Non-Album Tracks, 1958

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

Ongoing discussion at the Steve Hoffman Music Forum (LINK) Album Index

December 29, 1958

The Moon Was Yellow / They Came to Cordura / All My Tomorrows / French Foreign Legion

Top Choices (mono)

•1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP

•1989 Japan All the Way: The Hit Collection CD

Top stereo choice:

•1998 UK Sinatra Sings of Love and Things CD

Subpar:

•Original stereo Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP (at least the N2 pressing, as sampled)

•1980 SN-series Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP - tape dropouts audible

Avoid:

•Sinatra 80th and Complete Capitol Singles Collection CDs - two very different, yet equally dreadful, stereo remixes

•A Paris EP, plus all mono LP releases EXCEPT The Hit Maker - reverb-added “wet” tapes used

NOTES

•As we’ve seen with some previous selections (Monique, Mr. Success), most mono releases do not use the original, dry “single” mix, but used tweaked tapes with added reverb and compression.

•Oddly, the 1980 ...of Love and Things LP has several tape dropouts on this track, while the 1983 and 1984 LPs do not.

Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: 45 #4677, Jan. 1962

Original LP Release:

Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things, July 2, 1962

Original Stereo Release: Same

Original CD Release:

All the Way: The Hit Collection, Japan, 1989

Releases sampled for this comparison:

•1962 45

•1962 Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things mono LP

•1962 Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1962 France A Paris EP (mono)

•1973 Longines The Works LP (stereo)

•1980 Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP (mono)

•1983 Australia The Rarities -

Volume Two LP (mono)

•1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1984 UK Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1984 Holland Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things mono LP

•1989 Japan All the Way:

The Hit Collection CD (mono)

•1995 Sinatra 80th: All the Best CD (stereo)

•1996 The Complete Capitol Singles Collection

CD (stereo)

•1998 Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things CD (stereo)

Audio Clips - MONO

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Song #1:

The Moon Was Yellow

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

Above: 1982 G1 All the Way LP, mastered by Gene Thompson

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

Above: STEREO 1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD (reused in The Great Films & Shows CD)

Above: MONO 1967 F3 The Movie Songs LP

Above: 1984 Holland All the Way LP

Above: STEREO REMIX 1988 All the Way CD (Reused many times. See NOTES section above at right.)

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

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

Above: 2016 All the Way LP

Above: FOLD-DOWN 1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP

Above: 1964 UK My Funny Valentine LP.

Above: 1989 Japan Hit Collection CD, courtesy “progrockfan”

Above: 1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP

Above: Original 1962 45, courtesy “Bozburn”

All other mono versions use reverb-added tapes.
How does that degrade the sound? Here is a clip that runs in this order:
1.) Original D1 mono Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP (“wet” tapes);
2.) Japanese The Hit Maker LP (correct “dry” original “single mix” tapes); 3.) The D1 LP again; and 4.) The Hit Maker LP again

Audio Clips - STEREO

Above: c. 1962 N2 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP

(original stereo mix)

Above: 1980 J1 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, cut by Jay Maynard (original stereo mix)

Above: 1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, cut by Jack Hunt (original stereo mix)

Above: 1984 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, courtesy SHTV’s BFerr1 (original stereo mix)

Above: 1973 R1 The Works LP (original stereo mix)

Above: 1998 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things CD, courtesy “old coder” (original stereo mix)

Above: 1996 The Complete Capitol Singles Collection CD, remixed and mastered by Robert Norberg. Audio courtesy SHTV’s “rangerjohn”

Above: 1995 Sinatra 80th: All the Best CD, (uncredited stereo remix)

Subpar:

•Mono releases (listed in RED at left) that use the original, soupy mono singles mix.

Avoid:

•At the Movies and (even moreso) Complete Capitol Singles Collection CDs - unappealing stereo remix

NOTES

•There is an audible tape splice at 0:17 on all releases.

•Perhaps surprisingly, and in contrast to other songs from the ...Of Love and Things compilation, the mono LP mix is less wet (has less reverb) than the original mono 45 “singles mix.” Mono Mix #2 (the LP mix) is superior.

•Neither mono mix has had a digital release

•This song could benefit from a tastefully-executed stereo remix; too much reverb on most releases.

Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: 45 #4284, Sept. 1959

Original LP Release:

Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things, July 2, 1962

or Sinatra in Mexico, 1962

Original Stereo Release: Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, July 2, 1962

Original CD Release: Screen Sinatra, 1989, UK

Releases sampled for this comparison:

•1959 45

•1962 Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things mono LP

•1962 Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1967 The Movie Songs mono LP

•1974 UK Sinatra Sings Cahn and Van Heusen

LP (stereo)

•1980 Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP (mono)

•1982 Australia Mr. Success LP

•1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1984 UK Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things stereo LP

•1984 Holland Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things mono LP

•1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD* (stereo)

•1993 At the Movies CD** (stereo)

•1996 Mastercard The Movie Years promo CD (stereo)

•1996 The Complete Capitol Singles Collection

CD** (stereo)

•1998 UK Sinatra Sings...

of Love and Things CD* (stereo)

RED = Original, sub-par 45 mono “singles” mix

BLUE = shared mastering

*Same digital transfer of original stereo mix,

differently mastered

**Same digital stereo remix, differently mastered

Audio Clips - MONO

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Song #2:

They Came to Cordura

Above: D3 45 (mono mix #1)

Above: D5 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP (mono mix #2)

Above: N5 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP (mono mix #2)

Above: The Movie Songs LP (mono mix #2)

Above: 1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP (mono fold-down?)

Above: 1984 Holland Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP (mono mix #2)

Above: 1982 Australia Mr. Success LP (mono mix #1)

Audio Clips - STEREO

Above: c. 1962 D1#2 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP

(original stereo mix)

Above: 1980 J1 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, cut by Jay Maynard (original stereo mix)

Above: 1983 MFSL Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, cut by Jack Hunt (original stereo mix)

Above: 1984 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP, courtesy SHTV’s BFerr1 (original stereo mix)

Above: 1998 UK Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things CD, courtesy “old coder” (original stereo mix)

Above: 1992 At the Movies CD, remixed* and mastered by Larry Walsh

*(reused, with additional noise reduction, in the 1996 Complete Capitol Singles set)

Above: 1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD (original stereo mix)

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Top Choice (mono):

•1984 Dutch DMM Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things LP

(but see NOTES at far right)

Top stereo choice:

•1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD

(but see NOTES at far right)

There are many mediocre, overly-reverberant releases. Even the top choices are not especially impressive, and have too much reverb added.

Subpar:

•Screen Sinatra LP - fold-down to mono from stereo version, causing some odd balance issues. (Too bad, as this release is excellent tonally.)

•The Works stereo LP - Slightly dull tone

•The CDs marked *** at left - Noise reduction added to 1988 digital version.

Avoid:

•The Sinatra Touch mono LP - Defective, with dramatic drop in volume midway through song

•My Funny Valentine, The Movie Years - heavily compressed, dark mono tone.

•Original, SN-series and 1984 UK All the Way stereo LPs: Dark, Dull tone.

•Mono All the Way LPs - sourced from wrong tapes

NOTES

•In my opinion, the mono mix is superior to the wide-separation-style stereo mix, but the two “unfutzed” mono mix releases are middlingly mastered, and the LP releases use processed tapes or are fold-downs.

•For mono: only the 45 and EP are sourced from the correct, unprocessed tapes.

•The original stereo mix on this song, unlike many of the stereo mixes on the ALL THE WAY album, is quite dry.

•As with other ALL THE WAY tracks, the stereo mix appears to have been mixed (accidentally?) with strings on the right. Only the 1984 UK LP (intentionally?) has the strings on the left, where they belong.

•All USA CDs are derived from the 1988 remixed CD. Some are untampered copies; 1996 CDs, mastered by Bob Norberg, add noise reduction; 2004 CD re-uses Norberg’s version; 2002 adds slight compression to the 1988 file.

•All UK CDs use the original stereo release.

•The 1988 stereo remix is good overall, but the instrumental intro suffers compared to the better original-mix masterings. Comparison audio available here. (First clip = original mix; Second clip = 1988 remix)

Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: 45 #4214, May, 1959

Original LP Release:

All the Way, Mar. 13, 1961

Original Stereo Release: (same)

Original CD Release: All the Way, 1988

Releases sampled for this comparison:

•1959 45 (mono)

•1959 High Hopes EP (mono)

•1961 All the Way mono LP

•1961 All the Way stereo LP

•1964 My Funny Valentine LP (mono)

•1967 The Movie Songs mono LP

•1968 The Sinatra Touch mono LP

•1973 The Works LP (stereo)

•1974 UK Sinatra Sings Cahn and Van Heusen

LP (stereo)

•1980 UK Screen Sinatra LP (mono)

•1982 All the Way stereo LP

•1983 MFSL All the Way stereo LP

•1984 UK All the Way stereo LP

•1984 Holland All the Way mono LP

•1988 All the Way CD (stereo)*

•1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD (stereo)**

•1989 UK Great Films and Shows (stereo)**

•1992 At the Movies CD (stereo)*

•1995 Sinatra 80th: All the Best CD (stereo)*

•1996 The Select Sammy Cahn CD (stereo)***

•1996 The Complete Capitol Singles

Collection CD (stereo)***

•1998 UK All the Way CD (stereo)

•2002 Reprise In Hollywood CD (stereo)

•2004 Taking a Chance

on Love CD (stereo)***

•2016 All the Way mono LP

All ORANGE titles = Strings (errantly?) @ right in stereo mix (as on original LP release)

BLUE = Strings (correctly?) @ left in stereo mix

BOLD ORANGE = Source: 1988 stereo remix

*Shared mastering

**Shared mastering

***Shared mastering

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Song #3:

All My Tomorrows

Top Choice (stereo):

•1983 MFSL All the Way LP

Very close runner-up (also stereo):

•1989 UK Screen Sinatra CD (and its re-use in the 1989 UK Great Films & Shows CD set)

See NOTES regarding mono releases

Audio Clips - MONO

Above: D1 45 (worn pressing)

Above: D1 High Hopes EP (worn)

Above: N2#2 All the Way LP

Above: D6 All the Way LP

The “mono” Screen Sinatra LP, a very pleasant sounding release, does not use the mono mix, but a fold-down to mono of the original stereo mix, which leads to some instrumental imbalances in the second half of the song.

Audio Clips - STEREO

SAMPLE AUDIO CLIPS

All clips posted here mirror those freely available via itunes. To access the 90-second iTunes clip, click VIEW, then “VIEW IN ITUNES” when prompted.

Above: 1973 R1 The Works LP

Subpar:

•Mono releases - midrange-y tone (some worse than others; some are also considerably compressed, and belong in the “avoid” category)

•Complete Capitol Singles - Overly processed

Avoid:

•20 Classic Tracks LP - Runs too fast and has thin tone

NOTES

•Around the 0:44 mark, a loud “Clank” sound is audible, probably the sound of somebody bumping a mic stand. It is edited out of stereo mixes #1, 2, and 3, but audible on all others.

•The vocal on “hep 2, 3, 4” at the end of the recording is strangely faded down on both the 1988 and 1990 mixes.

•As with other ALL THE WAY tracks, some stereo mixes (in ORANGE at left) oddly (accidentally, the first time?) have strings on the right. Others (in BLUE at left) have the strings on the left, where they belong.

Arranger/Conductor: Nelson Riddle

Original Release: 45 #4155, March 2, 1959

Original LP Release:

All the Way, Mar. 13, 1961, or 10” German

Sinatra Hits, also 1961

Original Stereo Release: French Foreign Legion

EP, April 13, 1959

Original CD Release: All the Way, 1988

Releases sampled for this comparison:

•1959 45 (mono)

•1959 High Hopes EP (mono)

•1959 French Foreign Legion EP (stereo)

•1961 All the Way mono LP

•1961 All the Way stereo LP

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

•1961 German Sinatra Hits LP (mono)

•1966 UK All the Way mono #TP 570 LP

•1976 All the Way stereo LP

•1980 All the Way stereo LP

•1981 UK 20 Classic Tracks LP (stereo)

•1982 Australia Mr. Success LP (mono)

•1982 Japan The Hit Maker LP (mono)

•1983 MFSL All the Way stereo LP

•1984 UK All the Way stereo LP

•1984 Holland All the Way mono LP

•1988 All the Way CD (stereo)

•1989 Japan The Hit Collection CD (mono)

•1991 UK 20 Classic Tracks CD (stereo)

•1990 The Capitol Years CD (stereo)*

•1996 The Complete Capitol Singles

Collection CD (stereo)*

•1998 UK All the Way CD (stereo)

•2016 All the Way mono LP

BLUE = Strings @ left in stereo mix

ORANGE = Strings (errantly?) @ right in

stereo mix

*Same Digital Remix, differently mastered

Song #4:

French Foreign Legion

Top Choice (stereo - strings on left):

•1984 UK “Dell” All the Way LP

2nd choice (stereo - strings on right):

•1980 All the Way LP (SN-series)

Top mono choice, by a large margin, even though it’s a fold down from the stereo mix:

•1966 UK World Record Club LP, #TP 570.

Best of the poor-sounding, genuine mono releases:

•1982 Australia Mr. Success LP

Audio Clips - MONO

Above: 1996 Complete Capitol Singles CD - STEREO MIX #4, mastered by Robert Norberg using the 1990 The Capitol Years digital remix, courtesy “rangerjohn”.