of a collector who doesn't shy away from compilation CDs especially if the material is impressive and outstanding. And this CD is not an exception for it represents some of the best songs ever recorded and my all-time favorite Sinatra staples.
This collection starts off with "Love Is The Tender Trap" from the movie of the same title, and ends with "To Love And Be Loved" (Some Came Running). Although I have enjoyed listening to all the tracks here from the various CDs each song was taken from, I still find this CD a worthy addition to my Sinatra collection. A special treat and one of the rarities from Sinatra's body of work is an all-time favorite of mine, "C'est Magnifique" (Can Can). For more breathtaking tracks, listen closely to "All The Way" (The Joker Is Wild), "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "All of Me" (Meet Danny Wilson), "I Could Write A Book" (Pal Joey), "From Here To Eternity" (same movie title) and "I Love Paris" (Can Can).
This is a worthy addition to your Sinatra collection. With my heartfelt recommendation for your listening pleasure forever.
"May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine." ~ Frank Sinatra ~
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Summary: Who Else Can Match Frank's Hollywood Output Of Great Songs?
Comment: Alright now!...The first two Amazon reviewers have pretty much panned this collection, as tired old filler that's been covered numerous times before. You've got the mega box-set, Sinatra In Hollywood and the single disc collection Academy Award Winners. So why bother with or revisit yet another collection of movie hits by Ole' Blue Eyes?... Why? Because Sinatra is undoubtably the heavey weight champion of Hollywood songs, bar none. Yes not even Elvis nor Judy Garland can boast the sheer output of top notch material Sinatra produced over his four decade run in Tinsle-Town.
Who else but The Chairman of The Board can lay claim to the likes of (Love Is) The Tender Trap, Young At Heart, All The Way, The Lady Is A Tramp or Just One Of Those Things. Of Course other great singers have recorded these gems. Ella Fitzgerald more than did justice to Rogers and Heart's The Lady Is A Tramp. But if you've ever watched Sinatra sing it to Rita Heyworth in Pal Joey, you know no one else could own it the way Frank does. And the same goes for Jimmy Durante's oh so sentimental reading of Young At Heart....Nice but no cupie-doll. Once you've heard Frank pour his heart out to Doris Day in the movie Young At Heart, you know you've heard the difinitive version. Just One Of Those Things by the inimitable Cole Porter has been covered by everyone from Tony Bennett to Rosemary Clooney. But no one gives it that zing, that special uuummph the way Frank does. And not even Maurice Chevalier can add the charm and the humor Frank brings to C'est Magnifique from the wonderful screen version of Can Can.
We all know how record companies tend to recycle material by artists until they're beat to death. Look at all the posthumously released material in the Jimi Hendrix discography. With only five offical record releases by Reprise at the time of his death, his catalog looks like his recorded output spanned thirty years or more. Why there must be close to a thousand records in Elvis's discography. Enough to fill at least six of his "fat" jump-suits.
My only point here is this. Sure many will feel this new release represents the greedy marketing brain trust of Capitol Records. Some will not be motivated to own it, since they probably already have most of the material in various other collections. But I think Capitol Records deserves kudos for selecting twenty great movie songs gathered under one umbrella. Not only am I loving this CD in my car and at home, I'm also revisiting some of Sinatra's classic screen gems like Pal Joey, The Joker's Wild, Can-Can, Meet Danny Wilson, Hole In The Head, Some Came Running and Young At Heart. They say you can never be too rich or too thin....I say you can never have too much Sinatra.
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Summary: Sinatra At the Movies
Comment: Is it me or do we seem to be purchasing the same songs/albums with different covers over and over and over? This is nuts! This title along with "Nothing But The Best" continues the constant reissuing of songs found on dozens of other compilations. All we seem to be doing is buy different artwork. Enough already!
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Summary: Nice, but what's the point?
Comment: 20 songs recorded by Frank Sinatra during his peak '50s years, which he performed in his movies. How could you go wrong? Well, for starters, these aren't the same recordings that you'll hear in his films. To find the original film versions, check out the "Sinatra In Hollywood" box set that came out a few years ago. These are simply the same studio recordings that have turned up on many a reissue over the years (including one CD from the early '90s that was also called "Sinatra At The Movies!").
This collection isn't really for newbies who are just getting into Frank, because a lot of these tracks ("Johnny Concho Theme," "From Here To Eternity"), while beautifully sung, simply aren't great songs. But if you're already a fan and you've got even one or two Sinatra CDs in your collection, then you probably already own at least half the material here.
So, in the end, this CD won't really satisfy anyone except those die-hard collectors who have to have everything.
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