Non-Album Tracks, 1959
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
March 25, 1959
The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else / Here’s That Rainy Day
Top Choice:
•Like Never Before
NOTES
•Among the editions sampled here, Like Never Before is the only full-stereo-width presentation of this track.
•All non-USA releases sampled here use an odd tape source that has the left channel panned in toward the center, very reminiscent of the tape used on many versions of “Saturday Night” from the COME DANCE WITH ME album.
•Tape dropouts appear on the 1984 releases.
•The 1984 mono LP release appears to use a fold-down of the 1984 stereo version, not a dedicated mono mix. (Tape dropouts from the 1984 stereo versions appear on the 1984 mono version.) It may be a fold-down, but it sounds good, so its provenance may be of no consequence for those seeking a mono edition.
Arranger/Conductor: Gordon Jenkins
Original Release: Like Never Before LP, 1973,
stereo only
Original CD Release: The Rare Sinatra, UK, 1998
Releases sampled - All STEREO unless noted:
•1973 Like Never Before LP
•1978 UK The Rare Sinatra LP
•1984 UK No One Cares LP
•1984 Japan No One Cares LP
•1984 Holland No One Cares LP
•1984 Holland No One Cares mono LP
•1987 UK MFP The Rare Sinatra LP
•1998 UK No One Cares CD*
•1998 UK The Rare Sinatra CD*
*Shared mastering
Song #1:
The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
Version #1 - includes two corrective edits,
1:18-1:25 and 2:13-end (58 seconds total)
Top Choice:
•The Capitol Years, reused in the 1991 No One Cares CD
Audio Clips
Version #2 - unedited tapes, missing two corrective edits
SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS
Clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 30-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.
Above: 1978 UK The Rare Sinatra LP STEREO. NOTE: Same metal parts reused to manufacture the later MFP reissue.
<---- 1958 Sessions 1959 Singles, etc.: March 25 May 8 May 14 Aug. 27 Sept. 22 Oct. 13 ----> 1960 Sessions
Subpar:
•All non-USA stereo LP releases are oddly processed, moving the left channel nearly to the center. The 1984 UK release also has the vocal out of balance, “right heavy.”
Avoid:
•1978 UK The Rare Sinatra and 1984 Japan No One Cares LP - fuzzy sound quality; runs under speed
•1998 UK The Rare Sinatra CD - strange, fuzzy sound reminiscent of a transfer from LP to digital (“needledrop”); runs under speed
Above: 1998 UK The Rare Sinatra CD STEREO, courtesy “rangerjohn”
Above: 1973 Like Never Before LP STEREO
Arranger/Conductor: Gordon Jenkins
Original Release: The Capitol Years LP and CD,
1990, stereo only
Releases sampled - All STEREO:
•1990 The Capitol Years CD*
•1991 No One Cares CD*
•1998 No One Cares CD
*Shared mix/mastering
Above: 1984 Holland No One Cares LP STEREO, courtesy “mahanusafa”
SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS
Clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 30-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.
Above: 1984 UK No One Cares LP STEREO
Above: 1984 Holland No One Cares LP MONO
Above: 1990 THE CAPITOL YEARS CD, mixed/mastered by Furmanek/Walsh (recycled on the 1991 No One Cares CD)
Audio Clips
NOTES
•A case can be made that, regardless of how good these editions may sound, because two intentionally-made edits are missing, the “version 1” releases are the releases of consequence. (Performance>Sound, always.)
•The 1998 mix, while very warm, is oddly EQd and very heavily noise-reduced.
Avoid:
•1998 No One Cares CD
Song #2:
Here’s That Rainy Day
See the forthcoming review of the NO ONE CARES album.
Above: 1998 No One Cares CD, mixed/mastered by Robert Norberg (recycled on the 1998 UK boxed set No One Cares CD)
Above: 1984 Japan No One Cares LP STEREO
