Several months back, I presented a selection of songs that Frank Sinatra recorded for his 1953-55 radio program, To Be Perfectly Frank. These were sourced from two awful-sounding bootlegs from many years back. I got rid of most of the noise, rebalanced the scrawny sounding transfers, and fixed the speed where it was awry. The results, while not in any sense high fidelity, were acceptable to these jaded ears - and certainly good enough for you to appreciate some Sinatra from a prime period and in a small group setting.
Here, as promised, are the rest of the recordings from those sources - and if anything, these sound even better.
I spent a fair amount of time searching through my Sinatra materials to find some ad or other artifact of the radio program, without luck. So I've chosen one of my favorite Frank photos - looking casual outside what I would guess is the office of a Tijuana divorce lawyer.
As before, I am presenting these recordings are in memory of my late mom, who started me on record collecting and got me my first Frankie LP (Ring-a-Ding-Ding).
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6 comments:
That is a great photo. I don't think I've ever seen it before. Perhaps Nancy was inside at the time.
I had hoped one day to hear those radio programs again. I especially enjoyed the celeste playing behind him.
OTR collectors don't seem to have them in circulation, so this might be as close as I will get.
If there is a better version of "Tenderly" than the one found among this collection of radio transcriptions, please lead me to it. Buster, this is extraordinary singing. Thank you.
For years, I've had the two source CDs (and one other one) that you drew on. I always thought the performances were forgotten jewels, but the quality of the recording was unfortunately low, so I didn't listen often.
Thanks for doing the clean up. And for collecting them into a single file.
Sorry to ask, but any chance of a re-up?
oops, forgot to thank you for great remastering job you did on these!! since no record company has seen fit to bring these out, your version is HIGHLY listenable!! BIG thanks
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