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
May 8, 1959
High Hopes / Love Looks So Well on You
Top Choice, stereo, but with stereo image backwards:
•1992 UK 20 Golden Greats CD (unique mastering of the 1988 remix)
Good second choice options, also with stereo image backwards:
•MFSL LP
•1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD
(both use the original stereo mix)
•1976 (SM-series) All the Way LP
•UK Sinatra Sings Cahn and Van Heusen LP
Top mono choices, even though they are fold-downs sourced from the stereo mix (See notes at right):
•1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP (Light tonality)
•1966 UK World Record Club LP #TP 570 (darker tonality)
NOTES
•The track layout on the 3-track tape, from which mono and stereo mixes were created, is:
Track One: Strings, chorus
Track Two: Sinatra
Track Three: Woodwinds, brass, percussion, rhythm section
•Clearly, this is another case of the 3-track being used primarily with mono in mind, albeit with the ability to create a somewhat wacky stereo mix (with the chorus in one channel only) when needed
•The mono mix is very heavily compressed, which is unusual for Capitol mono mixes from this time frame, and the vast majority of its masterings have been unsympathetic, sometimes in the extreme.
•The mono mix is basically awful, but original 45, tonally, is the best of the bunch where the original mono mix is concerned, and sounds acceptable.
•The mono mastering on The Sinatra Touch may be the single worst LP mastering of any mono Sinatra mix from the Capitol era.
•The 2016 mono All the Way LP cuts off the ending very slightly, possibly in an effort to dodge tape hiss.
•Not all mono releases use the mono mix. Some are fold-downs.
•Yet another “All the Way” stereo LP track that is mixed backwards, with strings on the wrong side (to the right). One intriguing domestic (early N4 All the Way LP, cut from a safety tape in NYC) and two non-domestic stereo releases have corrected this.
•Capitol got a lot of mileage out of that 1988 digital remix!
Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Original Release: 45 #4214, June 5, 1959
Original LP: All the Way, March 13, 1961
Original stereo release: (Same)
Original CD Release: The Frank Sinatra Collection 2-CD set, 1986, Australia
Releases sampled:
•1959 45 (mono)
•1959 Sinatra/Jonah Jones promo 45 (mono)
•1959 High Hopes EP (mono)
•1961 All the Way mono LP
•1961 All the Way stereo LP
•1961 All the Way stereo LP (“N4” pressing)
•1962 The Great Years stereo LP
•1962 The Great Years mono LP
•1967 The Movie Years mono LP
•1968 The Sinatra Touch mono LP
•1973 The Works LP (stereo)
•1974 UK Sinatra Sings Cahn and Van Heusen
LP (stereo)
•1974 New Zealand His Twenty Greatest Hits LP (mono)
•1975 Japan Golden Double 32 LP (stereo)
•1976 All the Way stereo LP
•1978 UK Twenty Golden Greats LP (stereo)
•1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP (mono)
•1980(?) All the Way stereo LP
•1981 Starline 45 (mono)
•1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP (mono)
•1983 MFSL All the Way stereo LP
•1984 UK All the Way stereo LP
•1984 Holland All the Way mono LP
•1986 Australia The Collection CD (stereo)
•1988 All the Way CD (stereo)+
•1989 Japan All the Way: The Hit Collection CD (mono)
•1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD (stereo)*
•1989 UK The Great Films & Shows CD (stereo)*
•1989 Capitol Collectors Series CD (stereo)+&**
•1990 The Capitol Years CD+**
•1992 Australia Essential Frank Sinatra CD (stereo)+*
•1992 UK 20 Golden Greats CD (stereo)+
•1992 Reprise Sinatra: Soundtrack to the CBS Mini-series CD (stereo)+
•1993 At the Movies CD (stereo)+**
•1995 Sinatra 80th: All the Best CD (stereo)+**
•1996 Mastercard The Movie Years promotional CD (stereo)+**
•1996 Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Sammy Cahn CD (stereo)***
•1996 Complete Capitol Singles CD (stereo)***
•1998 UK All the Way CD (stereo)
•2012 Unofficial The Very Best of Songs for Children download (mono)+
•2015 Ultimate Sinatra CD (stereo)
•2016 All the Way mono LP
ORANGE = Reversed stereo image, with strings on right (as on original stereo release)
BLUE = Corrected stereo image, with strings on left
+ = Sourced from 1988 Remix
& = Studio chatter included
* = Shared transfer of original stereo mix, differently mastered
** = Shared Mastering, aside from studio chatter (channels reversed, possibly intentionally, on Australia release)
*** = Shared mastering; new remix
Song #1:
High Hopes
Audio Clips - mono
<---- 1958 Sessions 1959 Singles, etc.: March 25 May 8 May 14 Aug. 27 Sept. 22 Oct. 13 ----> 1960 Sessions
Subpar:
•Most original-mix mono releases
•Ultimate Sinatra - good tone, but very heavily compressed
Avoid:
•The Sinatra Touch mono LP and 1986 2-CD Australian The Collection - sub-par tone; heavily compressed
•The Select Sammy Cahn - heavily processed remix, reused in Complete Capitol Singles
•1998 UK All the Way CD - heavily compressed; mildly right-heavy
•The Works - sub-par tone; reduced stereo image
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: MONO MIX Japan Hit Collection CD, courtesy “progrockfan”
Above: MONO MIX 1967 F3 mono The Movie Songs LP
Above: MONO MIX 1968 F1 mono The Sinatra Touch LP
Above: MONO MIX 1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP
Above: MONO FOLD DOWN OF ORIGINAL STEREO MIX 1974 New Zealand His Twenty Greatest Hits LP
Above: MONO MIX 2016 All the Way LP
Above: MONO MIX 1984 Holland All the Way LP
Above: MONO MIX N3#2 All the Way LP
Above: MONO MIX D3 All the Way LP
Above: MONO MIX D1 45
Above: MONO FOLD DOWN OF ORIGINAL STEREO MIX 1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP
Above: MONO FOLD DOWN OF 1988 STEREO REMIX 2012 Unofficial download (sourced from iTunes, 2013)
Above: MONO MIX 1981 J1 Starline 45
Above: MONO MIX D1 High Hopes EP
Audio Clips - stereo
Above: 1973 R1 The Works LP - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
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: 1975 Japan Golden Double 32 LP - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
Above: 1978 UK Twenty Golden Greats LP - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
Above: 1980 G1 All the Way LP, cut by Gene Thompson - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
Above: 1983 MFSL All the Way LP, mastered by Stan Ricker - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
Above: 1988 All the Way CD - new 1988 remix used over and over (see “+” symbol in list above)
Above: 1998 UK All the Way CD - original stereo mix, courtesy “rangerjohn”
Above: 1984 UK All the Way LP, courtesy “bferr1” - SAME ORIGINAL STEREO MIX, BUT WITH CHANNELS REVERSED (INTENTIONALLY?)
Above: 1989 Capitol Collectors Series CD - re-uses 1988 transfer/mix, very similarly mastered; reused multiple times (See ** in list above)
Above: 1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD (original stereo mix - re-used with slight alteration in 1989 UK Great Films & Shows CD set)
Above: 1992 UK 20 Golden Greats CD - re-uses 1988 transfer/mix, uniquely mastered
Above: 1992 Reprise Records Sinatra soundtrack CD - re-uses 1988 transfer/mix, uniquely mastered by Lee Herschberg - Audio courtesy SH.TV’s “Bob F”
Above: 1995 Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Sammy Cahn - Newly remixed and mastered by Robert Norberg; re-used in The Complete Capitol Singles. Audio clip courtesy SH.TV’s “Rangerjohn”
Above: 2015 4-CD Ultimate Sinatra - original stereo mix - mastered by Robert Vosgien
Above: 1986 Australia The Frank Sinatra Collection CD - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
Top Choice:
•1984 Holland DMM mono LP
Second Place:
•Some original USA mono pressings (such as the D5 sampled here)
Best mastering of the mediocre stereo choices:
•1983 MFSL LP
(See NOTES at far right)
NOTES
•The track layout on the 3-track tape, from which mono and stereo mixes were created, is:
Track One: Strings, harp
Track Two: Sinatra
Track Three: Woodwinds, brass, rhythm section, percussion
•The superior, less-reverberant mono mix has yet to receive a digital release
•The original stereo mix is too soupy, in my opinion, and the 1996 remix is too dry and too processed
Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle
Original Release: Sinatra Sings... of Love and
Things LP, stereo and mono, July 2, 1962
Original CD Release: The Complete Capitol
Singles Collection, September 3, 1996
Releases sampled:
•1962 mono Sinatra Sings...
of Love and Things LP
•1962 stereo Sinatra Sings...
of Love and Things LP
•1964 UK My Funny Valentine LP (mono)
•1980 stereo Sinatra Sings...
of Love and Things LP
•1981 Australia The Rarities -
Volume One LP (mono)
•1983 MFSL stereo Sinatra Sings...
of Love and Things LP
•1984 UK stereo Sinatra Sings...
of Love and Things LP
•1984 Holland mono Sinatra Sings...
of Love and Things LP
•1996 Complete Capitol Singles CD (stereo)
•1998 UK stereo Sinatra Sings...
of Love and Things CD
•2014 Sinatra, With Love CD (stereo)
Song #2:
Love Looks So Well On You
Subpar:
•The Rarities - Volume One LP - dull tone
Avoid:
•My Funny Valentine - bad tone and compression
•Complete Capitol Singles - dry, overly-processed stereo remix
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: MONO D5 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP
Above: MONO N5 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP
Above: MONO 1984 Holland Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP
Above: STEREO N2#2 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP
Above: STEREO 1980 J1 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, cut by Jay Maynard
Above: STEREO 1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, cut by Jack Hunt
Above: STEREO 1984 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, audio courtesy SHTV’s BFerr1
Above: STEREO 1998 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things CD, audio courtesy “old coder”
Above: STEREO 2014 Sinatra with Love CD - audio courtesy “Bob F”
Above: STEREO REMIX 1996 The Complete Capitol Singles Collection CD, remixed and mastered by Robert Norberg. Audio courtesy SHTV’s “rangerjohn”
Audio Clips
Above: 1961 N4 All the Way LP, courtesy “stevelucille” - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX, BUT WITH CHANNELS REVERSED (INTENTIONALLY?) - cut in NYC
Above: 1962 N1 The Great Years LP, courtesy “stevelucille” - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
Above: MONO MIX 1962 N1 The Great Years LP, courtesy “stevelucille”
Above: MONO MIX D9 45, courtesy “stevelucille”
Above: MONO MIX D1 Sinatra/Jonah Jones promo 45, courtesy “stevelucille”
Above: MONO FOLD-DOWN OF ORIGINAL STEREO MIX1966 UK World Record Club mono All the Way LP, courtesy Pieter Kozak
Above: 1974 UK Sinatra Sings Cahn and Van Heusen LP - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
Above: 1976 H11 All the Way LP, cut by Gene Thompson - ORIGINAL STEREO MIX
No audio, but here’s a photo of the original “Proof” acetate, as shared by Jordan Taylor:
