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Frank Sinatra|In The Wee Small Hours (Remastered 1998)

In The Wee Small Hours (Remastered 1998) by Frank Sinatra

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Expanding on the concept of Songs for Young Lovers!, In the Wee Small Hours was a collection of ballads arranged by Nelson Riddle. The first 12" album recorded by Sinatra, Wee Small Hours was more focused and concentrated than his two earlier concept records. It's a blue, melancholy album, built around a spare rhythm section featuring a rhythm guitar, celesta, and Bill Miller's piano, with gently aching strings added every once and a while. Within that melancholy mood is one of Sinatra's most jazz-oriented performances -- he restructures the melody and Miller's playing is bold throughout the record. Where Songs for Young Lovers! emphasized the romantic aspects of the songs, Sinatra sounds like a lonely, broken man on In the Wee Small Hours. Beginning with the newly written title song, the singer goes through a series of standards that are lonely and desolate. In many ways, the album is a personal reflection of the heartbreak of his doomed love affair with actress Ava Gardner, and the standards that he sings form their own story when collected together. Sinatra's voice had deepened and worn to the point where his delivery seems ravished and heartfelt, as if he were living the songs.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Remastered 1998)
00:02:59

Bob Hilliard, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Paul Shure, Violin - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Richard Perissi, FrenchHorn - George Van Eps, Guitar - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Kurt Reher, Cello - Ray Kramer, Cello - Dave Mann, ComposerLyricist - John Cave, FrenchHorn - George Poole, Flute - Armand Kaproff, Cello - Lou Singer, DrumKit - Marshall Sosson, Violin - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Cy Bernard, Cello - Kathryn Julye, Harp - Phil Stephens, BassVocalist - James Arkatov, Cello - Vincent DeRosa, FrenchHorn - Joseph Eger, FrenchHorn - Alex Bay, Violin - Jules Kinsler, Flute - Luella Howard, Flute - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

2
Mood Indigo (Remastered 1998)
00:03:30

Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MasteringEngineer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Albany Bigard, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

3
Glad To Be Unhappy (Remastered 1998)
00:02:34

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Lyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

4
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Remastered 1998)
00:03:39

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Paul Shure, Violin - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Richard Perissi, FrenchHorn - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Kurt Reher, Cello - Ray Kramer, Cello - John Cave, FrenchHorn - George Poole, Flute - Armand Kaproff, Cello - Lou Singer, DrumKit - Marshall Sosson, Violin - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Cy Bernard, Cello - Phil Stephens, BassVocalist - James Arkatov, Cello - Vincent DeRosa, FrenchHorn - Joseph Eger, FrenchHorn - Alex Bay, Violin - Jules Kinsler, Flute - Luella Howard, Flute - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

5
Deep In A Dream (Remastered 1998)
00:02:46

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Paul Shure, Violin - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Richard Perissi, FrenchHorn - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Kurt Reher, Cello - Ray Kramer, Cello - Eddie Delange, Composer - John Cave, FrenchHorn - George Poole, Flute - Armand Kaproff, Cello - Lou Singer, DrumKit - Marshall Sosson, Violin - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Cy Bernard, Cello - Phil Stephens, BassVocalist - James Arkatov, Cello - Vincent DeRosa, FrenchHorn - Joseph Eger, FrenchHorn - Alex Bay, Violin - Jules Kinsler, Flute - Luella Howard, Flute - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

6
I See Your Face Before Me (Remastered 1998)
00:03:21

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Howard Dietz, Composer - Arthur Schwartz, Composer - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

7
Can't We Be Friends? (Remastered 1998)
00:02:45

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Kay Swift, ComposerLyricist - Paul James, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

8
When Your Lover Has Gone (Remastered 1998)
00:03:08

Einar Aaron Swan, Composer - Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Paul Shure, Violin - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Richard Perissi, FrenchHorn - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Kurt Reher, Cello - Ray Kramer, Cello - John Cave, FrenchHorn - George Poole, Flute - Armand Kaproff, Cello - Lou Singer, DrumKit - Marshall Sosson, Violin - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Cy Bernard, Cello - Phil Stephens, BassVocalist - James Arkatov, Cello - Vincent DeRosa, FrenchHorn - Joseph Eger, FrenchHorn - Alex Bay, Violin - Jules Kinsler, Flute - Luella Howard, Flute - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

9
What Is This Thing Called Love (Remastered 1998)
00:02:32

Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MasteringEngineer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

10
Last Night When We Were Young (Remastered 1998)
00:03:14

Paul Nero, Violin - Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Paul Shure, Violin - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello - Harold Arlen, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Harry Klee, Woodwinds - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Walter Edelstein, Violin - George Kast, Violin - Bobby Gibbons, Guitar - James Williamson, Woodwinds - Joe Comfort, BassVocalist - John Cave, FrenchHorn - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Maxine Johnson, Viola - Cy Bernard, Cello - Kathryn Julye, Harp - Tommy Pederson, Trombone - Warren Webb, Woodwinds - Francis Howard, Trombone - Morton Friedman, Woodwinds - Paul Robyn, Viola - Eudice Shapiro, Violin - John Graas, FrenchHorn - Mahlon Clark, Woodwinds - Yip Harburg, Composer - Stanley Harris , Viola - Bart Caldarell, Woodwinds - Frank Carlson, DrumKit - Edward Gilbert, BassVocalist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

11
I'll Be Around (Remastered 1998)
00:02:56

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - ALEC WILDER, Composer

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

12
Ill Wind (Remastered 1998)
00:03:43

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Harold Arlen, Composer - Ted Koehler, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

13
It Never Entered My Mind (Remastered 1998)
00:02:39

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Lyricist - Paul Shure, Violin - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Richard Perissi, FrenchHorn - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Kurt Reher, Cello - Ray Kramer, Cello - John Cave, FrenchHorn - George Poole, Flute - Armand Kaproff, Cello - Lou Singer, DrumKit - Marshall Sosson, Violin - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Cy Bernard, Cello - Phil Stephens, BassVocalist - James Arkatov, Cello - Vincent DeRosa, FrenchHorn - Joseph Eger, FrenchHorn - Alex Bay, Violin - Jules Kinsler, Flute - Luella Howard, Flute - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

14
Dancing On The Ceiling (Remastered 1998)
00:02:54

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

15
I'll Never Be The Same (Remastered 1998)
00:03:01

Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Paul Shure, Violin - Eleanor Slatkin, Cello - Gus Kahn, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Richard Perissi, FrenchHorn - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Vocalist, MainArtist - Frank Signorelli, Composer - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Kurt Reher, Cello - Ray Kramer, Cello - John Cave, FrenchHorn - George Poole, Flute - Armand Kaproff, Cello - Lou Singer, DrumKit - Marshall Sosson, Violin - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Cy Bernard, Cello - Phil Stephens, BassVocalist - James Arkatov, Cello - Vincent DeRosa, FrenchHorn - Matty Malneck, Composer - Joseph Eger, FrenchHorn - Alex Bay, Violin - Jules Kinsler, Flute - Luella Howard, Flute - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

16
This Love Of Mine (Remastered 1998)
00:03:33

Henry Sanicola, Composer - Barry Parker, Composer - Sweet, MasteringEngineer - Paul Shure, Violin - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Bill Miller, Piano - Richard Perissi, FrenchHorn - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Edgar Lustgarten, Cello - Felix Slatkin, Violin - Harry Bluestone, Violin - Nathan Ross, Violin - Mischa Russell, Violin - Ray Kramer, Cello - John Cave, FrenchHorn - George Poole, Flute - Armand Kaproff, Cello - Lou Singer, DrumKit - Marshall Sosson, Violin - Alex Beller, Violin - Victor Bay, Violin - Cy Bernard, Cello - Phil Stephens, BassVocalist - James Arkatov, Cello - Vincent DeRosa, FrenchHorn - Joseph Eger, FrenchHorn - Alex Bay, Violin - Jules Kinsler, Flute - Luella Howard, Flute - Arthur Gleghorn, Flute

℗ 1998 Capitol Records, LLC

Review: Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (Remastered 1998)

Expanding on the concept of Songs for Young Lovers!, In the Wee Small Hours was a collection of ballads arranged by Nelson Riddle. The first 12" album recorded by Sinatra, Wee Small Hours was more focused and concentrated than his two earlier concept records. It's a blue, melancholy album, built around a spare rhythm section featuring a rhythm guitar, celesta, and Bill Miller's piano, with gently aching strings added every once and a while. Within that melancholy mood is one of Sinatra's most jazz-oriented performances -- he restructures the melody and Miller's playing is bold throughout the record. Where Songs for Young Lovers! emphasized the romantic aspects of the songs, Sinatra sounds like a lonely, broken man on In the Wee Small Hours. Beginning with the newly written title song, the singer goes through a series of standards that are lonely and desolate. In many ways, the album is a personal reflection of the heartbreak of his doomed love affair with actress Ava Gardner, and the standards that he sings form their own story when collected together. Sinatra's voice had deepened and worn to the point where his delivery seems ravished and heartfelt, as if he were living the songs.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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