LP SEALED FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA & ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM 1967 REPRISE STEREO
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The Album: Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
Released on Reprise Records (Catalog # FS-1021), this is widely considered one of the finest collaborative albums in the history of popular music. It paired the world’s greatest saloon singer with the primary architect of Bossa Nova.
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The Partnership: Frank Sinatra was a massive fan of the "new beat" coming out of Brazil. He invited Antonio Carlos Jobim to Los Angeles to record an album that would blend Sinatra's "cool" with Jobim's "quiet."
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The Arrangement: The album was arranged by the legendary Claus Ogerman, whose delicate use of strings and woodwinds created a lush, late-night atmosphere that felt like "sophisticated velvet."
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The Performance: Sinatra famously lowered his vocal volume to a near-whisper to match Jobim’s understated style. It is some of the most controlled and vulnerable singing of his entire career.
The Music: Track-by-Track Highlights
The album consists of Jobim originals, American Songbook standards reimagined as Bossa Novas, and a few Portuguese-language passages by Jobim.
Key Tracks:
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"The Girl from Ipanema": The definitive English-language version of Jobim’s most famous song. The interplay between Sinatra’s phrasing and Jobim’s backing vocals is iconic.
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"Dindi": A breathtakingly beautiful ballad that showcases the sheer elegance of the Ogerman arrangements.
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"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)": A track that perfectly captures the "whisper-soft" aesthetic of the entire session.
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"Change Partners": An Irving Berlin standard transformed into a rhythmic, swaying Bossa Nova, proving Sinatra could adapt his swing style to any genre.
LP Tracklist (FS-1021):
Side A Side B 1. The Girl From Ipanema 1. Change Partners 2. Dindi 2. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars 3. Change Partners 3. Meditation 4. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars 4. If You Never Come To Me 5. Meditation 5. How Insensitive 6. Drinking Water (Agua De Beber)Based on those specific markings (CSC on the bottom left and the number 4 on the bottom right), you can be quite certain that you have a 1967 US First Pressing from a specific regional plant.
Here is the breakdown of what those codes tell us:
1. The Number "4" (Bottom Right)
On vintage Reprise and Warner Bros. records, a small number in the corner of the back cover identifies the Printing Plant that manufactured the cardboard jacket.
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The Code: The number 4 specifically refers to Imperial Packing Co., Inc. located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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What it means: This indicates your record jacket was manufactured to be paired with vinyl pressed at the RCA Records Pressing Plant in Indianapolis. These are highly regarded by collectors for their high-quality vinyl and consistent sound.
2. The "CSC" (Bottom Left)
This is a printer's mark that stands for Custom Service Corporation.
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The Significance: This mark is found almost exclusively on the earliest 1967 production runs of this album. Later reissues from the 1970s and 80s removed these printer codes as the manufacturing contracts changed.
LISTEN “The Girl From Ipanema”
- 1967 LP Released on Reprise Records # FS-1021 (Stereo). .
- This is a Sealed Album and will Provide you with Brilliant Sound Quality from your Player. Small piece peeled shrink on upper right front. Printing on spine off centered. Clip mark by upper left edge.
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