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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Lean Baby
2. I'm Walking Behind You
3. I've Got the World on a String
4. My One and Only Love
5. Anytime, Anywhere
6. From Here to Eternity
7. I Love You
8. South of the Border
9. Take a Chance
10. Young at Heart
11. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
12. I Could Have Told You
13. Rain (Falling From the Skies)
14. Three Coins in the Fountain
15. Gal That Got Away, The
16. Half as Lovely (Twice as True)
17. It Worries Me
18. When I Stop Loving You
19. White Christmas
20. Christmas Waltz, The
21. Someone to Watch Over Me
22. You, My Love
DISC 2:
1. Melody of Love
2. I'm Gonna Live till I Die
3. Why Should I Cry Over You?
4. Don't Change Your Mind About Me
5. Two Hearts, Two Kisses (Make One Love)
6. From the Bottom to the Top - (with Gee Wilson & The Nuggets)
7. If I Had Three Wishes
8. Learnin' the Blues
9. Not as a Stranger
10. How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me?
11. Same Old Saturday Night
12. Fairy Tale
13. Love and Marriage
14. Impatient Years
15. Tender Trap, (Love Is) The
16. Weep They Will
17. You'll Get Yours
18. Flowers Mean Forgiveness
19. How Little We Know, (How Little It Matters)
20. Five Hundred Guys
21. Johnny Concho Theme (Wait For Me)
22. You're Sensational
23. Well Did You Evah? - (with Bing Crosby)
DISC 3:
1. Mind If I Make Love to You?
2. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - (with Celeste Holm)
3. You Forgot All the Words (While I Still Remember the Tune)
4. Hey! Jealous Lover
5. Your Love For Me
6. Can I Steal a Little Love?
7. So Long, My Love
8. Crazy Love
9. Something Wonderful Happens in Summer
10. You're Cheatin' Yourself (If You're Cheatin' on Me)
11. All the Way
12. Chicago
13. Witchcraft
14. Tell Her You Love Her
15. Christmas Waltz, The - (with The Ralph Brewster Singers)
16. Mistletoe and Holly - (with The Ralph Brewster Singers)
17. Nothing in Common - (with Keely Smith)
18. How Are Ya' Fixed For Love? - (with Keely Smith)
19. Same Old Song and Dance, The
20. Monique
21. Mr. Success
22. Sleep Warm
23. No One Ever Tells You
24. To Love and Be Loved
DISC 4:
1. Time After Time
2. French Foreign Legion
3. All My Tomorrows
4. High Hopes
5. They Came to Cordura
6. Talk to Me
7. River, Stay 'Way From My Door
8. It's Over, It's Over, It's Over
9. This Was My Love
10. Nice 'N' Easy
11. You'll Always Be the One I Love
12. Ol' MacDonald
13. My Blue Heaven
14. Sentimental Baby
15. Sentimental Journey
16. American Beauty Rose
17. Moon Was Yellow, The
18. I've Heard That Song Before
19. Five Minutes More
20. I'll Remember April
21. I Love Paris
22. Hidden Persuasion
23. Ya Better Stop - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
24. Sea Song, The - (bonus track)
25. Look to Your Heart - (bonus track)
26. I Believe - (bonus track)
27. Love Looks So Well on You - (bonus track)
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra, Keely Smith, Bing Crosby, Celeste Holm (vocals); Axel Stordahl, Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Green, Billy May, Felix Slatkin, Ray Anthony (conductor); June Hutton & The Pied Pipers, The Nuggets, Ralph Brewster Singers.
Compilation producer: Brad Benedict.
Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald and Mitchell Zlokower.
Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg.
THE COMPLETE CAPITOL SINGLES COLLECTION was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.
The perfect compliment to the Capitol CONCEPTS box, this four-disc set, by its nature, supplements that box rather than overlapping with it. The bulk of the singles Sinatra recorded during his Capitol period were not included on his contemporaneous albums. Thus, many of these songs had no digital home until the release of this set. Listeners are taken further afield here, as the singles format freed Sinatra from the stricture of his theme albums, allowing him to tackle all manner of songs.
There are light-hearted tunes like "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" and "Can I Steal A Little Love?" and wonderful oddities like "Ol' MacDonald" (the farmhouse never swung so hard before). Naturally, there are swinging classics like "Witchcraft" and lost love laments such as "The Gal That Got Away" (though saloon singing largely gives way to peppy popcraft on these sides). If the album-based CONCEPTS is the musical mountaintop, the CAPITOL SINGLES COLLECTION is the magical mist swirling around the peak.
Industry Reviews
...Of the 96 tracks on the 4-CD box, few fall below the Plimsoll line of quality that applied to the singer's LPs during his peak Capitol era...
Mojo (02/01/2001)
5 Stars (out of 5) - Ninety-six of Ol' Blue Eyes' greatest moments spread over four CDs...is an irresistible proposition....he moves from swinging tunes to the tenderest ballads with effortless grace, breathing life and love into every performance...
Q (12/01/1996)
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