Frank Sinatra - Sinatra: Vegas
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Track List: Sinatra: Vegas
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Disc 1:
- Introduction/Announcement
- The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else
- Don't Cry Joe
- Imagination
- Moonlight In Vermont
- Without A Song
- In The Still Of The Night
- Here's The Rainy Day
- The Moon Was Yellow
- Monologue
- You Make Me Feel So Young
- The Second Time Around
- River Stay 'Way From My Door
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- Just One Of Those Things
- You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You
- Bows
- Young At Heart
- Witchcraft
- On The Road To Mandalay
- Bows
- Sinatra Speaks On Segregation In Nevada
Disc 2:
- Introduction
- Come Fly With Me
- I've Got A Crush On You
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- The September Of My Years
- Street Of Dreams
- Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
- Monologue
- You Make Me Feel So Young
- The Shadow Of Your Smile
- Get Me To The Church On Time
- Luck Be A Lady
- It Was A Very Good Year
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me
- My Kind Of Town
- Introduction
- My Kind Of Town (Reprise)
- Sinatra Speaks On Working With Count Basie
Disc 3:
- Get Me To The Church On Time
- I Get A Kick Out Of You
- I Can't Get Started
- Without A Song
- Hey Look, No Crying
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- Monologue
- Night And Day
- All Or Nothing At All
- The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- Something' Stupid
- Theme From New York, New York
- Bows
Disc 4:
- I've Got The World On A String
- At Long Last Love
- Witchcraft
- The Gal That Go Away / It Never Entered My Mind
- For Once In My Life
- My Heart Stood Still
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
- Monologue
- Spring Is Here
- What Now My Love?
- i Get Along Without You Very Well
- Pennies From Heaven
- Angel Eyes
- Mack The Knife
- Bows
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Album Details: Sinatra: Vegas
- Release Date:
- 11/07/2006
- Label:
- Reprise / Wea
- UPC:
- 081227407520
User Reviews: Sinatra: Vegas
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Sinatra: Vegas... almost.
, November 10, 2006Reviewer: waldorf1222@sbcglobal.net - See all waldorf1222@sbcglobal.net's reviews -
25 years of excellence on 4 CDs and 1 DVD
, November 10, 2006Reviewer: edgecliff78 - See all edgecliff78's reviewsPros: Easily among the best live Sinatra recordings ever
Cons: Occasional joking around - but that's part of the charm
For the millions who saw Frank Sinatra in concert during the years when he toured (basically, 1973-1994), a certain one-on-one intimacy with his audience was sometimes inhibited by the very size of the stadiums and concert halls he played, turning his shows into more formal, less freewheeling events. As the title indicates, this 4-CD-plus-DVD set gives us a much fuller view of the "small room," Las Vegas-style Sinatra - and as such, it's invaluable. Yes, he does get impish and playful here and there, but there are so many high points that this package must rank with the classic "Sinatra at the Sands" as the singer's most exciting live recordings issued to date. Indeed, CD 2 gives us *more* Sinatra with Count Basie from the same early '66 engagement that produced the original Sands LP. For most right-thinking mammals, this material would be sufficient reason to buy this deluxe box set. But wait! There's also a Sands appearance from 1961, with Sinatra in excellent voice (beautifully recorded by the late Wally Heider - probably the best sonics of all 5 discs), a Caesars Palace show from 1982 with some relatively rare items in the Sinatra catalogue, and a 1987 Golden Nugget appearance that has many touching moments created by Sinatra's amazing ability to use his now-weathered vocal equipment in the service of music. The DVD captures a 1978 performance of Sinatra in splendid voice and really preserves much of the charisma he effortlessly projected to audiences throughout his nearly five-decade career. ...
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Pro Reviews: Sinatra: Vegas
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Frank Sinatra accomplished so much in his career that the fact that he virtually created the swinging style that became known as the sound of Las Vegas at its peak seems like a mere footnote to his legacy. Perhaps it is a footnote, but it's a fascinating footnote and one that still holds sway over the popular imagination, both in their perception of Sinatra and Vegas. To many, Sinatra was the brassy, highrolling Rat Pack leader that he was in the Vegas of the '60s, and that sound and image is still what people hope to experience when they visit Las Vegas. Rhino's fourCD, oneDVD box set Sinatra: Vegas was designed with those listeners in mind. It presents five concerts all previously unreleased from Sinatra's various engagements in Vegas over the decades. The first two discs are devoted to '60s performances at the Sands, a casino owned in part by Sinatra. The first disc captures a 1961 show and despite some goofing off by Frank pronouncing "Imagination" with a hard "G," slipping in a "goddamn" in "Moonlight in Vermont" this is a pretty straightahead performance of standards and contemporary tunes, not nearly as swaggering as his reputation suggests. It is, however, a nicely nuanced performance, one that feels more suited for a concert hall than a casino. This is also partially true of the second disc, which is devoted to a 1966 concert with Count Basie and an orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones. This stint at the Sands has been previously documented on the excellent 1966 album Sinatra at the Sands, but this CD contains previously unreleased performances from these concerts, and right away it's clear why they weren't released: Sinatra immediately breaks into jokes on "I've Got a Crush on You," swearing when he misses a line, and playing with the lyrics ("my heart became active/when you became a Jew"). Not the stuff for a 1966 LP, but a treasure for those wanting to hear the ribald Sinatra at his '60s peak, which this is because not only is he joking around, but he's in excellent form as a singer, backed by Basie's brilliant band. This is the highlight of the set, unquestionably. |
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Pros: Fantastic unreleased live performances
Cons: Monologues on the DVD have been edited!
As far as I'm concerned, the DVD should be the Holy Grail of Sinatra: Vegas. It claims to be the fabled "complete unreleased" May 5, 1978 Caesar's Palace concert performed in front of an audience of liquor salesmen, celebrities, and a Catholic priest, as recorded by CBS but never broadcast in its entirety. Sinatra predicts that "this will be shown in 1982" during his introductory remarks... and he was only off by about 25 years.
t; monologue later on, there's yet another edit. While acknowledging the presence of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley in the audience, this ill-advised off the cuff remark has been removed...
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The video and sound quality are remarkable, especially considering the date and the source, and of course it's a revelation compared to the bootleg copies. The set list is a fascinating combination of tried and true Sinatra standards ("All of Me", "The Lady is a Tramp"), interesting new arrangements ("Baubles, Bangles, and Beads"), attempts to stay hip in the 1970s ("Didn't We", "Something"), the rather surreal (an audience singalong of "America the Beautiful"), and, perhaps best of all, a riveting piano/vocal performance of "Send in the Clowns."
Then there's the monologue leading up to that Sondheim weeper-turned-saloon song, as Sinatra holds court, describing how the song is a request from an unnamed man in the audience "holding up one of them torches." Suddenly, though, I sensed that something was missing here -- so I pulled out my old bootleg CD copy of this performance and sure enough -- the monologue has been edited! Sinatra's raunchy riff on Elizabeth Taylor ("Mrs. Warner") is now missing...
"Madronn' did she get fat! I mean she was so beautiful -- she was so beautiful. Somebody blew her up with a tire pump or somethin'. She's a great dame. She's marvelous. I once offered her $10,000 just to let me look at it. I wouldn't touch it, just let me look at it, that's all. She doesn't know -- excuse me, Father -- she doesn't know what I was talking about, and neither does he. Cause he ain't never seen it either. You better not have seen it! Otherwise I won't show up at Mass!"
The audience howls with laughter, as you can probably imagine, but it's MIA on this "complete" official edition DVD. [Note how a cocktail magically appears in Frank's hand after the edit at 00:49:27. Not even Mr. S can make a drink materialize that fast!]
Why is it okay for Sinatra to take potshots at Claudine Longet ("one of the great marksmen of all times"), but not Liz Taylor? And then, during the "introductions&quo
"Even if he is colored, he's a Hell of a man. He knows that, we tease him all the time. I'm glad to see ya, Thomas. He's my fella."
Too politically incorrect, perhaps? Well, that's Sinatra: Vegas, folks. Deal with it. Of course, when he calls Paul Anka "that little Arab," it doesn't get edited out.
What happened here? Why not include the complete monologues -- unedited and uncensored? There's plenty of swearing, drug references, and other off-color humor elsewhere in the Sinatra: Vegas recordings. What was it about these particular comments that was deemed "over the line" and by whom? Did the Sinatra Family insist on the edits before approving this release in order to "protect" their father's image and "legacy?" I think we can all handle the unsanitized Sinatra: Vegas experience, warts and all.