Non-Album Tracks, 1958

Thank you to SHTV’s “Bob F” for his invaluable assistance in compiling this information.

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October 16, 1958

Song from “Some Came Running” (To Love and Be Loved) - Two Versions

/ I Couldn’t Care Less

Top Choice (stereo):

•1982 SN-series All the Way LP

Second Place (both stereo):

•1989 UK Great Films & Shows CD

•1976 SM-series All the Way LP

Top mono choice:

•1984 Holland DMM All the Way LP

Second best mono:

•2016 All the Way LP

Subpar:

•1981 Australian The Rarities - Volume One and 1984 UK All the Way LPs - dark/dull

Avoid:

•Some original mono LPs, such as my D3 pressing - bad tone; compressed

•The Movie Songs and The Sinatra Touch mono LPs - compressed; sub-par tone

•UK My Funny Valentine LP and Sinatra Sings the Select Sammy Cahn CD - poor tone; very heavy compression

NOTES

•The 1988 CD is a stereo remix. It’s tastefully done, but I prefer the original stereo mix on this particular song by a small margin.

•The Screen Sinatra CD sounds very good, but has an extraneous POP at the beginning, with the last note faded out slightly early.

•As with some other tracks from the All the Way album, this song has strings mixed to the right, which is highly unusual. On take #8, only one domestic stereo release (an N4 pressing) and one international release (the 1984 UK LP) has the strings on the left, possibly by accident.

•The two fold-down versions have some minor balance issues vis-a-vis the true mono versions, but they are not bad.

Arranger/Concuctor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: All the Way LP,

March 13, 1961 (mono & stereo)

Original CD Release:

All the Way, 1988

Releases sampled for this comparison:

•1961 All the Way mono LP

•1961 All the Way stereo LP

•1961 All the Way stereo LP (“N4” pressing)

•1964 UK My Funny Valentine LP (mono)

•1966 UK mono All the Way #TP 570 LP

•1967 The Movie Songs mono LP

•1968 The Sinatra Touch mono LP

•1974 UK Sinatra Sings Cahn and Van Heusen

LP (stereo)

•1976 All the Way LP (stereo)

•1982 All the Way LP (stereo)

•1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP

•1981 Australia The Rarities -

Volume One LP (mono)

•1983 MFSL All the Way LP (stereo)

•1984 UK All the Way LP (stereo)

•1984 Holland All the Way LP (mono)

•1988 All the Way CD

•1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD (stereo)*

•1989 UK Great Films & Shows CD (stereo)*

•1996 Sinatra Sings the Select Sammy Cahn CD

(stereo)

•1998 UK All the Way CD* (stereo)

•2016 All the Way LP (mono)

*Same Transfer to Digital; differently

mastered (original stereo mix used)

BLUE = Strings @ left in stereo mix

ORANGE = Strings @ right in stereo mix (as on original LP release)

Audio Clips

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

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Song #1:

“Song from ‘Some Came Running’” (To Love and Be Loved)

Two versions were released and recorded: Take #8, the longer version, was released on LP in 1961;

Take #23, the shorter version, was released on 45 in 1958

Take #8: The Long, “LP” Version

<---- 1957 Sessions 1958 Singles: March 3 May 29 Sept. 11 Sept. 30 Oct. 16 Dec. 29 ----> 1959 Sessions

Above: STEREO 1980 G1 All the Way LP, mastered by Gene Thompson

Above: STEREO 1983 MFSL All the Way LP, mastered by Stan Ricker

Above: STEREO 1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD

Above: 1990 The Capitol Years CD, mixed/mastered by Furmanek/Walsh. Mastering reused for titles marked (*) listed above.

Above: MONO 1967 F3 The Movie Songs LP

Above: MONO 1968 F1 The Sinatra Touch LP

Above: MONO 1984 Holland All the Way LP

Above: STEREO REMIX 1988 All the Way CD

Above: STEREO 1996 Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Sammy Cahn CD, mastered by Robert Norberg, courtesy “rangerjohn”

Above: STEREO 1998 UK All the Way CD, courtesy “rangerjohn”

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

Above: MONO 2016 All the Way LP

Above: MONO 1981 Australia The Rarities - Volume One LP

Above: FOLD-DOWN 1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP

Above: MONO N3#2 All the Way LP

Above: MONO D3 All the Way LP

Above: MONO 1964 UK My Funny Valentine LP.

Above: STEREO 1989 UK The Great Films & Shows, Volume 4 CD

Take #23: The Short, “Single” Version

Top Choice (stereo)

•The Capitol Years and its reuses marked with (*) at left

Subpar:

•The slightly garbled, tweaked stereo versions marked (**) at left

NOTES

•The mono mix has never had an official LP or CD release. (It is listed on 1967’s The Movie Years LP, but that version is actually take #8, not take 23.)

Arranger/Concuctor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: 45 #4103,

December 1, 1958

Original LP release: The Capitol Years, 1990

Original CD Release: The Capitol Years, 1990

Original stereo release: (Same)

Releases sampled for this comparison, all STEREO except as noted:

•1958 45 (MONO)

•1990 The Capitol Years CD*

•1996 Mastercard The Movie Years promo CD*

•1996 Complete Capitol Singles Collection CD**

•2002 In Hollywood CD*

•2008 At the Movies CD**

*Shared mastering

**Differently mastered alterations of the 1990 mix/release

BLUE = Strings @ left in stereo mix

ORANGE = Strings @ right in stereo mix, as on most original stereo LP releases of take 8. (Note that there are none for take 23.)

Audio Clips

Above: 1959 D3 45 - in poor condition

Song #2:

“I Couldn’t Care Less (Who’s In Your Arms Tonight)”

Top Choice:

•LIke Never Before

NOTES

•The 1978 LP has the stereo width reduced significantly.

•The Capitol Years is a new remix, which benefits the song overall, but I wish that 1.) the vocal were a bit more forward in the mix; and 2.) the ending was not faded down so abruptly.

•This is one of my favorite Sinatra performances, and it’s a shame that it exists in relative obscurity.

Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: Like Never Before LP,

stereo only, 1973

Original CD Release: The Capitol Years, 1990

Releases sampled for this comparison, all stereo:

•1973 Like Never Before LP

•1978 UK The Rare Sinatra LP

•1990 The Capitol Years CD

•1998 The Rare Sinatra CD