Frank Sinatra on JASMINE too!

[Mark Fox]

Check out another JASMINE release'Frank Sinatra:THE ESSENTIAL '50s COLLECTION' 2-CD set JASCD 540 MONO/STEREO.
Disc one has 27 of Frank's recordings for 'singles'releases opening with'I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU' up to'FAIRY TALE',Disc two also has 27 tracks opening with'THE SAME OLD SATURDAY NIGHT'and last one is'FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION',excellent sleeve notes by Ossie Dale with chart information etc.
Excellent cover picture taken from an Australian LP release and back cover picture taken from'WHEN NO-ONE CARES'album.
If there are any Sinatra fans who still haven't these gems,this is the one to buy.

[Marian]

Noticed this one on Jasmine's website too Mark.

[Mark Fox]

An excellent collection-however,can there be any Sinatra who don't have all these tracks?

[Gloria]

Collections like these are good for fans just discovering Sinatra's work. Otherwise, future generations will be forced to download a good portion of Franks's catalog. So many of his classic Warner Brothers and Reprise titles are now out of print, so you either choose to download them or pay outrageous prices for secondhand CDs. Even Nancy Sinatra is authorizing a lot of compilation albums these days, but once you get to know Frank's body of work a little better, you realize that these songs sound far better within the theme and order of the original albums.

[Mark Fox]

Absolutely,however these tracks were mostly'singles'and not intended for album inclusion.
It's in my car currently and the sound quality is(to my ears)perfect!

[Gloria]

Thanks for the information, Mark. It's an interesting approach that Jasmine takes in compiling singles together, and this one definitely sounds worthwhile.

But I'm left wondering, why the continued cover photos of singers with cigarettes, after all these years?

[Mark Fox]

Re:The cigarettes-I never gave it a thought-I guess because Frank so frequently smoked.
That aside,the content is simply perfect,sound everything.
Both the FAS&JJ CDs also,miraculously,have a track by track display on my car player.Not all do this magic trick.
My grandchildren smile ruefully at my wondrous take on technology they take for granted.