Posted on 05/02/2016 9:50:57 AM PDT by simpson96
Hope you enjoy. The Summer Wind
music *ping*
‘66.
Great stereo separation!
A few facts about this great song. It was originally released in Germany as “Der Sommerwind” and written by Heinz Meier and later translated to English by Johnny Mercer.
The orchestra and production are under the direction of Nelson Riddle, with Glen Campbell on guitar and Leon Russel on piano, two key elements of The Wrecking Crew.
I think I heard that most of those tunes were recorded on the first take.
Frank was not the greatest singer in the world, but he sure knew how to pick the songs.
The GREAT Leon Russell!
In his genre, Frank was second to none - amazing phrasing & emotion.
He could pick GREAT songs, too.
A friend of mine is a highly acclaimed mastering engineer that has remastered MANY classic albums. He has graciously gifted me with CDR burns direct from the raw studio master tapes - some “dry” before the dreaded reverb was added and some with studio chatter that never made it to the commercial.
Frank was BIG in great sound quality and always insisted being recorded & mixed with his voice “up front”.
Perhaps his greatest live album was “Live at the Sands” with Count Basie who played piano...except for one track - “One for My Baby”. No matter where Frank went, he always had Bill Miller play the piano for that song - even it meant replacing Count Basie.
There, fixed it; but I have to add that the Sinatra of '66 was past his prime (yet still capable of some great singing).
This is one of my fav songs by Sinatra.
When I first heard it was summer ‘down the shore’ at my husband’s parents house. For me the first time at the NJ shore.
That song with the warm summer breeze blowing gently over Lavallette and the blue umbrella sky as described in the song so well really has never left me.
My husband and I are still together.
Yet, whenever I hear the song it always makes me so sorry for the guy in the song who lost his love.
When that little musical phrase (representing the summer wind) plays for the last time fading out as it does it’s as if I can see ‘him’ looking out at the ocean down the shore and thinking of her, sadly.
I would say that song really has Sinatra’s touch to make me feel that way.
He was the best singer EVER.
The greatest singer ever: Jo Stafford.
But the greatest male singer, OK, I’ll give you that. It was Frank.
I only came to appreciate Frank Sinatra as I grew older...the guy could sing. I couldn’t listen to him when I was younger, too stereotypical with that generation.
Once I got over that, I was hooked.
The guy can indeed sing.
Thanks for posting...:)
The best Sinatra recordings ever were those made when he sang for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the late 30’s.
I'd have to go with the Capitol years. Sinatra's voice developed a deeper baritone, and he learned to really swing with his songs. His pre-Capitol songs consist primarily of romantic ballads and a fairly straight-laced approach. At Capitol, he improvised a lot and projected a carefree bachelor persona.
I do like the Dorsey stuff as well, because I like big-band music. I prefer the Dorsey material to the Columbia years.
Last month both Leon Russell and Leonard Cohen passed. Both had ties to Bob Dylan and Judy Collins.
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