| Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | June 12–14, 1962, London | |||
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| Length | 35:12 (original UK mono release) | |||
| Label | Reprise R 1006 (mono LP), R9-1006 (stereo LP)[1] | |||
| Producer | Alan A. Freeman | |||
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Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singerFrank Sinatra, released in 1962. It was released on LP inGreat Britain, but not in theUnited States. A US release would not come until the compact disc released in the early 1990s. All tracks were available onThe Complete Reprise Studio Recordings.
Arranged byRobert Farnon, the album was recorded in London in June 1962 at CTS Studios byEric Tomlinson,[3] a renowned recording and film industry dubbing engineer,[4] who would go on to record the soundtracks to dozens of feature films, includingOliver! (1968),Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and the originalStar Wars trilogy (1977; 1980; 1983).[5] The album was produced byAlan A. Freeman.[6]
It is Sinatra's only UK studio album, though there were three other radio performances that were recorded and later released.
Sinatra was tired after touring, and had a sore throat: he was apparently not very happy with his voice.
Additional track not included on original release, first released in Japan on LP in 1985,[7] and later on CD worldwide:
Tracks 1, 3, 7, 10:
12 June 1962 (Tuesday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.
Stan Roderick, Stan Reynolds, Basil Jones, Derrick Abbott (tpt); Harry Roche,Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Burns, Douglas Robinson (alt/cit); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eaden, William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (via); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).
Tracks 2, 4, 9:
14 June 1962 (Thursday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.
Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/ eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Bums, Douglas Robinson (alt/cit); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eader., William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (via); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).
Tracks 5, 6, 8, 11:
13 June 1962 (Wednesday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.
Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/ eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Burns, Douglas Robinson (alt/clt); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eaden, William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (via); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).[8]
Sinatra recorded the album, a collection of all British material, in June 1962, towards the end of a long tour raising money for children's charities that had started back in April, and included performances inTokyo,Hong Kong,Tel Aviv,Rome,Athens andMilan. The only studio album he recorded outside of the United States, it was recorded at CTS Studios, at its originalBayswater location.[9] Sinatra spent three nights there, working on the tracks for the recording.
Sinatra had made his first visit to the UK in the summer of 1950, when he topped the bill at theLondon Palladium, and enjoyed playing in Britain. When he toured the UK in 1953, at venues that ranged from theTooting Granada toBlackpool Opera House, his star had been fading, but the time of this recording, he was a record label owner (Reprise),[10]no longer recording for Capitol.[11]
