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Sinatra at the Sands (1966)
Where the lyrics of Sinatra at the Sands take you, and where it was really made.
Sinatra's first live album released commercially was recorded in a Las Vegas hotel room, and the source describes that hotel only as the former Sands Hotel and Casino.
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Copa Room, former Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (1966)
Recording site Copa Room, Sands Hotel and Casino — The album was recorded live in the Copa Room of the former Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 1966. The source describes the hotel as former, so this is a past recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Sinatra at the Sands is a live album by Frank Sinatra with Count Basie and his orchestra
- Conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones
- Recorded live in the Copa Room of the former Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 1966
- It was Sinatra's first live album to be commercially released
- The album contains many definitive readings of songs most readily associated with Sinatra
- The 1998 Warner Bros. Records reissue (catalogue 46947) lists 22 tracks
Background
- Sinatra and Basie had previously collaborated on Sinatra-Basie (1962) and It Might As Well Be Swing (1964)
- Both earlier albums were released on Sinatra's Reprise label
- Personnel: Frank Sinatra on vocals, Count Basie and Bill Miller on piano, and The Count Basie Orchestra
Recording
- The album was recorded live in the Copa Room during the 1966 engagement
- It was remixed and remastered and released on DVD-Audio in 2003, in high-resolution stereo and multi-channel surround
- An alternate version of the same show, with a slightly different track list, was released in November 2006 as part of the box set Sinatra: Vegas
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
Disc 1
| 1 | Come Fly With Me | 3:39 |
| 2 | I've Got a Crush on You | 2:56 |
| 3 | I've Got You Under My Skin | 3:33 |
| 4 | The September of My Years | 3:03 |
| 5 | Street of Dreams | 2:20 |
| 6 | One for My Baby | 4:41 |
| 7 | Fly Me to the Moon | 2:37 |
| 8 | One O'Clock Jump (Basie instrumental) | 0:53 |
| 9 | "The Tea Break" (monologue) | 15:36 |
| 10 | You Make Me Feel So Young | 3:02 |
| 11 | The Shadow of Your Smile | 2:42 |
| 12 | Luck Be a Lady | 4:32 |
| 13 | It Was a Very Good Year | 4:03 |
| 14 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | 3:08 |
| 15 | My Kind of Town | 3:37 |
| 16 | "A Few Last Words" (monologue) | 2:04 |
| 17 | My Kind of Town (reprise) | 1:28 |
Disc 2
| 1 | Come Fly With Me | 3:42 |
| 2 | I've Got a Crush on You | 3:04 |
| 3 | I've Got You Under My Skin | 3:34 |
| 4 | The September of My Years | 2:52 |
| 5 | Street of Dreams | 2:11 |
| 6 | Fly Me to the Moon | 2:37 |
| 7 | One O'Clock Jump (Basie instrumental) | 0:57 |
| 8 | "The Tea Break" (monologue) | 4:59 |
| 9 | You Make Me Feel So Young | 2:59 |
| 10 | The Shadow of Your Smile | 2:44 |
| 11 | Luck Be a Lady | 4:33 |
| 12 | It Was a Very Good Year | 4:09 |
| 13 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | 3:02 |
| 14 | My Kind of Town | 3:37 |
| 15 | "A Few Last Words" (monologue) | 6:32 |
| 16 | My Kind of Town (reprise) | 1:13 |
Disc 3
| 1 | Come Fly With Me | 3:51 |
| 2 | I've Got a Crush on You | 4:24 |
| 3 | I've Got You Under My Skin | 3:42 |
| 4 | The September of My Years | 3:07 |
| 5 | Street of Dreams | 2:21 |
| 6 | Fly Me to the Moon | 2:53 |
| 7 | One O'Clock Jump (Basie instrumental) | 0:56 |
| 8 | "The Tea Break" (monologue) | 11:05 |
| 9 | You Make Me Feel So Young | 3:07 |
| 10 | The Shadow of Your Smile | 2:48 |
| 11 | Get Me to Church on Time | 2:12 |
| 12 | It Was a Very Good Year | 5:26 |
| 13 | My Kind of Town | 3:36 |
| 14 | "A Few Last Words" (monologue) | 5:39 |
| 15 | My Kind of Town (reprise) | 1:31 |
| 16 | Angel Eyes | 4:10 |
| 17 | Where or When | 2:39 |
Disc 4
| 1 | Come Fly With Me | 3:45 |
| 2 | I've Got a Crush on You | 3:34 |
| 3 | I've Got You Under My Skin | 3:24 |
| 4 | The September of My Years | 3:06 |
| 5 | Street of Dreams | 2:23 |
| 6 | Fly Me to the Moon | 2:41 |
| 7 | One O'Clock Jump (Basie instrumental) | 0:56 |
| 8 | "The Tea Break" (monologue) | 14:56 |
| 9 | You Make Me Feel So Young | 3:08 |
| 10 | The Shadow of Your Smile | 2:38 |
| 11 | Get Me to Church on Time | 2:26 |
| 12 | It Was a Very Good Year | 4:04 |
| 13 | My Kind of Town | 3:54 |
| 14 | "A Few Last Words" (monologue) | 4:58 |
| 15 | My Kind of Town (reprise) | 1:13 |
Disc 5
| 1 | Come Fly With Me | 3:38 |
| 2 | I've Got a Crush on You | 2:55 |
| 3 | I've Got You Under My Skin | 3:26 |
| 4 | The September of My Years | 2:57 |
| 5 | Street of Dreams | 2:22 |
| 6 | One for My Baby | 4:53 |
| 7 | Fly Me to the Moon | 2:37 |
| 8 | One O'Clock Jump (Basie instrumental) | 0:51 |
| 9 | "The Tea Break" (monologue) | 5:44 |
| 10 | You Make Me Feel So Young | 3:07 |
| 11 | The Shadow of Your Smile | 2:41 |
| 12 | Luck Be a Lady | 4:47 |
| 13 | It Was a Very Good Year | 3:56 |
| 14 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | 3:11 |
| 15 | My Kind of Town | 3:25 |
| 16 | "A Few Last Words" (monologue) | 6:26 |
| 17 | My Kind of Town (reprise) | 1:34 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Born December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants.
- Began singing professionally as a teenager with the Hoboken Four, winning Major Bowes Amateur Hour.
- Joined Harry James's band in 1939, then Tommy Dorsey's band, before going solo in 1942.
Career
- Signed with Columbia Records in 1943 and became a major star of the bobby-soxer era.
- Signed with Capitol Records in 1953; collaborated with arranger Nelson Riddle on albums such as In the Wee Small Hours and Songs for Swingin' Lovers!.
- Founded Reprise Records in 1960, releasing albums including September of My Years and the hit single "My Way".
- Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953).
- Estimated to have sold around 150 million records worldwide.
- Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997.
- Died May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
Reappraisal
- Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums: voted number 461 in 2000
- The album is listed among the most readily recognised readings of Sinatra's standards, according to the source's summary of its contents
Records
- United States: certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- First live album by Sinatra to be commercially released
- 1998 Warner Bros. Records reissue, catalogue 46947, with 22 tracks listed
- 2003 DVD-Audio release in high-resolution stereo and multi-channel surround after remixing and remastering
- November 2006: an alternate version of the same show with a slightly different track list included in the box set Sinatra: Vegas
- Later alternate performances of the material also appear on Standing Room Only (2018)
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The Tea Break section is a comic monologue in which Sinatra jokes about Dean Martin's drunkenness and evening parties at his Beverly Hills home
- Sinatra also jokes about Sammy Davis Jr.'s autobiography Yes I Can and says the hotel hired him for four solid weeks as a cleaner
- He calls the news that he had recently turned fifty a 'dirty Communist lie' 'direct from Hanoi', claiming he was really 28
- The monologue ends with a summary of his early life, including lifting crates and working as a rivet catcher
- 'Luck Be a Lady' is a bonus track available only on the remastered 1998 CD and 2003 DVD-Audio releases, not on the original LP or the 2009 CD
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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