★囊括「終身成就」在內共11座葛萊美加冕,當代最偉大歌手之一,誕辰百週年紀念超級精選
★慶祝誕辰百週年紀念,超值收錄100首名曲,追加先前從未發行第一次曝光”The Surrey With The Fringe On Top”彩排練唱版本的精選全記錄
★橫跨Columbia、Capitol和Reprise三大唱片公司的首度連袂選曲,4CD共百首收錄,多達80頁的精美書裝手冊
擁有白人爵士歌王美譽,外號瘦皮猴的Frank Sinatra,歷經超過半個世紀的歌唱生涯,締造逾1億5000萬銷售量,囊括「終身成就」、「傳奇」在內共11座葛萊美加冕,同時得到三座奧斯卡獎、總統自由勳章、好萊塢星光大道上留下屬於自己的一顆星,入籍BBC電台「20世紀最偉大歌手」、「爵士樂名人殿堂」,曾16次獲得公信力的爵士雜誌「Down Beat」讀者票選「最佳男歌手」,這位堪稱樂界永垂不朽的傳奇人物,締造出不勝枚舉的音樂紀錄及貢獻,對後世造成極大的影響力。1998年5月14日因心臟病辭世,享年83歲,但那些傳世經典作品,不管是身處哪個年代,Frank的歌聲永遠長駐人們心中!
這張名為【Ultimate Sinatra】的精選全記錄,以4張CD的豪華包裝問市,慶祝Frank誕辰百週年紀念,超值收錄100首名曲,追加先前從未發行第一次曝光的”The Surrey With The Fringe On Top”彩排練唱版本。從1939年榮登排行冠軍,正式敲開Frank輝煌音樂生涯的”All Or Nothing At All”出道原始錄音,一直到1993年生前完成的最後作品,按照年份排列,橫跨Columbia、Capitol和Reprise三大唱片公司的首度連袂選曲,無論在錄音室,亦或音樂劇和電影主題曲,毫無遺漏的一網打盡。內含多達80頁的導讀手冊,珍藏多幅稀有罕見的照片,以及Frank本人和兒女們、昔日已故好友兼工作夥伴Nelson Riddle+Billy May、「搖滾名人殿堂」大師Quincy Jones…等人的引文。重溫舊夢:獲得葛萊美「年度最佳歌曲」的”Theme from New York, New York”大招牌主打、出自百老匯史上第一位真正美國籍的作曲大師Jerome Kern,替「搖擺時光The Swing Time」撰寫進入「百大電影主題曲」第43名之”The Way You Look Tonight”、電影「啼笑淚痕The Joker Is Wild」主題曲”All The Way”、電影「奪標」演繹感人至深的主題曲”My Way”…等膾炙人口的好歌。就連多次和擁有最偉大搖擺樂大王之敬稱,也是爵士樂史上最知名的大樂團領班Count Basie合作過經驗,特別搬出”The Best Is Yet To Come”和”Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)”兩支鉅作。品味獨具魅力的優雅氣質,散發無與倫比的浪漫情懷!
【CD1】1. All Or Nothing At All 2. I’ll Never Smile Again 3. Street of Dreams 4. You’ll Never Know 5. If You Are But A Dream 6. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) 7. Nancy (With The Laughing Face) 8. Oh! What It Seemed To Be 9. Five Minutes More 10. Time After Time 11. Night And Day 12. The Song Is You 13. I’m A Fool To Want You 14. The Birth Of The Blues 15. Why Try To Change Me Now 16. I’ve Got The World On A String 17. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me 18. My Funny Valentine 19. They Can’t Take That Away From Me 20. I Get A Kick Out Of You 21. Young At Heart 22. Last Night When We Were Young 23. Three Coins In The Fountain 24. Just One Of Those Things 25. All Of Me 26. Someone To Watch Over Me 27. I Get Along Without You Very Well
【CD2】1. This Love Of Mine 2. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 3. Learnin’ The Blues 4. Love And Marriage 5. (Love Is) The Tender Trap 6. Love Is Here To Stay 7. You Make Me Feel So Young 8. Memories Of You 9. I’ve Got You Under My Skin 10. Too Marvelous For Words 11. (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know 12. I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night 13. I Wish I Were In Love Again 14. The Lady Is A Tramp 15. From This Moment On 16. Laura 17. Where Are You? 18. Witchcraft 19. Bewitched 20. All The Way 21. Moonlight In Vermont 22. Come Fly With Me 23. Put Your Dreams Away 24. Angel Eyes 25. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
【CD3】1. Only The Lonely 2. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 3. Something’s Gotta Give 4. Come Dance With Me 5. Here’s That Rainy Day 6. A Cottage For Sale 7. High Hopes 8. The Nearness Of You 9. I’ve Got A Crush On You 10. Nice ‘N’ Easy 11. When The World Was Young 12. In The Still Of The Night 13. The Second Time Around 14. Without A Song 15. Loved Walked In 16. Stardust 17. Come Rain Or Come Shine 18. The Girl Next Door 19. At Long Last Love 20. The Very Thought Of You 21. Pennies From Heaven 22. Ol’ Man River 23. I Have Dreamed 24. Luck Be A Lady
【CD4】1. The Way You Look Tonight 2. My Kind Of Town 3. The Best Is Yet To Come 4. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) 5. Softly, As I Leave You 6. It Was A Very Good Year 7. September Of My Years 8. Moonlight Serenade 9. Strangers In The Night 10. Summer Wind 11. That’s Life 12. I Concentrate On You 13. The Girl From Ipanema 14. Drinking Again 15. Somethin’ Stupid (with Nancy Sinatra) 16. The World We Knew (Over And Over) 17. Cycles 18. My Way 19. Wave 20. All My Tomorrows 21. Forget To Remember 22. It Had To Be You 23. All Of You 24. Theme From New York, New York 25. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Rehearsal) – previously unreleased