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Title: Early Sinatra -- A different singer than the swinger we know
Review: Sinatra's work at Columbia was true crooning. The Bing Crosby influence is at its most pronounced on these recordings. It's easy to see why young Frankie's weepy, longing voice kept WW II wives company while their GI husbands were away. Much more sentimental stuff than anything he did for Capitol or Reprise. The remastering of the original recordings (they took the master from a re-pressing of the record mold) is marvelous. You won't believe that records this old can sound this good. Romantic music of a bygone era. If you like Bing and Perry, you'll love Frank "Swoonatra" when he was a teen idol here. Note the very different way Axel Stordhall arranged as opposed to Nelson Riddle (at Capitol). It's not as swinging, but will tug at your heart.
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