Non-Album Tracks, 1956
Thank you to SHTV’s “Bob F” for his invaluable assistance in compiling this information.
Ongoing discussion at the Steve Hoffman Music Forum (LINK) Album Index
April 9, 1956
Five Hundred Guys / Jealous Lover
Top Choice:
•Japanese All the Way: The Hit Collection CD
Still Good, but a Slight Step Down:
•Like Never Before LP
•The Hit Maker LP
•The Rarities - Volume Two LP
Avoid:
•When Your Lover Has Gone LP - wet/processed tapes
•Complete Capitol Singles - Norberg
NOTES
•Like Never Before LP and The Hit Collection CD both involve stereo tape playback during mastering. Like Never Before meanders slightly between being properly centered and being mildly left heavy, and has a couple of minor dropouts.
Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Original Release: 45/78 #3423, April, 1956
Original LP Release: UK When Your Lover Has Gone, August 4, 1961
Original CD Release: Japan All the Way: The Hit Collection, 1989
Releases sampled for this comparison:
•1961 UK When Your Lover Has Gone LP
•1973 Like Never Before LP
•1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP
•1983 Australia The Rarities - Volume Two LP
•1989 Japan All the Way: The Hit Collection CD
•1996 Complete Capitol Singles CD
Audio Clips
SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS
All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes:
Song #1:
“Five Hundred Guys”
Above: 1973 Longines/Capitol Like Never Before LP
Above: 1996 Complete Capitol Singles CD, mastered by Bob Norberg, courtesy “rangerjohn”.
Above: Japan Hit Collection CD, courtesy “progrockfan”
Above: 1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP
Above: 1983 Australian The Rarities, Volume Two LP, mastered by Alan Parsons.
Above: 1961 UK When Your Lover Has Gone LP
Top Choice:
•Collectors Series CD, and its assorted reuses, shown in BLUE
Very close second:
•2016 This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP
Still Good, but Compressed:
•Original This is Sinatra, Volume 2 LP
Avoid:
•Japan All the Way: The Hit Collection CD, 1986 Australia The Frank Sinatra Collection CD, and 1984 Japan This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP - wet tapes (not bad sounding on its own terms, but definitely from “wet tapes”)
•The Sinatra Touch mono LP; This is Frank Sinatra 1953-1957 CD; 1985 UK This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP, His 20 Greatest Hits LP - wet tapes, compressed
•Golden Double 32, The Works, and The Hit Maker LPs - Duophonic
•Original 45s and EP - audibly compressed, with poor tone
•UK This is Sinatra, Volume Two CD - hard, compressed sound
•Complete Capitol Singles - Norberg
NOTES
•Collectors Series (reused on several other releases) is the only version that wins on all three fronts: 1.) Dynamics; 2.) Tone; 3.) Use of dry tapes.
•I suspect the 2016 LP is sourced from the Collectors Series CD or its source tape.
Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Original Release: 45/78 #3552, October 1, 1956
Original LP Release: This is Sinatra, Volume
Two, March 31, 1958
Original CD Release: Australian The Frank Sinatra Collection, (link) 1986
Releases sampled for this comparison:
•1956 45s
•1957 Hey! Jealous Lover EP
•1958 This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP
•1968 mono The Sinatra Touch LP
•1974 Australia His 20 Greatest Hits LP
•1970s Japan Golden Double 32 LP
•1973 The Works LP
•1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP
•1984 Japan This is Frank Sinatra, Volume Two LP
•1985 UK This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP
•1986 Australia The Frank Sinatra Collection CD
•1989 Japan All the Way: The Hit Collection CD
•1989 Collectors Series CD*
•1990 The Capitol Years CD
•1992 Australia The Essential Frank Sinatra CD
•1994 UK This is Frank Sinatra 1953-1957 CD
•1995 Sinatra 80th: All the Best CD
•1996 Complete Capitol Singles Collection CD*
•1998 UK This is Sinatra. Volume Two CD
•1998 Australia The Frank Sinatra Collection CD
•1998 36 All-Time Favorites CD
•2016 This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP
BLUE = Shared mastering (1989 release includes studio chatter)
*Same transfer to digital; very different mastering
Song #2:
“Jealous Lover”
Above: Japan Hit Collection CD, courtesy “progrockfan”
Audio Clips
SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS
All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes:
Above: 1958 D5 #3 This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP, courtesy Bozburn
Above: Most releases of this song are wet, compressed, or both. (See the lengthy “avoid” list, above.) This comparison shows the uncompressed Collectors Series CD release, contrasted with the 1958 D9 This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP, which, while good sounding, is quite compressed by comparison.
Above: 1958 D9 This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP
Above: 1989 Collectors Series CD, mastered by Furmanek/Walsh, essentially reused in multiple other releases.
Above: 1956 N1 45, courtesy Bozburn
Above: 1956 D1 45
Above: 1957 EP, courtesy Bozburn
Above: 2016 This is Sinatra, Volume Two LP
So....what exactly is the title of this song?
While the disk was initially released as “Jealous Lover,” the memo at left, courtesy Ron Furmanek and Martin Melucci, indicates that a change was ordered three days after release.
