[Sans-Culotte]

I quite enjoy that Sands album. IMO, Sinatra's voice peaked around 1958, but he still had a great voice and was capable of great things for years to come.

Another favorite live Sinatra album for me is SINATRA '57.

This concert was recorded when his current album release was "A Swingin' Affair", and the program consists largely of songs of his Capitol albums up to Swingin' Affair. Because it's right at the height of Sinatra's cool Capitol persona, it just has an air of excitement that's is hard to beat. The arrangements of all the songs are more-or-less the same as the ones on the albums. His into music is Elmer Bernstein's theme from "Man With the Golden Arm", and then the band goes into the familiar opening to "You Make Me Feel so Young". Sinatra sounds a tad rough on a few of the slow songs where he has to hit a high note (he says "I feel like I swallowed a shot glass!"). But over all, a great concert.

I use that cover photo of Sinatra as the lock screen on my phone.

[newfreep]

If you like "57", I VERY HIGHLY recommend finding the Steve Hoffman remastered version for the best sound quality on the DCC label.

Although "57' is quite good, I prefer his version of "One For My Baby" on the "Sands" - voicing a bit different on the line, "My bending your ear"

[BunnySlippers]

I went to school with his daughter, Tina. And, at one of her parties, we went next door to visit Zsa zsa.