The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952

Frank Sinatra - The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952

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Artist: Frank Sinatra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1995-10-31
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Close to You - Frank Sinatra, Hoffman, Al
  2. People Will Say We're in Love - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  3. If You Are But a Dream - Frank Sinatra, Bonx, Nat
  4. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week) - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  5. White Christmas - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  6. I Fall in Love Too Easily - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  7. Ol' Man River - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  8. Stormy Weather - Frank Sinatra, Arlen, Harold
  9. Embraceable You - Frank Sinatra, Gershwin, George
  10. She's Funny That Way - Frank Sinatra, Moret, Neil
  11. My Melancholy Baby - Frank Sinatra, Burnett, Ernie
  12. Where or When - Frank Sinatra, Hart, Lorenz
  13. All the Things You Are - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  14. I Should Care - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  15. Dream - Frank Sinatra, Mercer, Johnny
  16. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) - Frank Sinatra, Lowe, Ruth
  17. Over the Rainbow - Frank Sinatra, Arlen, Harold
  18. If I Loved You - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  19. Someone to Watch Over Me - Frank Sinatra, Gershwin, George
  20. You Go to My Head - Frank Sinatra, Coots, J. Fred
  21. These Foolish Things - Frank Sinatra, Link, Harry
  22. The House I Live In - Frank Sinatra, Lewis, Allen [1]
  23. Day by Day - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
Music CD 2
  1. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) - Frank Sinatra, Silvers, Phil
  2. Full Moon and Empty Arms - Frank Sinatra, Kaye, Buddy
  3. Oh! What It Seemed to Be - Frank Sinatra, Benjamin, Bennie
  4. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You - Frank Sinatra, Crosby, Bing
  5. Why Shouldn't I? - Frank Sinatra, Porter, Cole
  6. Try a Little Tenderness - Frank Sinatra, Campbell, Jimmy [Vo
  7. Begin the Beguine - Frank Sinatra, Porter, Cole
  8. They Say It's Wonderful - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  9. That Old Black Magic - Frank Sinatra, Arlen, Harold
  10. How Deep Is the Ocean? - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  11. Home on the Range - Frank Sinatra, Higley, Brewster M.
  12. Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  13. The Things We Did Last Summer - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  14. Among My Souvenirs - Frank Sinatra, Leslie, Edgar
  15. September Song - Frank Sinatra, Anderson, Maxwell
  16. Blue Skies - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  17. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  18. Lost in the Stars - Frank Sinatra, Anderson, Maxwell
  19. There's No Business Like Show Business - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  20. Time After Time - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  21. The Brooklyn Bridge - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  22. Sweet Lorraine - Frank Sinatra, Burwell, Carter
  23. Always - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  24. Mam'selle - Frank Sinatra, Gordon, Mack
Music CD 3
  1. Stella by Starlight - Frank Sinatra, Washington, Ned
  2. My Romance - Frank Sinatra, Hart, Lorenz
  3. If I Had You - Frank Sinatra, Campbell, Jimmy [Vo
  4. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) - Frank Sinatra, Arlen, Harold
  5. But Beautiful - Frank Sinatra, Burke, Johnny
  6. You're My Girl - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  7. All of Me - Frank Sinatra, Marks, Gerald
  8. Night and Day - Frank Sinatra, Porter, Cole
  9. S'posin' - Frank Sinatra, Denniker, Paul
  10. The Night We Called It a Day - Frank Sinatra, Adair, Tom
  11. The Song Is You - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  12. What'll I Do? - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  13. The Music Stopped - Frank Sinatra, Adamson, Harold
  14. Fools Rush In - Frank Sinatra, Bloom, Rube
  15. I've Got a Crush on You - Frank Sinatra, Gershwin, George
  16. Body and Soul - Frank Sinatra, Sour, Robert
  17. I'm Glad There Is You - Frank Sinatra, Dorsey, Jimmy
  18. Autumn in New York - Frank Sinatra, Duke, Vernon
  19. Nature Boy - Frank Sinatra, Ahbez, Eden
  20. Once in Love with Amy - Frank Sinatra, Loesser, Frank
  21. Some Enchanted Evening - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  22. The Hucklebuck - Frank Sinatra, Alfred, Roy
  23. Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk - Frank Sinatra, Berlin, Irving
  24. It All Depends on You - Frank Sinatra, Brown, Lew
Music CD 4
  1. Bye Bye Baby - Frank Sinatra, Robin, Leo
  2. Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) - Frank Sinatra, Marsala, Joe
  3. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) - Frank Sinatra, Gillespie, Haven
  4. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Frank Sinatra, Stapp, Jack
  5. American Beauty Rose - Frank Sinatra, Altman, Arthur
  6. Should I? - Frank Sinatra, Brown, Nacio Herb
  7. You Do Something to Me - Frank Sinatra, Porter, Cole
  8. Lover - Frank Sinatra, Hart, Lorenz
  9. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) [From Meet Danny - Frank Sinatra, Fisher, Mark
  10. London by Night - Frank Sinatra, Coates, Carroll
  11. Meet Me at the Copa - Frank Sinatra, Cahn, Sammy
  12. April in Paris - Frank Sinatra, Duke, Vernon
  13. I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest - Frank Sinatra, Block, Martin
  14. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) - Frank Sinatra, Kalmar, Bert
  15. I Am Loved - Frank Sinatra, Porter, Cole
  16. Hello, Young Lovers - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  17. We Kiss in a Shadow - Frank Sinatra, Hammerstein, Oscar
  18. I'm a Fool to Want You - Frank Sinatra, Herron, Joel
  19. Love Me - Frank Sinatra, Washington, Ned
  20. Deep Night - Frank Sinatra, Henderson, Charles
  21. I Could Write a Book - Frank Sinatra, Hart, Lorenz
  22. I Hear a Rhapsody - Frank Sinatra, Baker, Jack
  23. My Girl - Frank Sinatra, Freed, C.
  24. Birth of the Blues - Frank Sinatra, Brown, Lew
  25. Azure-Te (Paris Blues) - Frank Sinatra, Davis, Bill [Piano]
  26. Why Try to Change Me Now? - Frank Sinatra, Coleman, Cy

Free Music Notes for The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952

Free Music Review: Exquisite Packaging - But Just Some Of His Greatest Columbia Hits
Hit: 5 Stars

Reading through the other reviews, there is nothing much I can add to the superlatives directed at this compilation of the work, at Columbia Records, of a man who can arguably be described as the greatest vocalist of the 20th Century. However, I notice too that the only two 3-star reviews to date have drawn a disproportionate number of negative votes, almost as if it's regarded as sacrilege by some to even dare cast a negative light on any compilation of Frank Sinatra songs. Well, I can see their point to some degree.

A large part of my 5-star assessment relates to the near-flawless sound quality and the packaging, 4 discs contained in a book-like 5.5 x 10 inch case which also presents a 68-page booklet divided as follows: Introduction by Nancy Sinatra; At the Heart Of American Music by Daniel Okrent; The Essence Of Axel - An appreciation by Will Friedwald; Sinatra Standards by Roy Hemming; The Art Of Recording by Charles Granata; Sinatra In Transition by Will Friedwald; Frankly Speaking - personal recollections by Dave Mann and Matt Dennis; Here's To The Band - Orchestral personnel listing - New York and Hollywood; Alphabetical Song Title and CD location; Discography. Sprinkled throughout are some 78 rpm/vintage poster and advertisement reproductions and many candid photographs, including one delightful shot with a very young Nancy.

As to the music contained herein, well, they do call it The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952 after all, and when a collector like myself sees the term "best" - especially from that pre-LP era - they are thinking those songs that became national hits, since that was the whole idea behind popular 78 rpm releases, i.e., "sell as many as we can and get as much air and jukebox play as we can."

And since, in the 1943 to 1952 period, Ol' Blue Eyes registered some 87 hits for Columbia, one might think that a 97-track box set so-titled would contain most, if not all, of those hits. But when you look closely you find that just 39 of those charted songs are here!

Now, I can readily understand the producers selecting items that, while never actually hits for Frank, or perhaps were among his more modest chart entries, are nevertheless regarded as among his finest performances at Columbia, Standards such as April In Paris, Body And Soul, Always and She's Funny That Way (none of which charted), and I've Got A Crush On You (# 21), All Of Me (# 21), Autumn In New York (# 27), and The Birth Of The Blues (# 19 in late 1952 and his last Columbia hit), all of which were modest entries at the time.

But it's definitely misleading to some to have just 42% of the contents legitimate hits in an album titled "The Best Of." Especially when no less than 14 TOP 10 hits were omitted: All Or Nothing At All (# 1 in 1943 with Harry James); You'll Never Know (# 2 in 1943 and the A-side of a record that included Close To You, a # 10 that IS included here); Sunday, Monday Or Always (# 9 in 1943); I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night (# 4 in 1944); You'll Never Walk Alone (# 9 in 1945); Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow (# 9 in 1945); All Through The Day (# 7 in 1946); The Coffee Song (# 6 in 1946); That's How Much I Love You (# 10 in 1947); I Believe (# 5 in 1947 as the A-side to Time After Time, a # 16 which IS included); So Far (# 8 in 1947); The Hucklebuck (# 19 in 1949); Goodnight Irene (# 5 in 1950); One Finger Melody (# 9 in 1950); and Castle Rock (# 8 in 1951).

What I would dearly love to see is a follow-up volume in the exact same format containing those and other missing hit singles. In the meantime, if you just enjoy the music of this legend, regardless of the title, you will definitely NOT be disappointed. It's a gem in that regard.
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The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952 Poster

This four-disc, 97-track collection compiles the highlights of the first major period of Frank Sinatra's solo career, beginning with 1943's "Close To You," and ending with 1952's "Why Try to Change Me Now." Sinatra was the preeminent singing idol of American teenagers (the female ones, at least) during this period, thanks to the dreamily smooth crooning style he exhibits here on "People Will Say We're in Love," "I Should Care," "Embraceable You," and dozens of others. Sometimes the still-callow singer isn't up to the material ("Ol' Man River"), sometimes the material isn't worthy of the singer ("The Hucklebuck"), and Sinatra would certainly go on to greater artistic achievements during his Capitol and Reprise years. Still, this box set is an absolutely essential purchase for any self-respecting Sinatra fan. --Dan Epstein

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