I too am a child of the sixties. I did not begin to appreciate Sinatra until a few years ago when I started listening to the recordings that Sinatra made in the 1950’s with the Nelson Riddle orchestra.
You sound like me, I didn’t appreciate Sinatra’s music until a few years ago, although my Dad played his records all the time growing up. Just superb arrangements and backing with Nelson Riddle. I must confess I have about a dozen of his songs on my iPod.
Like you, I also grew up in the 60’s - loved the Beatles. But always enjoyed Sinatra.
Over the years, I’ve grown to really appreciate Frank and the others - from Nat King Cole to Peggy Lee.
I created a business that imports ultra-high end audio products and became good friend to a mastering engineer based in LA. “Steve” created the niche of remastering from the true, original master studio tapes and is renown for his remastered versions of Sinatra, NKC, Peggy as well as rock groups. He single remastered, for vinyl, the classic jazz albums from the 50’s & 60’s including Miles.
My friend has gifted me copies burned from the master tapes of Sinatra, NKC, Peggy...and even the entire Beatles catalog including a disk of unreleased studio demos.
But the Sinatra CDR burns sound amazing - especially “Fly Me To The Moon” - has extraordinary sound qualities. The NKC and Peggy Lee (”Fever” tracks are “dry” (before the reverb was added) has studio chatter that is really cool to hear.