Non-Album Tracks, 1960

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

September 1, 1960

Sentimental Baby / Ol’ Mac Donald / Blue Moon

<---- 1959 Sessions 1960 Singles: March 2 April 13 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 ----> `1962 Sessions

Song #1: “Sentimental Baby”

Top choices, both mono:

•1984 Dutch DMM Sinatra

Sings...of Love and Things LP

•1983 Australian The Rarities -

Volume Two LP

Second Place:

•1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...of Love

and Things LP (stereo)

Sub-par:

•1987 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD - the stark, dry tone on the vocal works okay on some of the up-tempo material on the disc, but not as well on this ballad

Avoid:

•Complete Capitol Singles, 1998 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CDs - Overly-processed Norberg remix

NOTES

•Track Layout:

-Left = Woodwinds, strings, harp,

piano, celeste

-Center: Sinatra (Voice and fingers)

-Right = Brass, rhythm section

(except piano/celeste), mallets

•Oddly, there is tape damage on two editions, the 1984 UK and 1998 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP and CD. This is odd because on most of these comparisons, the 1984 edition matches USA sources, while on this track, both are sourced from some (UK?) dub.

Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: Capitol #F4546, March, 1961

Original LP Release: Sinatra Sings...of Love

and Things, mono and stereo, July 2, 1962

Original CD Release: Sinatra’s Swingin’

Session, January,1987 (stereo)

Releases sampled for this comparison:

•1962 Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things mono LP

•1962 Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things stereo LP

•1980 Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things LP (stereo)

•1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things LP (stereo)

•1983 Australia The Rarities -

Volume Two LP (mono)

•1984 UK Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things LP (stereo)

•1984 Holland Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things mono LP

•1984 Holland Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things stereo LP

•1987 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD (stereo)

•1996 Complete Capitol Singles CD (stereo)

•1998 UK Sinatra Sings...

Of Love and Things CD (stereo)

•1998 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD (stereo)

*Shared mastering

**Shared transfer to digital, differently mastered

***Shared mastering

Audio Clips - Mono

Above: 1998 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things CD, courtesy “old coder.”

Above: 1962 D1#2 Sinatra Sings...Of Love and Things LP

Above: 1982 J1#1 abridged Sinatra Sings...Of Love and Things LP, mastered by Jay Maynard

Above: 1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...Of Love and Things LP, mastered by Jack Hunt

Above: 1984 Holland mono Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP

Above: 1984 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, courtesy SHTV’s “BFerr1.”

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Audio Clips - Stereo

Above: 1996 The Complete Capitol Singles Collection CD, remixed by Robert Norberg, reused with very subtle tweaking on the 1998 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD, courtesy SHTV’s “rangerjohn”

Above: 1962 N5 mono Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Above: 1983 Australian The Rarities, Volume Two LP, mastered by Alan Parsons.(Maxicut)

Above: 1987 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD, remixed by Larry Walsh

Song #2:

“Ol’ Mac Donald”

Top Choices, all original stereo mix:

•1976 SM-series All the Way LP (backwards mix)

•1981 SN-series All the Way LP (backwards mix)

•1984 UK All the Way LP (corrected to place strings on left)

Second place, both mono:

•1984 Dutch DMM All the Way LP

•2016 All the Way LP

Best CD:

•1998 UK All the Way CD (original stereo mix)

Sub-par:

•The Great Years

•1987 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD - hard, edgy vocal tone

Avoid:

•Complete Capitol Singles and 1998 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CDs - very heavily processed/Norberged

NOTES

•Another All the Way stereo track that is mixed backwards, with the strings on the right. (Releases shown in blue at left reverse this.)

Track Layout:

•Left = Saxes, piano, strings

•Center: Sinatra

•Right = Brass, mallets, rhythm section (except piano)

•Oddly, the same tape glitch occurs at 2:24 on two mono verisons only: The 1963 N2#2 and 2016 All the Way LPs.

•This was Sinatra’s final single recorded at Capitol.

Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: 45 #4466, October, 1960

Original LP Release: All the Way,

mono and stereo, March 13, 1961

Original CD Release: All the Way, 1988

Releases sampled for this comparison:

•1961 All the Way mono LP

•1962 The Great Years mono LP

•1962 The Great Years stereo LP

•1962 The Great Years stereo tape

•1966 UK WRC All the Way mono LP

•1976 All the Way LP (stereo)

•1980 All the Way LP (stereo)

•1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP (mono)

•1983 MFSL All the Way LP (stereo)

•1984 UK All the Way LP (stereo)

•1984 Holland All the Way mono LP

•1987 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD (stereo)•1988 All the Way CD (stereo)

•1989 Japan The Hit Collection CD (mono)

•1996 Complete Capitol Singles CD (stereo)*

•1998 UK All the Way CD (stereo)

•1998 Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session CD (stereo)*

•2016 All the Way mono LP

*Shared mastering

ORANGE = Reversed stereo image, with strings on right (as on original stereo release)

BLUE = Corrected stereo image, with strings on left

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Audio Clips - MONO

Above: 1984 UK stereo All the Way LP, courtesy “bferr1”

Above: 1984 Holland mono DMM All the Way LP

Above: 1961 D6 All the Way LP

Above: c. 1962 N2#2 All the Way LP

Above: 2016 All the Way LP

Above: 1983 MFSL All the Way LP, mastered by Jack Hunt

Above: 1988 All the Way CD - 1988 STEREO REMIX

Above: 1998 UK All the Way CD, courtesy “old coder”

Above: c. 1980 J14 All the Way LP, mastered by Maurice Long (SN-series release re-uses metal parts from earlier SM-series release)

Audio Clips - STEREO

Above: 1996 The Complete Capitol Singles Collection CD, 1996 STEREO REMIX, by Robert Norberg, re-used in 1998 Sinatra’ Swingin’ Session CD with very subtly tweaking. Audio courtesy SHTV’s “rangerjohn”.